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The
Lake Gogebic area provides four seasons of activities
for you to enjoy year after year. Some of the many area
attractions include:
- 12
golf courses
- 6
downhill ski hills
- Miles
of groomed cross-country trails
- Snowshoeing
- Old-fashioned
winter hay rides and campfires
- Nature
walks
- Wildlife
viewing
- Numerous
waterfalls
- Three
casinos
- Lake
Superior charter boat fishing
- Ontonagon
and Gogebic County Parks and the Michigan State
Park, all on Lake Gogebic
- Spectacular
Fall colors
- Ottawa
National Forest
- Sylvania
Wilderness Recreation Area
- Old
Victoria Village
- Outstanding
area restaurants
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- Little
Girl's Point
- Ontonagon,
Black River and Saxon Harbors on Lake Superior
- Porcupine
Mountain Wilderness State Park and Lake of the
Clouds
- The
beaches on Lake Superior
- Keweenaw
Peninsula
- Bond
Falls Recreation Area
- Various
area historical museums
- Numerous
antique and craft shops
- Historic
Ironwood Theatre
- Theater
North
- Adventure
Copper Mine Tours
- Watersmeet
Trout Hatchery
- Copper
Peak
- Paulding
mystery light
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Some
of the History of Lake Gogebic:
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Lake Gogebic (or "Agogebic") area - the
real Northwoods, dates back as early as the days of
the Voyageurs, including the many rustic hunting camps
and abundant wildlife
- Fishing
exploits and nationally recognized history, including
the "Black Bass Paradise" of the late 1800's,
later rise as the "Walleye Capital of the North"
and record breaking
31 ½", 18 ½ lb. walleye caught
in 1926
- The
"Gogebic House" of the early 1900's and
it's proclaimed description of Lake Gogebic as an
"equivalent to a health sanitarium" to "cure
all that ails you" with a "happy medium
climate" where the air is "remarkably soft
and salubrious"
- The
mythic "City of Stone" at "Mirage Point"
and "Buffalo Wallow"
- The
"Paulding Light" mystery
- Turn
of the century steam launch travels around the lake
- The
Funk Seed Company's "500 Bushel Club" Lodge
- The
late 1800's - early 1900's timber boom and logging
years, including one of the last remaining virgin
timber stands in the "Porkies"
- The
copper and iron ore mining booms of the 1900's
- The
last recorded stage coach robbery at "Stagecoach
Road" south of Lake Gogebic
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