Baraga - Michigan's Upper Peninsula

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Seasonal museum with interesting artifacts, photos, and books on area Ojibwa, Father Baraga, English/Ojibwa town founders stranded by an early winter storm. logging, railroads, Arvon slate, Finnish homesteads, James Oliver Curwood, Pettibone Cary-Lift. ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/baraga_baraga_county_historical_society_museum.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <p>   </font> </td> </tr> </table>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td>   </td> </tr>  <tr> <td align="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td> </tr> </table>  </td> <td valign=top width="1%" bgcolor="#F5F5D5">  <img src="images/1x1.gif" width="9" height=500 alt="|"> </td> <td valign=top width="63%">  <table width="100%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0> <tr> <td valign=top align=center bgcolor="#018650" colspan=2> <center> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width="30" height=8 alt="-"><br> <b><font color="#FFFFFF" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-1"><a class="whitelink" href="keweenaw_peninsula.html" target="_top">Region: Keweenaw Peninsula</a></font></b><br> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width="100%" height=3 alt="-"><br> <h1>BARAGA</h1> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width="30" height=8 alt="-"></center></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="63%">  <table width="100%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=8 border=0> <tr> <td align="left">  <font face="Georgia"> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=6 alt="-"><br> <center> <table cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 border=0 width=449> <tr> <td> <img src="http://hunts-upguide.com/photos/558.gif" width=449 height=247 alt="Baraga downtown-old" border=0> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> <font face="Gill Sans Light,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-3"> <a target="_top" href="http://www.highway41north.com/photo_history.html">Highway 41 North</a> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-2"> <b>It's hard to believe this is what Baraga's downtown looked like around 1900. Little of that vitality remains.</b> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </center><p> Tucked at the bottom of a hillside going down to the west shore of Keweenaw Bay, the village of Baraga, population 1,250, is located at a natural townsite, one of those congenial protected spots along the Great Lakes that the French voyageur in the fur trade liked to use for camps in the 1800s. Baraga the town and Baraga County are both named after Frederic Baraga, the famous "snowshoe priest" from Slovenia. He established his last mission at Assinins two miles north of here in 1843. He helped native Ojibwa here get title to their land, and enabled them to stay here rather than being relocated to the Great Plains by the United States government. Many Ojibwa have lived in the area ever since. <br><br>Today they are a recognized tribe, the <B>Keweenaw Bay Indian Community</B>. Legal gambling on Indian reservations, begun in Michigan right here in Fred Dakota's garage, has turned the tribe and its Ojibwa Casino into one of the few economic powerhouses in this small county of only 9,000 people. (The other large employers are the Baraga State Prison outside of town just west of the state park; Pettibone, maker of large forklift-type trucks, on Baraga's south side; and the BPB ceiling tile plant in L'Anse.)<br><br> To many motorists, <B>Baraga is a confusing blur</B> on the highway. It becomes much clearer on the flip side of the <B>detailed $2 county map</B> from Baraga Tourism and Recreation on U.S. 41 at Broad in L'Anse. <br><br><center> <table cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 border=0 width=420> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-1"><b>...continued below...</b></font> <br clear="all"> <hr> <center> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </center> <hr> <tr> <td> <img src="http://hunts-upguide.com/photos/407.gif" width=420 height=254 alt="Pettibone Extendo" border=0> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-2"> <b>The Extendo, made in Baraga by Pettibone. Sold worldwide, it can lift a 10,000-pound 56 feet high.</b> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </center><p> Several points have <B>bay views</B> and public areas, beginning with <B><a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/baraga_baraga_state_park.html" target="_top">Baraga State Park</a></B> at the south edge of town, then the terrace by the restaurant at the <B>Best Western Lakeside Inn</B>, and then the grounds and picnic tables by the <B>Baraga County Historical Society</B>. At the foot of Michigan Avenue is the village of <B>Baraga's Municipal Marina </B>with two<B> boat launches</B>. Its American, Canadian, and Finnish flags add an international touch to a down-home place. The marina is mostly rented by the season but the harbormaster tries to accommodate overnighters. The marina office is also the <B>Disney Bait Shop</B> (906-353-8110). Visitors can walk out on the marina's long <B>public pier</B> and be surrounded by beautiful Keweenaw Bay, with views across to L'Anse and the red sandstone bluffs at the end of the bay. It's really one of the area's <B>special places</B>, once you're out there. By the pier parking lot are a simple playground and a few <B>picnic tables</B>. <br><br>The final waterfront access is at the KBIC's <B>Ojibwa Recreation Area </B>(906-353-6955) on Sand Point, a sizable peninsula extending out into Keweenaw Bay. Many Keweenaw residents are familiar with the side of the recreation area that's under the pines, where the popular <B>Pow Wow </B>(906-353-6623) is held on the <B>last full weekend in July</B>. It attracts native Americans from near and far, and for others it's a wonderful window on a living culture. The Pow Wow has grand entry marches, drumming and open dancing, plus crafts, recordings, books, and other merchandise and food booths. At some pow wows dance competitions overwhelm the community aspect of the get-together, but not here. There's only one small dance competition, and several dance segments where all ages, male and female, dance together. <B>Grand entry marches and dances</B> are held at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and at 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. At pow wows it is interesting to see the diversity within self-described Native Americans, and to see the bumper stickers in the parking lot. For instance, "Alcohol is not traditional," <B>"I was Indian before Indian was cool," </B>and "The BIA [Bureau of Indian Affairs] hates competition."<br><br><center> <table cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 border=0 width=400> <tr> <td> <img src="http://hunts-upguide.com/photos/406.gif" width=400 height=235 alt="Pines" border=0> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-2"> <b>On Highway 41 just north of Baraga, the Pines draws lots of motorists. Owned by the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, it can sell gas, cigarettes, and other merchandise for less because because Native American tribes, as sovreign nations, need not collect or pay state gas, tobacco, or sales taxes. </b> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </center><p> In the pow wow part of the Ojibwa Recreation Area, many campsites are under the pines, beaten down by use, near the shower building and a little bay where motocross events are held. On the other side of the recreation area, the right-hand drive leads to the <B>new campground and marina</B>, an open area right on the bay, with a very good view and a wonderful sense of being surrounded by water. It's served by electricity and Porta-Johns. Sites have fire rings and some picnic tables. Some of the campground was wet and squishy after a rainy spell on an August 2004 visit. At that time there were no convenient showers. Only one group of campers was there, alongside their large RV. They preferred this campground to <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/baraga_baraga_state_park.html" target="_top">Baraga State Park</a> because visitors could come and go without being charged, there was no specific checkout time, and they could play their own music without bothering others. <br><br><center> <table cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 border=0 width=400> <tr> <td> <img src="http://hunts-upguide.com/photos/322.gif" width=400 height=300 alt="Sand Hill Light" border=0> </td> </tr> </table> </center><p> The drive to the Ojibwa Recreation Area campground entrance continues farther and ends at the <B>Sand Hill Light</B>, built in 1878 and recently acquired by the tribe. It is not now open to the public. This is the first time in many years it can be seen from land without trespassing. It's a trim brick lighthouse with a square tower. <br><br>The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, like other recognized tribes, is almost an independent nation, and the village of Baraga is a <B>spread-out patchwork of tribal and private land</B>, more so than any other Michigan community. Tribal land is under tribal jurisdiction, with its own laws. The KBIC police force is several times the size of the village's. Tribal businesses don't have to pay sales tax, resulting in lower prices for gasoline and alcohol. Sales of fireworks, strictly regulated in most places, are not regulated here, so <B>Morin Fireworks</B> (906-353-6650) on U.S. 41 a mile north of town can sell skyrockets and roman candles. Pete Morin also orchestrates professional fireworks shows. <br><br>Baraga's commercial area is mostly along U.S. 41 and Keweenaw Bay. Lahti's Factory Outlet is an unpromising place judging by its exterior, but inside it's a lot like an old-fashioned dime store, with some great bargains and a surprising regional section. The traditional downtown, never much to begin with, is along Superior Avenue south of M-38/Michigan Avenue. Up the hill where M-38 heads west to Ontonagon is the tribe's flagship <B>Ojibwa Casino</B> and bingo hall. (Another casino is outside Marquette.) The casino has its own hotel with indoor pool; a Super 8 is across the street. Just behind the casino off Beartown Road is the large <B>tribal center</B>, akin in its functions to city hall for a city with lots of services, but with the extra department of gaming compliance and with a fish and wildlife component to its environmental department. The tribal biologist collaborates with other governmental entities. His help was instrumental in helping the village of Eagle Harbor on a recent project. <br><br>A visit to the <B>tribe's web site</B>, <a target="_top" href="http://www.kbic-nsn.gov">www.kbic-nsn.gov</a> , indicates the breadth of tribal activities and has a <B>downloadable newsletter</B>. The tribe owns other businesses, like the Pines gas station and party store on U.S. 41 and the tire company next to it. (To be enrolled as a tribal member, a person needs to be at least quarter blood - one grandparent or two great-grandparents - and descended from people listed on the 19th-century allotment rolls.) Next to the tribal center is the <B>Ojibwa Community College, </B>opened in 2004. It houses the KBIC library, open to the general public.<br><br>The town and county are named after <B>Father Frederic Baraga</B>, the famous <B>"snowshoe priest."</B> In 1843 Baraga established the last of his Michigan and Wisconsin Indian missions two miles north of town at Assinins and remained there, with frequent travels, until 1853, when he was named the first bishop of the Diocese of Marquette. Later, when the area was settled by Euro-Americans and organized, local people wanted to name both town and county after <B>Captain James Bendry</B>, an English immigrant, for his <B>instrumental role in developing the area</B>. <br><br>In the early years of copper mining, Bendry's ships, based in Sault Ste. Marie, had transported material and supplies to the mines around Copper Harbor. Late one season in the 1850s, he was about to sail off to Copper Country. <B>His resourceful Native American wife</B>, <B>Charlotte</B>, fearing he would be stranded, bundled up the whole family and came along. Sure enough, they were forced to spend the winter here, and Charlotte was a tremendous help. Captain Bendry then became familiar with the area's possibilities. He bought land in the area, started a sawmill and brickyard, and <B>founded the settlement. </B>Bendry, a Catholic, became friends with Father Baraga, who was in the area a lot before becoming a bishop. Bendry preferred that Baraga village and Baraga County be named after his saintly friend. Bendry's journals are a treasured part of the collection of the <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/baraga_baraga_county_historical_society_museum.html" target="_top">Baraga County Historical Society Museum</a> here on U.S. 41.<br><br>The museum also has a celebrated local product on its lawn, a <B>Pettibone Cary-Lift</B>. A Baraga man invented a machine akin to a forklift truck that could lift heavy loads of steel and timber. The Pettibone plant, just south of downtown on Superior (the main street), also makes a $90,000 telescopic boom that can lift pallets of building materials as high as five stories. Terex, a rival company founded in 1984, is also in Baraga. It makes extendable-boom forklifts for rough terrain. <br><br>Baraga is also home to one of the dozen or so large sawmills up here, <B>Besse Forest Products</B>. Its employees can saw six million board feet of hardwood a year, 65% of it hard maple. Furniture makers buy their top grades, leaving the rest for pallet manufacturers. <p align="right"><a href="keweenaw_peninsula.html" target="_top">Back to Keweenaw Peninsula</a></p> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td width="37%" valign="top"> <table width="100%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=8 border=0> <tr> <td height="4" width="37%">  <img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=1 alt="-"></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="center" bgcolor="#C7302D" width="37%">  <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" color="#FFFFFF"> <b> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=8 alt="-"><br> <font size="-1"> BARAGA<br> RESTAURANTS,<br> LODGINGS<br> & CAMPGROUNDS </font> <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=6 alt="-"><br> <font size="-2">These are our choices, not ads.</font><br> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=8 alt="-"><br> </b> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top bgcolor="#FFE09B" width="37%">  <img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=9 alt="-"><br> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"> <center><font size="-1" color="#C82F2C"><b>BARAGA<br>RESTAURANTS</b></font></center> <br> <font size="-2"> See also: L'Anse, Keweenaw Bay, Chassell.<br><br>This thinly populated L'Anse/Baraga area is not a spawning ground for good restaurants. Here are some observations from scouting around in 2004. The one dinner place that gets consistent high marks is <B>Carla's</B> in Keweenaw Bay with fresh fish and a lake view, but its hours are limited for much of the year. The <B>Best Western Lakeside</B> in Baraga has a beautiful view. Consistency was a problem in 2004, but that was last year. The great salad bar is gone at <B>Tony's Steakhouse</B>. For a hamburger, visitors can do way better than the prominently located Burger King. <B>Shabee's </B>in downtown L'Anse is competent, with good people-watching; so is <B>Irene's Pizza</B> on U.S. 41 in Baraga, only open after 4 p.m. The seasonal <B>Baraga Drive-In</B> with good food and curb service is a trip back in time.<br><br><U>Some of this information below</U> is being updated. The revised entries will be available by the middle of July, 2005, if not earlier. <U>So be sure to check to get current prices. Restaurant hours are current.</U> <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=8 alt="-"><br> <a name="e1103"><b>BEST WESTERN BARAGA LAKESIDE INN</b></a><br> (906) 353-7123 <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> The hotel dining room at the enjoys a beautiful setting and has popular prices (around $4 for a cheese omelet with homefries and toast, $4.50 for a deluxe 1/3 pound burger with fries, $6 for whitefish or trout at lunch with potato or a prime rib sandwich). Every table has a good <B>view of Keweenaw Bay</B>, with nighttime lights twinkling across the water. There's a <B>terrace</B> where you can take your food out, too. Dinners (mostly around $11 to $16, with some entrées $8 and under) come with potato, soup or salad, and bread loaf. Pizza, stir-fries, and lighter fare dinners are served in the evening. A limited sandwich and salad menu is available any time. The separate lounge has no view. <U>These are 2001 prices.</U> <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> <i>On U.S. 41, 4/5 mile south of M-38 at the south entrance to Baraga. Open daily, yer-round. Sun-Thurs 7 a.m.-9 p.m., Fri & Sat to 10 p.m. May stay open later on summer weekdays. Wheelchair-accessible. Family-friendly. Full bar.</i> <p> <a name="e1104"><b>IRENE'S PIZZA</b></a><br> (906) 353-6717 <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> Irene's is a simple little place that opens at 4:00. It serves good pizza, tacos, burritos, and sandwiches like Italian beef and cudighi (that Italian sausage patty from the Marquette Iron Range). There are salads, too, like the $3.05 taco salad and a $3.85 shrimp salad. The pizza log is something like a pasty with pizza filling. Vegetarian pizzas and sandwiches are also available. Picnic tables are on the <B>deck</B>. Phone ahead for speedy pizza pickup. <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> <i>On U.S. 41 south of Baraga, almost opposite <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/baraga_baraga_state_park.html" target="_top">Baraga State Park</a>. Open daily from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. or on Fri & Sat to midnight. Wheelchair-accessible. Family-friendly. No alcohol.</i> <p> <a name="e1105"><b>THE DRIVE-IN</b></a><br> (906) 353-6202 <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> Wonderful things from days gone by magically appear at this former A&W: draft root beer; frozen custard cones ($1.10-$1.85); malts, floats, and shakes made with frozen custard ($2 and $2.50); quarter-pound burgers on nicely grilled buns ($2 and up, $3.75 with fries and homemade coleslaw); plus carhops and curb service with a smile. I think it's the greatest! My kids can come in their jammies! says a fan. Two salads are for the diet-minded. Hot dogs, coney dogs, chicken nuggets, many kinds of burgers and sandwiches, and fried things. There's no indoor seating, but some picnic tables are under the birches in back. Phone orders welcome. There's no place else north of Marquette with frozen custard. Tradition-minded Suzette and Pat Reilly bought the drive-in in 2000. Suzette likes working in season and having half a year off to be with her kids. <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> <i>On Superior Avenue where it meets U.S. 41, just north of the state park. It's not quite on the highway, but visible if you turn your head. Wheelchair-accessible. Open from April 1 to October 1, perhaps a bit earlier and later. Open daily 11-10. Family-friendly. No alcohol.</i> <p> </font> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CDCCAD" valign="top"> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=9 alt="-"><br> <center><font size="-1" color="#C82F2C"><b>BARAGA<br>LODGINGS</b></font></center> <br> <font size="-2"> See also: L'Anse, Keweenaw Bay, Skanee, Three Lakes, Chassell.<br><br>In Baraga's casino-motel complex, the <B>Ojibwa Resort Motel</B>, there's a pleasant, all-around family restaurant at the motel entrance, <I>not </I>inside the casino. It's not smoky, and it's not only for gamblers. It also serves as a neighborhood café. It's open for breakfast through dinner. Restaurant management changes frequently, so it's hard to be too specific for 2005. Usually the food has been adequate or better, sometimes much better. No alcohol. Open daily from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., to 10 on weekends. Closes between 2 and 3 weekdays.<br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=8 alt="-"><br> <a name="e1106"><b>BEST WESTERN BARAGA LAKESIDE INN</b></a><br> (906) 353-7123 <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> Snowmobiling and gambling business enabled this attractive hotel to be built, and now in 2005 it has expanded. It's the area's only full-service hotel, and the only lodging in Baraga or L'Anse on the water. Most of its 68 rooms on three floors <B>overlook Keweenaw Bay</B>, as does its <B>restaurant</B>, open daily for three meals, and its <B>indoor pool room</B>. (There's also a bar with no view.) A<B> sauna </B>and whirlpool are part of the pool area. The<B> view is striking</B>, especially at dawn and dusk. There's a also a <B>pleasant outdoor sitting area</B> by the bay. The front desk competently serves as a<B> local information center </B>for skiing, snowmobiling, ice fishing, and points of interest. Standard rooms: $69 for two in 2000. Deluxe corner rooms with whirlpool tub, sink, refrigerator, connection to adjoining rooms: $85, $10/extra person. <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> <i>On U.S. 41 4/5 mile south of M-38. Some rooms wheelchair-accessible. Children: 16 and under free, $5/extra person. No pets. </i> <p> <a name="e1107"><b>FOUR SEASON INN</b></a><br> (906) 353-6680 <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> This former Super 8 Motel is now owned by the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community. There's nothing special about this 40-room motel's setting, surrounded by parking, across the road from the Ojibwa casino. But it, Carla's in Keweenaw Bay, and the Best Western Copper Crown in Hancock are the only places from L'Anse to Hancock to take pets of any kind. Double occupancy costs $60.77 including tax. <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> <i>On M-38, a mile west of U.S. 41 across from Ojibwa Casino in Baraga. Some wheelchair-accessible rooms. Dogs permitted in some rooms. Call ahead. </i> <p> </font> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#B6DBA4" valign="top"> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=9 alt="-"><br> <center><font size="-1" color="#C82F2C"><b>BARAGA<br>CAMPGROUNDS</b></font></center> <br> <font size="-2"> See also: L'Anse, Skanee, Sidnaw.<br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=8 alt="-"><br> <a name="e1108"><b>BARAGA STATE PARK</b></a><br> (906) 353-6558 <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> Traffic on U.S. 41 whizzes right by the shady campground here, without a ridge or woods to buffer the noise. But campers do get to look out past the highway to Keweenaw Bay. A beach is across the road; a <B>3/4 mile nature trail</B> along old<B> beach ridges</B> and past a <B>beaver pond</B> begins at the campground. 108 modern sites are here with 20 amp or 30 amp service ($16/ night), mini-cabin ($45), 10 semi-modern sites with no electricity ($14), and a 6-person tepee . Except for the July 4 weekend and the pow wow weekend (the last full July weekend), at least some campsites have been available any time. But it's a good idea to make reservations for July. <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/baraga_baraga_state_park.html" target="_top">Baraga State Park</a> is convenient as an overnight stop going to or from the northern Keweenaw. And it's a good base camp for making day trips nearby and to the Porcupine Mountains, Calumet, Copper Harbor, and <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/champion_van_riper_state_park.html" target="_top">Van Riper State Park</a>. <B>Summer Explorer nature programs</B> for families from June into late August, Tuesday through Saturday, mostly afternoon and evenings. Call for upcoming programs. Reservations: (800) 44-PARKS. Online reservations: <a target="_top" href="http://www.michigandnr.com/parksandtrails">www.michigandnr.com/parksandtrails</a> Click on Baraga County on map, then click on blue reservation icon for parks and harbors. <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> <i>On U.S. 41, 1 1/4 miles south of M-38 in Baraga or 2 1/2 miles west of L'Anse. Open year -round. Water and showers available May 15-Oct. 15. State park sticker required: $6/day for Michigan residents, $8 for non-residents, or $24 and $29 a year. Wheelchair access: not officially, but it works. 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