Raber and Lime Island - Michigan's Upper Peninsula

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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> <table align="right" cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 border=0 width=245> <tr> <td> <img src="http://hunts-upguide.com/photos/874.gif" width=245 height=142 alt="Lime Island" border=0> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-2"> <b>Big freighters pass right by Lime Island.</b> </font> </td> </tr> </table> Raber, once home to a huge sawmill, is a now a tiny place, just a public dock, some houses, a summer-only motel, some resorts, and a small store-gas station-laundromat. Raber today is best known for the Raber Bay Bar & Grill, a very popular bar and restaurant, and for fishing in Raber Bay, especially for herring beginning around July 4, for smelt whenever they happen to run in summer, and for walleye in winter and at ice-out. <br><br>Three and a half miles offshore from the Raber dock, closer to St. Joseph Island in Canada, is mile-long <B>Lime Island</B>, for decades a fueling station for ships, now an inviting destination for boaters. <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="les_cheneaux_islands__drummond_island___the_st__mary_s_river.html" target="_top">Back to Les Cheneaux Islands, Drummond Island & the St. Mary's River</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"> RABER AND LIME ISLAND<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>RABER AND LIME ISLAND<br>RESTAURANTS</b></font></center> <br> <font size="-2"> <a name="e1062"><b>RABER BAY BAR & RESTAURANT</b></a><br> (906) 297-5701 <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> Raber's packs in hungry diners from all around to a rather remote spot on the St. Mary's River overlooking Lime Island. Delicious all-you-can-eat fresh fish dinners (around $9 and up) with a good soup/salad/dessert bar are the big attraction, but there's a full menu from burgers to steaks. Fresh fish is their specialty: whitefish, perch, walleye. Evenings they offer a $14.95 all-you-can-eat mix-and-match where you can choose combinations of their fish along with BBQ ribs. The vintage bar dates from Prohibition's repeal in 1931. Now it's greatly expanded, with good <B>views</B> of passing vessels. Full bar. <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> <i>In Raber. Raber is about 2 1/2 miles north of Goetzville; where M-48 turns west, continue north on Gogomain Rd., the area's main street. Or take Gogomain east from Pickford, where it is the east road at the main four-corners. Open year-round. May to December, open daily 11-11, Sun noon to 9. Open Thurs-Sun in the off season.Handicap accessible. Smokeless dining, smoking in the 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>RABER AND LIME ISLAND<br>LODGINGS</b></font></center> <br> <font size="-2"> <a name="e1063"><b>LIME ISLAND COTTAGES/Lake Superior State Forest</b></a><br> (906) 635-5281 <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> Two- and three-bedroom coal workers' cottages accommodate up to 8. They sit on a bluff overlooking the St. Mary's River, 1/4 mile up from the dock. Each renovated cottage has a knotty pine interior, a custom-made rustic pine table, chairs, and bed platforms, and a wood stove. A solar collector supplies electricity during the day. Vault toilets; water pump. No showers except for solar showers with a privacy screen. Guests should bring a light for evening, cook stove and equipment, bedding, and sleeping bags. Available spring through fall. $45/day, $250/week (Friday-Friday). No pets. Reservations required; call (906) 635-5281. Handicap accessible: cottages are ADA accessible, and the island is flat, except for the bluff leading up from the boat slips. Campground hosts will drive disabled visitors up, but they aren't always around. Call. <p> <a name="e1064"><b>SEVERAL SMALL RABER RESORTS</b></a><br> See below. <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> Several small resorts have frontage on Raber Bay and nearby Munuscong Bay, a similar fishery. They are: <B>Fisherman's Point</B> (906-297-6671), <B>Jack's Landing & Karen's Rustic Cabins</B> (906-297-6355), <B>Water's Edge Resort</B> (906-297-2191), and <B>Glen's Cove </B>(906-297-5042). <B>Raber Bay Landing</B> (906-297-5812) offers year-round cottages, camping, boats, and dockage. <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>RABER AND LIME ISLAND<br>CAMPGROUNDS</b></font></center> <br> <font size="-2"> <a name="e1065"><b>LIME ISLAND Camping/ Lake Superior State Forest</b></a><br> (906) 635-5281 <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> <B>Tenting platforms </B>are about 400 feet from the harbor dock on the island's northwest end. Tent tie-downs are built into the decks. Bring a stove or portable grill. Vault toilets. Water pump. Solar shower. Take precautions about bears; see introduction. No reservations; first-come, first-served.<br> <B>Additional tent platforms </B>are at the South Beach Campground on the island's southeast side, accessible by water or by a <B>2.2 mile trail </B>from the harbor. <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> <i>Open spring thru fall. Call (906) 635-5281 to check availability or to make reservations for group camping. $6/$9 night. Handicap accessible: call. Family friendly. Pets: no</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>