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Hunts' Guide to Michigan's UPPER PENINSULA
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JUST OUT!
A new edition of Hunts' Mapguide to Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Over 300 entries, all conveniently located on maps and chosen because we think they are the coolest things to do in the U.P. (No ad tie-ins!) Great choices for restaurants, hikes, shops, adventures, museums, boat trips, waterfalls, vistas, road trips, and much more!
To learn more click UP MAP GUIDE
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TOIVOLA
POINTS
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Agate Beach. A vast sandy crescent of shoreline strewn with colorful rocks, as enjoyable for beach walkers as rock hunters ...
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Misery Bay beach. Another sublime Keweenaw spot, where a clear river ends in a sandy flourish in a beautiful Lake Superior bay ...
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Region: Keweenaw Peninsula
TOIVOLA
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Toivola is a former logging camp and stop on the old Copper Range Railroad. In Finnish, Toivola means "city of hope." Today it's a dispersed rural community, spread out, but with a strong sense of identity. As late as the 1940s, in the last years of the Finnish subsistence farm era, Toivola numbered nearly 500. The post office and the lively Toivola Lunch restaurant are on M-26, but most of the close-in part of town, with an active ball diamond, are along Misery Bay Road north of the highway. The Heikkinen School, restored by a local couple, is a few miles farther north.
Misery Bay Road leads to Agate Beach on Misery Bay, one of the Keweenaw's magical, tucked-away spots, with agate beaches and a 25-site primitive campground. A bonfire — sometimes a raucous bonfire — is held there on Juhannes, St. John's Day, the old Scandinavian feast day near the summer solstice. The free Agate Beach Acoustic Jamboree, featuring old-time and bluegrass music, is from noon to 8 the first full weekend of August.
 | | The remains of a little barn on Misery Bay Road, a frequent sight in the area. Finns made a living on these places, miniscule by today's standards. |
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