Nahma Peninsula - Michigan's Upper Peninsula

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viewing platform overlooking a marsh where <B>herons</B>, muskrats, <B>cranes</B>, bittern, and songbirds can be seen ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/nahma_peninsula_nahma_marsh_trail.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e286"><b>Flowing Well Picnic Area & Sturgeon River fishing.</b></a> This small woodland picnic area and campground on the canoe-able Sturgeon River, known for trout fishing. ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/nahma_peninsula_flowing_well_picnic_area___sturgeon_river_fishing.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 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<b>The lumber company’s incinerator, a landmark to boaters, towers behind the boat launch. </b> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </center><p> The <B>Sturgeon River</B> between Rapid River and Manistique (one of four Sturgeon Rivers in Michigan) has created the short, marshy Nahma Peninsula—a <B>delta</B>, really—where it empties into Lake Michigan. Nahma is between the longer Stonington and Garden peninsulas with their higher elevations. Nahma (pronounced "NAY-muh") means "sturgeon" in Ojibwa. At the river mouth, the <B>Bay de Noc Lumber Company</B> created the <B> town</B> of Nahma around 1910. Nahma had the trim, tidy look of a well-planned company town. Public buildings lined a rather grand boulevard with a median strip of lawn, leading to a cluster of mill buildings where the rail line neared Lake Michigan. <br><center> <table cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 border=0 width=399> <tr> <td> <img src="http://hunts-upguide.com/photos/802.gif" width=399 height=243 alt="Nahma train" border=0> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-2"> <b>The steam engine used by Bay de Noc Lumber Company can now be seen in a park in town. </b> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </center><p> <br><br>The Sturgeon River is easily accessible, because County Road 497 runs generally alongside it south from U.S. 2 at Nahma Junction. Most of the Sturgeon flows through <B>Hiawatha National Forest</B> lands. It is a beautiful, <B>often productive,</B> <B>overlooked trout stream</B>. <U>Fish habitat improvements are making fishing even better. </U>The Sturgeon has been designated a Wild and Scenic River. The tucked-away <B>Flowing Well picnic area</B> and campground north of U.S. 2 is a pretty place for enjoying the river. <br><br>Wildlife, not only waterfowl and fish but mammals, abounds in the area. A good way to see it is by <B>canoeing</B> down the river. Canoes can be rented at the No-Nah-Ma Resort (906-644-2728) on the old mill site at the west end of the boulevard. They also rent bicycles, jet skis, and paddleboats. <br><br>Upstream on the Sturgeon River there's good fishing, says Tom Huggler in his <a target="_top" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0923756140/huntsupperpen-20">Fish Michigan: 50 More Rivers</a>, in those places where there's good fish habitat without sterility-inducing sand. <br><br>The <B>DNR boat launch</B> gives access to <B>Big Bay de Noc</B>, with its <B>excellent fishing</B><br><br>In 1951 an Indiana playground manufacturer bought most of the town, with big plans to turn it into a resort. "Sold: One Town" read the headline of a <I>Life</I> magazine article back then. However, the playground company didn't keep up with changes in play equipment, so it lacked funds to develop the resort. Many buildings caved in, including the lumber sheds, the community building, and the school. Today Nahma is not a ghost town. Residents are a mix of summer people, retirees, and local people. Some seem to live on very low incomes. Each year, proceeds from the Labor Day celebration are used on civic fix-up projects. Now there's a <B>playground</B> at the west enc of the main street, right by Engine Number 5, used by the Nahma Northern Railroad that the mill relied on. <br><br>In 1994 the three Groleau brothers, Warren, Pat, and Ron, who grew up here, joined up to buy half of the attractive nine-hole golf course east of town. And they successfully renovated the 1910 Nahma Hotel, and sold ice cream in the company store where millworkers had been forced to shop. It alone accepted the scrip they were paid with. The hotel was a quaint getaway in a natural area, but the Grouleaus and another innkeeper moved on to other things, and the hotel is again for sale. But now they have moved on, and the hotel sits empty and for sale. Nahma Hotel <br><br><I>GETTING TO NAHMA FROM U.S. 2: The blacktop on scenic CR 497 is breaking up, so go slowly. Better roads are along the lakeshore: County Roads 495 (from Isabella) and 499 (from St. Jacques—the local pronunciation is Saint Jake's). They pass the cottages lining most of the Nahma Peninsula's shoreline. In places the lake is so shallow that land and water seem to merge in the shoreline grass.<U> <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="manistique_and_the_garden_peninsula.html" target="_top">Back to Manistique and the Garden 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"> NAHMA PENINSULA<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>NAHMA PENINSULA<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>NAHMA PENINSULA<br>LODGINGS</b></font></center> <br> <font size="-2"> At the moment the Nahma Inn is for sale and not in operation. Interested parties can call listing agent Lynn Giles at (906) 341-2131. <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=8 alt="-"><br> <a name="e1349"><b>NO-NAH-MA RESORT</b></a><br> <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> See under "camping." <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>NAHMA PENINSULA<br>CAMPGROUNDS</b></font></center> <br> <font size="-2"> <a name="e287"><b>NO-NAH-MA RESORT</b></a><br> (906) 644-2728 <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> This resort occupies the old Nahma mill building and the lumber port's lagoon-like slips. The former mill now houses 4 two-bedroom rental units with kitchens laid out like the cabins (below). There too are a guest laundry, a game room (ping-pong, air hockey, and such) and rentals — <B>bicycles</B>, sports equipment, and boats: <B>canoes</B>, <B>paddleboats</B>, fishing boats, and <B>jet skis</B>. Boats can be trailered anywhere, or launched on the resort's slips, which connect with <B>Big Bay de Noc</B>, just a short distance by boat or foot. <br> Six 2-bedroom <B>cabins</B> sleep up to six and rent for $675/week or $105/night. The living-kitchen area has a sofa-sleeper and gas fireplace. They face one of the slips; cedars block the view of Big Bay de Noc. All have limited cable TV with ESPN. All permit smoking. Not air-conditioned. The office phone is available from 9 to 6 daily except Wed. & Sun. <br> Hands-on resident manager Mary Levine, a year-round Nahma resident, has been around for years. The resort now operates a convenience store. Its private beach is around from the slips, by the Nahma River mouth at Lake Michigan. (Logging debris prevents boats from going up the river.)<br> 50 campsites with optional 20 or 30 amp electricity are in a loop along a finger separating 2 slips. Mostly they aren't shady. Some cedars dot the area. Sites are $17 with electric, $15 without. Free cable TV access, first-come, first-served. A fire ring and picnic table comes with each site. The campground is served by three vault toilets, each with two holes. Five showers. There are 5 showers. Several dump stations are nearby. <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> <i>The resort is where County Roads 495, 497, and 499 converge at the west end of Nahma. Resort opens by the walleye opener (May 15). Campsites stay open until freeze-up, sometimes later. Cabins open thru Nov. Handicap access: call Families: cabins sleep up to 6 with no extra charge. Dogs: call. </i> <p> <a name="e288"><b>FLOWING WELL CAMPGROUND/ Hiawatha National Forest</b></a><br> (906) 474-6442 <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> Of 10 rustic campsites (no electricity, no showers), 7 are on the Sturgeon River. This small campground, used mostly by travelers on U.S. 2, isn't likely to be full. See info about the adjacent picnic area (a separate point of interest) for more about this place. <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> <i>From U.S. 2 at Nahma Junction, take Forest Hwy. 13 $9/night. Open May 15-Dec. 1. Handicap access: call </i> <p> </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 © 1997-2007 Midwestern Guides</font> </center> </td> </tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>