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Iron River
Located in Iron County |
Heritage through our Ancestors
Ge-Che Hagerman "Brule Ski Trails"
Ottawa Lake Recreational Area OR
Covenant Point Bible Camp
Iron River, MI 49935
(906) 265-51391 trail totaling 12.6 kilometers is marked, groomed for novice, intermediate skiers. Rental equipment at Covenant Point Bible Camp, a warming shelter in campground, trail maps.
George Young Recreational Complex
159 Youngs Lane
Iron River, MI 49935
(906) 265-3401
10 trails totaling 25 kilometers are marked and groomed for all levels of skiers, eating facility, snowshoeing, ski shop, instructions, rental equipment, a warming shelter, trail maps are available.
Local History
From its being the location of the profitable Nanaimo Mine, this area, then in Marquette County, and its post office, opened on April 21, 1882, with John McDonald as its first postmaster, were first called Nanaimo. Influenced by the rapid flow of miners and homesteaders to the area, the bachelor brothers, Donald C. and Alexander MacKinnon, acquired land here about 1878, and in 1881 had J. A. Van Cleve plat the village as Iron River.
James Innis built an inn in 1881, the first permanent structure. Given a station on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad. Its post office was renamed Iron River on September 8, 1882, with Albert E. Stellar as postmaster, it was transferred to Iron County on June 16, 1884. Incorporated as a village in 1885 and as a city in 1926. Named from its location in an iron ore region.
Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.