Dollar Bay - Michigan's Upper Peninsula

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Built for the roughest Superior conditions, it will return rightside up if it capsizes.</b> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </center><p> <br>Three miles east of the Lift Bridge, Dollar Bay is an unincorporated sawmill village off M-26, three miles east of the Lift Bridge. The shipping possibilities of Dollar Bay's waterfront location enabled the community to survive beyond its lumber town phase. Its main street begins at the corner to M-26 by Quincy's restaurant. Turn right after the park and you will eventually come to the COAST GUARD'S PORTAGE STATION on the Keweenaw Waterway, serving all of the Copper Country and Baraga County. It's near the yellow brick Dollar Bay-Tamarack Schools, one of 30 "outperforming schools" in Michigan. <br><br> <table align="right" cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 border=0 width=250> <tr> <td> <img src="http://hunts-upguide.com/photos/195.gif" width=250 height=132 alt="CG Response Boat" border=0> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-2"> <b>Good luck trying to outrun the Coast Guard's response boat harbored at its Dollar Bay base. Used for law enforcement, it has two Honda 225 hp outboards and goes up to 70 mph.</b> </font> </td> </tr> </table> <br>Or go on a couple of blocks and turn right at Elm (the streets are named in alphabetical order) and look for the gray, two-sided building with red trim to see a North American remnant of Finn-Swedes. (Finland's Swedish-speaking minority was far better educated and wealthier than Finnish speakers in the 1800s.) Dollar Bay's <b>Order of Runeberg Lodge #8</b> is named after Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804-1877), considered the <b>national poet of Finland,</b> a Romantic akin to Keats. Writing in Swedish, the language of Finland's upper classes, Runeberg idealized the population of rural Finns, helping to lead the way to Finland's vote to adopt Finnish as its primary language. Still active, the International Order of Runeberg ("celebrating Finnish & Swedish-speaking Finnish Culture and Traditions") is not limited to Finn-Swedes, or to men, either. For local info and photos, see orderofruneberg.org/lodges/lodge8dollarbaymi.<br><br> <table align="right" cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 border=0 width=250> <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/196.gif" width=250 height=103 alt="Horner Flooring" border=0> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-2"> <b>Known and respected nationally, Horner Flooring makes many of the country's NBA and college basketball courts. This is the rear view, showing the stacks of hardwood.</b> </font> </td> </tr> </table> Downtown's commerce consists of a bar and a beautician's, but if you turn left onto Helman, you'll soon come to HORNER FLOORING in Dollar Bay's historic big mill. Horner, maker of maple flooring (including some NBA basketball courts), is one of the area's largest industrial employers.<br> <br>Continue on, and you'll be on an isthmus to the Dollar Peninsula, so named for its shape, not for Eastern U.P. lumberman Robert Dollar. A waterfront shed advertises minnows, leeches, smelt, knives, traps, and more; across the road turkeys strut in their shady pens. Half a mile to the right is Sandy Bottom Park, looking out across the Keweenaw Waterway. Beyond it, on Lower Point Mills Road and Grosse Point, are some of the area's most expensive homes, favored by Tech professors and others who want a shady, quiet waterfront setting that's close to Houghton. <br><br>The shipping possibilities of Dollar Bay's waterfront location enabled the community to survive past its lumber town phase. <i>(—October, 2007)</i><br><center> <table cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 border=0 width=399> <tr> <td> <img src="http://hunts-upguide.com/photos/197.gif" width=399 height=229 alt="CG Portage" border=0> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-2"> <b>Dollar Bay is also the home port for the Coast Guard's rescue boat, the watertight<I>Portage</I>. Built for the roughest Superior conditions, it will return rightside up if it capsizes.</b> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </center><p> Dollar Bay really turns out for the Fourth of July parade and BBQ. Check <a target="_top" href="http://www.keweenaw.info">www.keweenaw.info</a> for exact date and time. <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"> DOLLAR BAY<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>DOLLAR BAY<br>RESTAURANTS</b></font></center> <br> <font size="-2"> See also: Lake Linden, Calumet, Hancock, Houghton. <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=8 alt="-"><br> <a name="e1200"><b>QUINCY'S RESTAURANT & LOUNGE</b></a><br> (906) 482-2118 <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> Quincy's is a very popular gathering spot for its cozy atmosphere and extensive collection of mining memorabilia, starting with the mine train in the parking lot. (Quincy Mine replaced tram cars pushed by men with trains like this.) Don't miss the murals of miners in the restrooms. The menu ranges from Chicago-style pizza and burgers to steaks to Mexican (the burrito is huge) and daily specials, including turkey dinner on Sunday and fish on Friday — a little bit of everything, priced for local customers and visitors alike. "Great fish fry, mobbed with locals," comments one area diner. Another says, "My favorite is the root beer on tap." <i>(—May, 2008)</i> <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> <i>On the lake side of M-26 in Dollar Bay, 3 miles east of the lift bridge and 7 miles south of where M-26 turns to go up the big hill in Lake Linden. (906) 482-2118. Open daily. Sun-Tues kitchen open from 11:30 am. To 10 p.m., Wed-Sat to 11. Bar closes an hour later. Handicap accessible via ramp. Restrooms too small. Family-friendly. Full bar.</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>DOLLAR BAY<br>LODGINGS</b></font></center> <br> <font size="-2"> </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>DOLLAR BAY<br>CAMPGROUNDS</b></font></center> <br> <font size="-2"> </font> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=5 align="center">  <br> <center> <font size="+1" color="#454545" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">Copyright © 2010 Midwestern Guides</font> </center> </td> </tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>