“To the Keweenaw”

Wednesday, 17 September 2008 to Sunday, 21 September 2008 – 1914.7 miles driven

I drove through many named places, four corners, wyes and switches, hamlets and villages. Many are still served by the remaining one or two multi-generational families. Many others are lost in time; and nature has reclaimed the land. (Or there is a tavern.)

I started out venturing north from Grand Rapids, Michigan. My Photography mindset ‘officially’ started with Gould City.

17 Sept: GR to Iron Mountain
18 Sept: Iron Mountain to Houghton
19 Sept: Houghton to Copper Harbor
20 Sept: Houghton to St. Ignace
21 Sept: St. Ignace to GR

Mackinac County:
Gould City
Corrinne
Huntspur (Hunt’s Spur)

Schoolcraft County:
Gulliver
Manistique
Thompson
Cooks

Delta County:
Garden Corners
Isabella
Nahma
St. Jacques
Ensign
Alton
Rapid River
Gladstone
West Gladstone
Lambert
Carroll Corner
Flat Rock
Riverland
Schaffer
Tesch
Bark River

Menominee County:
Harris
Indiantown
Houle
Wilson
Spalding
Powers
Nadeau
Carney
Bagley
Talbot
Daggett
Stephenson
Ingalls
Wallace
Carbondale
Hansen
Birch Creek
Eagles Nest
Kew
Menominee
Koss
Longrie
Kells
Star Corners
Swanson
Banat
Gardner
Nathan
Bird
Blom
Faithorn
Cunard

Dickinson County:
Waucedah
Loretto
Vulcan
West Vulcan
Norway
Quinnesec
Iron Mountain
(end of day one)

Florence County, Wisconsin:
Spread Eagle
Hematite
Florence
Ridgetop

Iron County:
Stager
Alpha
Dunn
Tobin
Monongahela
Fortune Lake
Chicagon
Mapleton
Rogers
Iron River
Beechwood

Gogobic County:
Watersmeet (Home of the Nimrods)

Ontonagon County:
Paulding
Agate
Trout Creek

Houghton County:
Kenton

Ontonagon County:
Paynesville
Gem
North Paynesville
Mass City
Greenland

Houghton County:
Winona
Lake Rolland
Twin Lakes
Donken
Stonington
Toivola
Painesdale
Trimountain
Baltic
South Range
Atlantic Mine
Obenhoff
Redridge
Beacon Hill
Freda
Liminga
Schmidt Corner
Houghton
Hancock
Franklin Mine
Franklin
Pewabic
Lower Pewabic
Paavola
Ripley
Dollar Bay
Senter
Point Mills
Mason
Quincy Mill
Tamarack City
Hubbell
Lake Linden
Bootjack
Dreamland
Jacobsville
(end of day two—return to Houghton)

Houghton County:
Franklin Mine
Boston
Calumet
Tamarack
West Tamarack
Albion
Centennial
Wolverine
Kearsarge
Phillipsville

Keweenaw County:
Allouez
Bumbletown

Houghton County:
Copper City

Keweenaw County:
New Allouez
Ahmeek
Mohawk
Fulton
Seneca
Ojibway
Cliff (Clifton)
Phoenix
Copper Falls
Central
Deleware
Wyoming
Lac La Belle
Mandan
Copper Harbor
Eagle Harbor
Eagle River
(end of day three—return to Houghton)

Houghton County:
Pilgrim
Sunshine Beach
Chassell
Klingville

Baraga County:
Arnheim

Houghton County:
Askel
Elo

Baraga County:
Pelkie
Baraga
L’Anse
Zeba
Pequaming
Aura
Skanee
Herman
Alberta
Nestoria
Three Lakes

Marquette County:
Michigamme
Champion
Beacon
Wabic
Humboldt
Clarksburg
Greenwood
Ishpeming
Negaunee
Beaver Grove
Green Garden
Yalmer
Skandia
Dukes

Alger County:
Sundell
Dorsey
Rumely
Eben
Chatham
Dixon
Forest Lake
Wetmore
Shingleton

Schoolcraft County:
Creighton
Walsh

Luce County:
Seney
McMillan
Watsons Corner
Newberry
(end of day four—onto St. Ignace)

Mackinac County:
St. Igance

Cheboygan County:
Mackinaw City
Freedom Station
Weadock
Riggsville
Topinabee
Indian River
Afton
The Finger Board Corner
Tower

Presque Isle County:
Ocqueoc
Millersburg
Hawks
Metz
Hagensville
Liske

Alpena County:
Leer
(I ended shooting here and went home)