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Baraga......................

My son lives in Baraga with his family. He met his wife while at Michigan Tec and she lives in Baraga. They got married in a little church in Copper Harbor and the reception at Eagle Harbor where we stayed in some cabins there for the weekend. It was lovely. I had never been there in winter, they married in January (a few years ago now. ) and made their home in Baraga.
So here is a little about that town such as it is. There really is nothing there. Thats what we love about it.
The home they bought is old and the old man who had lived there left all his stuff in the house. What a fun thing that was. There is an old barn full of antiques and the house was crammed full of old stuff. Some was nothing at all but we found a few treasures among it all. There is an old grainery on the 1 1/2 acre lot as well as a garage. The house needed a lot of work and is a work in progress but its lovely, at least I think so with all its uneven floors and well, its old. They redid the kitchen and used some of the old mans things in there too.

Espirit's profile
Looks like a beautiful place to live. I think it would be so much fun going through a house filled with old things.
pinkroses67's profile

about 1 month ago
Wow! Beautiful place and yes, what fun to buy a house full of antiques and old stuff!
Seadreamer54's profile

about 1 month ago
Baraga is right on the lake. Lake Superior that is, right near L'anse. There is very little there as you see from the first photo, not in the way of business or industry. There is a casino though run by the local tribe. Also a few hotels and a State Park for camping. The road that my son lives on ends in a road that just goes off into forests. Its just lovely and when we go there we just want to stay. In fact one time we went there and the road out of town was flooded by the waves crashing over the road and we had to wait til the road was clear again.

Taken from the web site for Baraga.......http://www.villageofbaraga. com/village.php

The Village of Baraga is located in the northwestern part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula on L'Anse Bay, the lower part of Keweenaw Bay on the majestic Lake Superior shoreline. Baraga was founded on a site once occupied by an Indian Community, and the Village is today a part of the L'Anse Indian Reservation.

In the seventeenth century, the first white men came to the area as French missionaries, voyageurs and traders following the south shore of Lake Superior westward from Sault Ste, Marie, finding it natural to stop along Keweenaw Bay. The early 1800's witnessed extensive area involvement in the fur trade. Father Frederick Baraga established a Roman Catholic Mission at Assinins in 1843. Both the Village and the County took Father Baraga's name. The Village of Baraga was incorporated in 1891. Lumbering, fishing, mining and agriculture attracted a variety of immigrants to the area and population peaked in the early part of the century. In recent years, the economy of the area has shifted towards manufacturing, tourism, and casino gaming and government services



the thing is with the remoteness of the location there is much natural beauty to find, a walk can bring you to a waterfall thats not to be seen from the road.

The area is full of them



My granddaughter is going to college at Marquette, about two hours from Baraga and she is having the time of her life exploring up there. The winters are harsh but when you are young thats an adventure.

Michigan's Marquette and Baraga County, particularly the northern parts, are Canadian Shield country. This rocky and rugged landscape features the highest point in Michigan, Mt Avron, and many waterfalls. The waterfalls are all of the slide variety found in this sort of landscape. None of the waterfalls in this area are particularly high, but many of them are quite scenic, and many of them are quite remote. The largest non-paved roadless area in Michigan lies across Marquette and Baraga county.
Espirit's profile

about 1 month ago
Oh believe me it was so much fun. One of my dreams I guess would be to find an old farm house and have an attic full of stuff. Well this was almost as good. I got a lot of old crocks from there as well as other things. Most of it of course stayed in the house. I brought home 4 old ploughs for my garden that were at the back of the property. In the barn they still have not sorted out the attic and there are old school desks and a horse drawn sled up there. I would just love to get my hands on some of that stuff but, alas its not mine.
Bishop Baraga opened up the area, going in to the local tribe. There is a big memorial to him there



The snowshoe priest, Father Baraga

Father Baraga truly loved the Indians of the Great Lakes. He sympathized with their desire to retain their culture and their land. To aid them he studied and spoke both Ottawa and the Chippewa language, ultimately writing a Chippewa dictionary. This dictionary is still used today.

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about 1 month ago