Keweenaw Bay
| Keweenaw Bay | |
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 Base of Keweenaw Bay | |
  Keweenaw Bay | |
| Location | Baraga County, Michigan Houghton County, Michigan[1] |
| Coordinates | 46°51′58″N 88°25′18″W / 46.86611°N 88.42167°W |
| Type | Bay[1] |
| Surface elevation | 604 feet (184 m)[1] |
Keweenaw Bay is an arm of Lake Superior in North America. It is located adjacent to the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, to the southeast of the Keweenaw Peninsula. Keweenaw Bay is 22 miles long and 12 miles wide at the mouth. The head of the bay sits within the reservation of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community. It is also the name of a small community near the bay.[2]
Communities near Keweenaw Bay include Aura, Assinins, Baraga, Keweenaw Bay, L'Anse, Pequaming, Zeba.
Indian Trails bus lines operates daily intercity service between Hancock, Michigan and Milwaukee, Wisconsin with a stop in the Keweenaw Bay at Carla's Lakeshore Motel.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Keweenaw Bay
- ^ "Keweenaw Bay". Hunts' Guide to Michigan's UPPER PENINSULA. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
- ^ "HANCOCK-MARQUETTE-GREEN BAY-MILWAUKEE" (PDF). Indian Trails. January 12, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2014. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
External links
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Media related to Keweenaw Bay at Wikimedia Commons
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