Book Description

 

Description:  In this history of Black River Harbor, the writer examines the transformation of a remote Lake Superior Harbor from its early days as home to fishermen-squatters  to the coming of a land-road and the influx of northern Europeans into the Gogebic Iron Range.  During that time, the Harbor enjoyed increased fishing until both the iron mines and fishing crashed in the 1950s. 

 

The author’s research, through interviews, photos and stories describes the effect of the harbor’s ‘adoption’ by Gogebic County as a County Park, subsequent removal of the squatters to the Harbor/Village, to its take-over in 1967 by the U. S. Forest Service as its only Harbor facility.

 

This book contains 50 personal stories and some 500 early photos.  It is the only documented history of a now quiet and beautiful Harbor, the most remote on Lake Superior’s South Shore. 
 

Product Details: 385 pages, nearly 500 photos.

ISBN: 978-1-61623-793-6