Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Grand Marais (/ ɡ r æ n d ˈ m ə ˈ r eɪ / grand mə-RAY) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Alger County in the U.S. state of Michigan. [3] It is located within Burt Township on the shores of Lake Superior , and the community is the eastern gateway to the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore via H-58 .
Burt Township is a civil township of Alger County in the U.S. state of Michigan.As of the 2020 census, its population was 411. [3]The township contains the community of Grand Marais, which contains numerous historic structures, including the Pickle Barrel House and the Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge Inner and Outer Lights.
The Pickle Barrel house was moved to downtown Grand Marais in 1936 from the woods at nearby Grand Sable Lake when the Donaheys gave it to Mr. Hill, a local businessman and friend. [6] [7] Through the years it was an ice-cream stand, an information kiosk booth, and a souvenir gift shop. Gradually the barrel house fell into disrepair. [6]
Back view of Grand Marais High School. Burt Township School District is a school district headquartered in the community of Grand Marais in the U.S. state of Michigan. [3] The district serves the entirety of Burt Township. [4] The district covers a very large area of 238.57 square miles (617.89 km 2) in northeastern Alger County. [2] [A]
June 26, 1990 (M-28 west of Powell Pt.: Munising Township: The Grand Island Range Lights were lit first in 1868, but by 1914 were in poor repair. The new rear range light was a 64-foot (20 m) tower, the upper half (painted white) of which was part of a tower originally located at the Vidal Shoals near Sault Ste. Marie.
The Michigan Municipal League is a nonprofit association of municipalities and municipal leaders in the State of Michigan.The group banded in 1899 under the motto “Cooperation solves any problem” to reflect the organizers’ combined purposes: exchange of information, shared learning, development of unified policies on matters of municipal concern, and to form a collective voice on matters ...
Hill's Store was a commercial building located on Grand Marais Avenue in Grand Marais, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, but demolished and de-listed that same year. [1]
Grand Marais Airport covers an area of 160 acres (65 ha) at an elevation of 838 feet (255 m) above mean sea level.It has two runways with turf surfaces: runway 5/23 measures 2,600 by 150 feet (792 x 46 m) and runway 14/32 measures 2,800 by 100 feet (853 x 30 m).