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Ishpeming
Located in Marquette County |
Heritage through our Ancestors
Al Quaal Recreation Area
Poplar St.
Ishpeming, MI 49849(906) 486-6181
Two trails with a total of 5 Km, groomed, marked for all levels, instruction, trial maps, warming shelter, downhill skiing at location also.
Country Village Trails
Ishpeming, MI
2 trails for the novice to intermediate skilled skier. Warming shelter, ski shop, lodging, eating facility, snowshoeing, trail maps, and rental equipment.
U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame and Museum
U.S. 41
Ishpeming, MI 49849
(906) 485-6323
Honors the greats of American skiing. Features photographs, antique grooming equipments, a cable car, trophies and memorabilia.
Local History
The site was known in the early mining days as the Lake Superior Location, taking its name from its parent, the Lake Superior Mine; first settled in 1856, it took the name of Ishpeming (Chippewa for heaven or high place) in 1862.
Captain Gilbert D. Johnson became its first postmaster on February 17, 1863. Incorporated as a village in 1871 and as a city in 1873.
Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.