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The Eagle River is a 2.6-mile-long (4.2 km) [2] stream on the Keweenaw Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river flows into Lake Superior in the community of Eagle River. Most of the river lies within Houghton Township. The main branch of the river is formed at the confluence of its East Branch [3] and its West Branch [4] at the ...
Eagle River is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in the U.S. state of Michigan.It is the county seat of Keweenaw County. [3] Its population was 65 at the 2020 census, [4] which makes it by far the least-populated county seat in the state of Michigan. [5]
When Keweenaw County was organized, Eagle River was named the county seat. Its location on the shore of Lake Superior made Eagle River a natural port, and it served as a major shipping hub for the copper mined in the Keweenaw in the mid-19th century. [2]
In Michigan, most local government functions—police and fire, building and zoning, tax assessment, street maintenance, etc.—are the responsibility of individual cities and townships. The Keweenaw County Courthouse and Sheriff's Residence and Jail in Eagle River faces Lake Superior.
A new documentary chronicles a Wisconsin’s tribe's ongoing fight to protect Lake Superior for future generations. “Bad River” shows the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa’s long ...
Detroit News, Interactive map on Michigan lighthouses. Interactive map of lighthouses in central Lake Superior. Lighthouse Central, Eagle River light The Ultimate Guide to Upper Michigan Lighthouses by Jerry Roach. (Publisher: Bugs Publishing LLC - 2007). ISBN 978-0-9747977-2-4
Pages in category "Michigan populated places on Lake Superior" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total. ... Eagle River, Michigan; Emerson ...
In Michigan, lake effect snow most often tends to fall in western Upper Peninsula, along the north shore of the UP, and in the Lower Peninsula from the tip of the mitten to Indiana along Lake ...