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L'ANSE
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Baraga County Tourist & Recreation Association. Great weekday info center with local history books, terrific county map, savvy tips for exploring secluded area waterfalls, beaches, mountaintops, other backroad adventures. ... more

Falls River, Upper, Lower & Middle Falls. A wonderful, uncrowded place with complex waterfalls in a piney forest. One of the best U.P. waterfall walks, partly right in town. ... more

Front Street Park. Fine view of L'Anse Bay, fishing pier, marina, shipwreck, beach, playground and "train," summer concerts, picnic pavilion, horseshoes, waterfall trail. ... more

Indian Country Sports. Complete outdoors store (hunt, fish, canoe, kayak, camp, ski, snowshoe), info center, and working lighthouse. Lake trout tips from commercial fisherman's son. ... more

In the Mind's Eye. Regional gifts and art, art supplies, science and nature books for adults and children, one-hour photos — great for rainy days. ... more

Shrine of the Snowshoe Priest. A stature and shrine dedicated to the kindly priest in who in the 1830s ministered to the local Indians ... more

Powerhouse Falls

Hardly a mile south of L'Anse, this peaceful spot is a fine place to take a sandwich, sit, and enjoy the water rushing around you and the stone bluffs and trees across the Falls River. It's lovely in fall color season. This is not a fancy attraction.

The county tourism group has erected a simple shelter, but there's no toilet facility. The falls themselves are up behind the powerhouse, a peeling concrete block building. (An informal trail can take you back there.) A pleasant trail follows the river about a mile downstream. (—May, 2008)

From U.S. 41 a mile south of the turnoff into downtown L'Anse, turn west onto Power Dam Road at Reid's Funeral Home, an A-frame building. The little park is in ¾ mile. (906) 524-7444. No fee. Handicap access: gravel parking, flat terrain.

Little Mountain

Right outside L'Anse, this is one of those high places like Silver Mountain where a cap of resistant rock kept the hilltop from eroding away. A mostly quite gentle hike through woods ends up on a flat rock with a panoramic view of Keweenaw Bay and the Huron Mountains. Spectacular in fall! About 25 minutes up. (—May, 2008)

Off U.S. 41 about 2 miles south of L'Anse, or 9-10 miles north of M-28 junction near Covington. Take Golf Course Road 2 miles west to trailhead. Take left fork of trail if in doubt. (906) 524-7444. No fee. Not handicap accessible.

L'Anse Township Park & Campground. A serene bluff-top setting for park and modern campground, among pines and hemlocks overlooking Keweenaw Bay. Rocky beach is down below. ... more

Mount Arvon. In the Huron Mountains, Michigan's highest point has no view, but many take rugged logging roads to claim "I climbed Mount Arvon, Michigan's highest point." ... more

L'ANSE

L'Anse Township Park & Campground

L'Anse Township Park & Campground
The hemlocks and pines on the bluff overlooking Keweenaw Bay create a serene setting for the well-maintained L'Anse Township Park. The view can be enjoyed from a pleasant picnic area near swinging benches and a playground. Anyone can use its three small shelters with grills. Reunions rent the large pavilion ($30). Its modern campground is a real find.
The hemlocks' dense shade makes the forest here so clear of underbrush that formal trails aren't needed for a walk in the woods. The gated drive down the hill leads to Pequaming Road; walk across it to a beach where people swim despite the rocks.
The original trading post and townsite of L'Anse was here. A stone monument marks the site.

In the 1960s, the cabin where James Oliver Curwood wrote many of his outdoors adventure novels was moved here from its original location in the Huron Mountains, and the park name changed to Curwood Park. Then the county historical society disassembled the cabin for future reconstruction next its museum and the name reverted to L'Anse Township Park. The cabin apparently is now rotten. The steamer that took visitors to the Huron Islands seems to have met a similar fate. (—May, 2008)

Look for the entrance on the west side of Skanee Rd. (the continuation of Main St.) 2 miles northeast of downtown L'Anse. (906) 524-6985. lansetownship.org Open mid-May to last Sat. of Oct. No charge for day use. Wheelchair access: call. Not to ADA standards. Works with assistance. Dogs permitted on leash. For more info, check online at http//Xwww.coppercountry.com/LanseTwpPk.php.

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