State Parks and Camping in Michigan

Au Train Lake Campground, Au Train

Wagner Falls State Park

Skiing & Snowboarding

Valley Spur

Cross-country ski trail that offers 44k of traditional and skate skiing for every level of skier. The 26x26 log lodge is open each weekend for warming.

Local History

The town on the east shore of Munising Bay began in 1850 when the Munising Iron Company bought the land and platted the village, known as Old Munising and later as East Munising.

William A. Cox became the first postmaster of Munising on December 22, 1858.  The office was closed on April 10, 1873, as the Munising Iron Company failed and the office was alternately opened and closed as other iron firms continued the enterprise.

In 1894, Timothy Nester and his associates began building the present city at the foot of the harbor where it was platted in 1895.

Arthur S. Nester became the postmaster of its permanent post office on January 4, 1895.  Incorporated as a village in 1897 and as a city in 1915.

The county seat since 1902.  It was in Schoolcraft County until Alger was organized in 1885.  Munising, a change from Minissing, was Indian for island in a lake, or near the island, and was so called after Grand Island opposite.

Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.

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