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Dozens of U.P. residents and visitors alike choose to test their mettle each winter by camping at the U.P.’s only year-round state park campground, Tahquamenon Falls.
The Tahquamenon Falls State Park is a 46,179-acre (18,688 ha) public recreation area in the U.S. state of Michigan. [3] It is the second largest of Michigan's state parks . Bordering on Lake Superior , most of the park is located within Whitefish Township in Chippewa County , with the western section of the park extending into McMillan Township ...
The Tahquamenon Falls (/ t ə ˈ k w ɑː m ə n ɒ n,-n ən / tə-KWAH-mə-non, -nən) are a series of waterfalls on the Tahquamenon River, shortly before it empties into Lake Superior, in the northeastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan. They are the largest waterfalls in Michigan, and one of the largest in the eastern half of North America.
The Upper Falls of the Tahquamenon River, near the northern shore of the peninsula. The first known inhabitants of the Upper Peninsula were tribes speaking Algonquian languages, specifically the Algonquian branches of Ojibwe and Menominee. They arrived roughly around 800 C.E. and subsisted chiefly from fishing.
The river is best known for the Tahquamenon Falls, a succession of two waterfalls in Tahquamenon Falls State Park totalling approximately 73 feet (22 m) in height. Because the headwaters of the river are located in a boreal wetland that is rich in cedar, spruce and hemlock trees, the river's waters carry a significant amount of tannin in solution (i.e., it is a blackwater river), and are often ...
Michigan's state parks system was started in 1919. Three Michigan state parks pre-date the creation of the park system in 1919: Mackinac Island State Park (1895), Michilimackinac State Park (1909) and Interlochen State Park (1917).
Toonerville Trolley is a railroad that travels through forest with a variety of wildlife to the Tahquamenon River. [6] Tahquamenon River Logging Museum contains artifacts from lumberjack days and has a nature trail through the Tahquamenon Forest. [6] The Soo Locks is the largest waterway traffic system in the world located in Sault Ste Marie ...
The Tahquamenon Falls State Park is a 46,179-acre (18,688 ha) state park in Michigan. It is the second largest of Michigan's state parks . Bordering on Lake Superior , most of the park is located within Chippewa County , with the western section of the park extending into Luce County .