Keweenaw Bay (community)

Coordinates: 46°51′37″N 88°28′54″W / 46.86028°N 88.48167°W / 46.86028; -88.48167
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Keweenaw Bay is an

unincorporated community in Baraga County in northern Michigan.[1]

The community is on the shore of

US Route 41. The community of Baraga is approximately 6.5 miles to the south and Chassell on Portage Lake in Houghton County is approximately 14 miles to the north on Route 41.[2]

History

A

CPO of Baraga. It was also a station on the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway. "Keweenaw" (kewawenon) was a Native American word for portage.[3][4]

References

46°51′37″N 88°28′54″W / 46.86028°N 88.48167°W / 46.86028; -88.48167