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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 .
Grand Marais: April 24, 1981: Burt and Gamble Railway Grade: 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east of Grand Marais Grand Marais: November 3, 1976: Curtis and Miller Cook Sawmill: East Everett Road Grand Marais: February 16, 1989: First National Bank and Post Office: 100 West Munising Avenue: Munising: February 27, 1980: Grand Island: Munising Bay, Lake ...
Au Sable Light is an active lighthouse in the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore west of Grand Marais, Michigan off H-58. Until 1910, this aid to navigation was called "Big Sable Light" (not to be confused with Big Sable Point Light [7] near Ludington, Michigan on Lake Michigan or Little Sable Point Light south of Pentwater, Michigan).
Map of Grand Marais Harbor. In the 1870s, shipping traffic through Lake Superior increased tremendously. [6] Realizing the lack of a safe harbor between Whitefish Bay and Grand Island, the Army Corps of Engineers began upgrading the harbor at Grand Marais in 1881. Over the next ten years, the Corps dredged the harbor and constructed a 5,770 ...
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]
The Great Lakes Pilot has served Grand Marais, Michigan for 25 years — delivering eight publications each year, and can be found at major grocery and gas chains.
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.
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.