Black River Harbor - Michigan's Upper Peninsula

<html> <head> <title>Black River Harbor - Michigan's Upper Peninsula</title> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <META Pragma: No-Cache> <META name="Pragma" No-Cache> <META Cache-control: No-Cache> <META HTTP-EQUIV="expires" CONTENT="Wed, 26 Feb 1997 08:21:57 GMT"> <META name="description" content="Our profile for visitors to Black River Harbor on Lake Superior shore of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. 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A swinging footbridge reaches Rainbow Falls (via the North Country Trail) and a delightful Lake Superior swimming beach by a pretty CCC-era harbor. Four other waterfalls are accessed by individual trails from CR 513, or by a North Country Trail segment. ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/black_river_harbor_great_conglomerate__potawatomi__gorge__and_rainbow_falls.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e1289"><b>Manakiki Falls & Maple Creek Falls.</b></a> An exceptionally fine short walk along Maple Creek takes you to a string of four waterfalls ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/black_river_harbor_manakiki_falls___maple_creek_falls.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="ironwood___the_gogebic_range.html" target="_top">Region: Ironwood & the Gogebic Range</a></font></b><br> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width="100%" height=3 alt="-"><br> <h1>BLACK RIVER HARBOR</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> This former <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/munising_lake_superior.html" target="_top">Lake Superior</a> village at the mouth of the Black River looks today like many cottage resorts. Early in the 20th century it was a <b>fishing settlement</b> based on abundant lake trout. Gogebic County purchased some of the waterfront in 1924, and the village moved a little inland along Black River Road (County Road 513). Make-work <b>Civilian Conservation Corps</b> projects during the Depression developed the harbor park further. For decades after that, logging activity provided year-round customers for three taverns in the harbor. <br><br>One old tavern remains as part of the Bear Track Cabins complex a mile inland from the harbor. Here visitors can park in front of resort owner Norm Bishop's house and use the easy national forest trails through the big hemlocks and hardwoods behind his resort. Look for trail maps in a box. In winter they're single-tracked by a snowmobile and well suited to beginning and intermediate cross-country skiers.<br><br>A bit of fishing history survives in <b>THE NET LOFT</b>, an interesting antique shop in the log and stone building on the road's east side, not far from the Bear Track Cabins. It's run by involuntarily retired commercial fisherman Doug Allen. He started trolling in 1938. The state put him out of business in 1968, with hardly any compensation, deciding it was in the state's interest to encourage sport fishing over commercial fishing. "They said I wasn't in the business enough months a year," laments Allen. "I practically gave my tug away." <i>The Net Loft is usually open from June through September from 10-5. (906) 932-3663. </i> <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> <p align="right"><a href="ironwood___the_gogebic_range.html" target="_top">Back to Ironwood & the Gogebic Range</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"> BLACK RIVER HARBOR<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>BLACK RIVER HARBOR<br>RESTAURANTS</b></font></center> <br> <font size="-2"> </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>BLACK RIVER HARBOR<br>LODGINGS</b></font></center> <br> <font size="-2"> See also:<a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/ironwood.html" target="_top">Ironwood</a>, Hurley, <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/bessemer.html" target="_top">Bessemer</a>, <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/wakefield.html" target="_top">Wakefield</a>. <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=8 alt="-"><br> <a name="e169"><b>BEAR TRACK CABINS</b></a><br> (906) 932-2144 <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> The setting of the three housekeeping cabins in this small resort has a real presence. They're nestled among pines and hemlocks. <b>Sandstone Falls</b> is across the road; Rainbow, Potawatomi, and Gorge falls are within half a mile. Behind the cabins, <b>trails</b> go back through the dramatically dark hemlock forest. They connect with an extensive network <b>of cross-country ski trails</b> and <b>mountain bike trails</b> on old logging roads on Ottawa National Forest land. <br> Two cabins sleep four. The big one sleeps six to eight. All are built with logs or cedar siding from the area, and furnished in casual, appropriately woodsy style. The big cabin is the original Bear Track Inn, a log cabin built as a tavern in the 1930s for loggers from lumber camps and mills still operating in the nearby woods. Innkeeper Norm Bishop has drawn on his Finnish heritage and love of the north woods to remodel them with lots of practical, interesting touches, including <b>handsome wood-burning stoves</b>. Each cabin has a grill and picnic table. An attractive Finnish wood sauna is in a separate building. <br> Norm rents snowshoes and offers guests complimentary <b>guide service</b> for <b>snowshoeing</b> and <b>back-country skiing</b>. Rates for two in 2004: $70 in summer, $78 in winter. The big cabin, just updated with sunny windows, rented for $165/night on winter weekends for six people; in summer it was $90/night for up to four. Call in August or earlier for good winter weekend availability. Summer use is more one-nighters, with better availability. <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> <i>Near the end of CR 513, 1 mile from <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/munising_lake_superior.html" target="_top">Lake Superior</a>. Handicap access: call. Children: $13/extra person over 3 years Well-behaved dogs: $10/stay.</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>BLACK RIVER HARBOR<br>CAMPGROUNDS</b></font></center> <br> <font size="-2"> See also:<a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/ironwood.html" target="_top">Ironwood</a>, Hurley, <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/bessemer.html" target="_top">Bessemer</a>, <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/wakefield.html" target="_top">Wakefield</a>. <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=8 alt="-"><br> <a name="e170"><b>BLACK RIVER HARBOR CAMPGROUND/ OTTAWA NATIONAL FOREST</b></a><br> (906) 667-0261; reserv. 1-877-444-6777. May become first-come, first served in 2004. <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> At this exceptionally picturesque rustic campground <b>on a bluff overlooking <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/munising_lake_superior.html" target="_top">Lake Superior</a></b>, 40 large sites have lots of privacy in a mixed hardwood-conifer forest. There's a summer campground host. On <b>the North Country Trail</b>, with network of side trails. Near boat ramp. <b>A sandy beach</b> is by the marina, across the swinging bridge to Rainbow Falls. <b>Playground</b>, concession. Flush toilets, but no showers or electricity. This campground is very popular. Now first-come, first-served. Have a backup in mind. <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> <i>At end of CR 513. $12/night for 2 adults, $5/extra adult. Open late May thru Oct 15, weather depending. 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