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Baraga County (/ ˈ b ɛər ə ɡ ə / BAIR-ə-gə) is a county in the Upper Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census , the population was 8,158, making it Michigan's fifth-least populous county. [ 3 ]
Assinins was founded in 1843 by Bishop Frederic Baraga, [2] who came to the area at the invitation of Chief Edward Assinins. [3] Assinins was the first person to be baptized at the site. [3] Baraga built the Old St. Joseph Orphanage and School on the site in 1860; wings were added to the building in 1866 and 1877. [2]
Keweenaw Bay is an unincorporated community in Baraga County in northern Michigan. [1] The community is on the shore of Keweenaw Bay on US Route 41. The community of Baraga is approximately 6.5 miles to the south and Chassell on Portage Lake in Houghton County is approximately 14 miles to the north on Route 41. [2]
Keweenaw Bay is an arm of Lake Superior in North America. It is located adjacent to the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, to the southeast of the Keweenaw Peninsula. Keweenaw Bay is 22 miles long and 12 miles wide at the mouth. The head of the bay sits within the reservation of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community. It is also the name ...
Baraga (/ ˈ b ɛər ə ɡ ə / BAIR-ə-gə) is a village in Baraga County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,883 at the 2020 census. [5] The village is named after Bishop Frederic Baraga. The village is located in Baraga Township on the Keweenaw Bay on Lake Superior at the junction of US 41 and M-38.
Pequaming (/ p ə ˈ k w ɒ m ɪ ŋ / pə-KWAH-ming) is an unincorporated community in L'Anse Township of Baraga County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located on a narrow point of land that juts into Keweenaw Bay. Although still partially inhabited, Pequaming is one of the largest ghost towns in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. [1] [2] [3 ...
The Department of Community Health was created in 1996 through an executive order merging Department of Public Health (as Community Public Health Agency), Department of Mental Health, Medical Services Administration from the Department of Social Services, responsibility for Liquor Control Commission, Licensing, Monitoring and Accreditation and Division of Occupational Health from Department of ...
The Keweenaw Peninsula (/ ˈ k iː w ə n ɔː /, KEE-wə-naw) is a peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. Part of the greater landmass of the Upper Peninsula , the Keweenaw Peninsula projects about 65 miles (105 km) northeasterly into Lake Superior , forming Keweenaw Bay .