Anchor from the SS M.M. Drake
on loan from the State of
Michigan. The Drake (constructed
in 1882) was a wooden steam barge
that towed consorts loaded with
coal and iron ore on the Great
Lakes. The Drake sank on
October 6, 1901 . . . — — Map (db m214015) HM
In memory of
Donald "Bud” Monk
Math Teacher & Principal
1948-1979
"He knew every brick in this school"
Original School Bell from Porcupine School in Whitefish Township 1942 — — Map (db m214014) HM
Once a thriving hub of pine lumbering, Emerson is now a fishing hamlet. Just one mile south of the mouth of the Tahquamenon River (immortalized in Longfellows poem “Hiawatha”), this settlement overlooks picturesque Whitefish Bay. The village was . . . — — Map (db m213408) HM
Whitefish Point has been called the graveyard of Lake Superior. Since navigation began on Lake Superior there has been approximately 550 wrecks. More vessels were lost in the Whitefish Point area than any other part of Lake Superior. There are three . . . — — Map (db m198451) HM
This post office opened just six years after Whitefish Point was settled in 1871 as a landing for the then-abundant lumber supplies and as a commercial fishery. Permanent residents received their mail from Sault Ste. Marie. During the summer . . . — — Map (db m213445) HM
The Players
James McMillan (left) and John S. Newberry (right) founded the Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette Railroad (DM&M). After completing the railroad, the company sought ways to develop the properties that they owned along the route. On . . . — — Map (db m4453) HM
This light, the oldest active on Lake Superior, began operating in 1849, though the present tower was constructed later. Early a stopping place for Indians, voyageurs, and Jesuit missionaries, the point marks a course change for ore boats and other . . . — — Map (db m40054) HM
In 1849 the Whitefish Point lighthouse was put into service. Soon after the township was organized in 1888, lumber towns such as Emerson and Shelldrake emerged at the mouth of the Tahquamenon and Shelldrake rivers. Paradise was established in . . . — — Map (db m214012) HM
