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Ontonagon (/ ˌ ɒ n t ə ˈ n ɑː ɡ ən / ON-tə-NAH-gən) is a village in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,285 at the 2020 census . It is the county seat of Ontonagon County , and is the only incorporated place within the county.
Ontonagon County (/ ˌ ɒ n t ə ˈ n ɑː ɡ ən / ON-tə-NAH-gən) is a county in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census , the population was 5,816, [ 3 ] making it Michigan's third-least populous county.
The Victoria Mine is the name given to a series of copper mines located in Rockland Township, Ontonagon County, in Michigan's Copper Country. It was near this location that a large piece of float copper, known as the Ontonagon Boulder, was found. The mine operated off and on from 1849 until its final closure in 1921. [1]
The state of Michigan was admitted to the Union in 1837, incorporating both the Upper and Lower Peninsulas. Efforts for the U.P. to secede and form a new state date to 1858, when a convention was held in Ontonagon, Michigan, for the purpose of combining the Upper Peninsula, northern Wisconsin, and northeast Minnesota into a new state to be called either Superior or Ontonagon. [2]
The initial construction of the Ontonagon piers was carried out during 1868-1872 [2] The inner 1069 feet of the west pier, constructed of wood pilings filled with stone, dates from this time. [2] Over the next 20 years, another 1770 feet of the east pier and 1398 feet of the west pier was constructed, [ 2 ] and a pierhead light was installed on ...
Ontonagon Township (/ ˌ ɒ n t ə ˈ n ɑː ɡ ən / ON-tə-NAH-gən) is a civil township of Ontonagon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,253 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ]
The Ontonagon Reservation is located in northeastern Ontonagon Township, in northeastern Ontonagon County, on the south shore of Lake Superior, about 20 km northeast of the village of Ontonagon, Michigan, United States. The reservation has a land area of 3.775 sq mi (9.777 km 2) and had no resident population as of the 2010 census. [2]
The Ontonagon River (/ ˌ ɒ n t ə ˈ n ɑː ɡ ən / ON-tə-NAH-gən) is a river flowing into Lake Superior at the village of Ontonagon, on the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States.