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Big Bay is in northern Marquette County, 28 miles (45 km) northwest of Marquette, the county seat, and 51 miles (82 km) by road east of L'Anse.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Big Bay CDP has a total area of 6.05 square miles (15.67 km 2), of which 3.90 square miles (10.10 km 2) are land and 2.16 square miles (5.59 km 2), or 35.61%, are water. [1]
The bay is historically important for its 19th-century use as a center of the Lake Michigan iron smelting industry. A former smelting complex has been preserved as Fayette State Park. The state park's Snail Shell Harbor, off Big Bay de Noc, offers a harbor of refuge for small boats and yachts. A lighthouse, the Peninsula Point Light, marks the ...
Fayette Historic State Park is a historic preservation and public recreation area encompassing the historic town of Fayette in the U.S. state of Michigan.It is located on the Big Bay de Noc of Lake Michigan, between Snail Shell Harbor and Sand Bay, on the southern side of the Upper Peninsula, about 17 miles south of US 2.
A section of the 1932 Michigan State Dept. of Highways road map showing M-35 in northern Marquette and Baraga counties [7] In 1919, the Michigan State Highway Department (MSHD) designated a scenic shoreline trunkline to run north from Negaunee to Skanee and L'Anse by way of Big Bay.
The Big Bay Point Light is a lighthouse which stands on a tall bluff over a rocky point [7] near Big Bay, Michigan, approximately 24 miles (39 km) northwest of Marquette on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
The third business loop was in Baraga in the early 1940s. As shown on the maps of the time, US 41 was relocated in Baraga between the publication of the December 1, 1939, and the April 15, 1940, MSHD maps. [95] [96] A business loop followed the old routing through downtown. The last map that shows the loop was published on July 1, 1941. [98] Bus.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Good Harbor Bay; Grand Traverse Bay; Grand Traverse Bay (Lake Superior) Green Bay (Lake Michigan) H. Hammond Bay; Huron ...
A substantial number of Finnish emigres moved into the area, working in the lumber, mining, or fishing industries. By 1920, Big Traverse Bay had developed into a primarily fishing community. in the 1950s, construction of a breakwater and changes to the harbor resulted in the demolition of a number of houses, as well as a footbridge across the ...