Chippewa
Central Methodist Church
Sault Ste. Marie, MI
This Richardsonian Romanesque church was erected in 1892-93 according to plans by Bay City architect Dillon P. Clark.
Detour Reef Light Station
DeTour Village, MI
Located where the St. Mary’s River enters Lake Huron from Lake Superior, DeTour Passage separates the Upper Peninsula from Drummond Island.
Elmwood
Sault Ste. Marie, MI
Appointed Indian agent in 1822, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864) requested that the government provide a suitable structure to house...
Emerson
Whitefish Township, MI
Once a thriving hub of pine lumbering, Emerson is now a fishing hamlet.
Fort Brady
Sault Ste. Marie, MI
On July 6, 1822, a battalion of American troops under Colonel Hugh Brady reached the Sault, thereby reconfirming the assertion of...
Fort Drummond
Drummond Island, MI
Forced by the Treaty of Ghent to evacuate the fort they had captured on Mackinac Island during the War of 1812, the British selected this...
John Johnston House
Sault Ste. Marie, MI
A native of Ireland and a Protestant, John Johnston (1762-1828) arrived on the Lake Superior frontier in the early 1790s.
Johnston Homesite
Neebish Island, MI
In 1864 John McDougal Johnston, his wife, Justine, and their six children homesteaded this island.
Lake Superior State College
Sault Ste. Marie, MI
In 1946 the state of Michigan assumed control of New Fort Brady, and presented it to the Michigan College of Mining and Technology, now...
Larke Road
Sault Ste. Marie, MI
Until 1962 Three Mile (Larke) Road was known simply as Larke Road.
Methodist Indian Mission
Sault Ste. Marie, MI
Several Methodist ministers were active in missionary work in the “Soo” area in the 1830s.
New Fort Brady
Sault Ste. Marie, MI
When Sault Ste. Marie expanded and its canal was widened, the riverfront site of Fort Brady was abandoned for a higher, more strategic...
Post Office
Paradise, MI
This post office opened just six years after Whitefish Point was settled in 1871 as a landing for the then-abundant lumber supplies and...
Sault Ste. Marie
Sault Ste. Marie, MI
This city, the oldest in the Midwest, grew up about the mission of Fathers Dablon and Marquette, founded in 1668 on the banks of the...
Shelldrake
Whitefish Township, MI
Legend has it that Lewis Cass, governor of the Territory of Michigan, and his party of nearly one hundred camped here on their search for...
St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral
Sault Ste. Marie, MI
In 1853 Pope Pius IX separated the Upper Peninsula from the Diocese of Detroit and established a vicariate apostolic.
Whitefish Point Lighthouse
Whitefish Township, MI
This light, the oldest active on Lake Superior, began operating in 1849, though the present tower was constructed later.
Whitefish Township
Paradise, MI
In 1849 the Whitefish Point Lighthouse was put into service.