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[[Image:IRHB ore dock.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Boom times in Huron Bay (c. 1893); the ore dock at [[Skanee, Michigan]].]] |
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'''Huron Bay''' is a long, narrow bay of {{convert|12.3|mi}} miles in length, located in [[Baraga County, Michigan|Baraga County]] on the northern shore of the [[Upper Peninsula of Michigan|Upper Peninsula]] of the U.S. state of [[Michigan]]. |
'''Huron Bay''' is a long, narrow bay of {{convert|12.3|mi}} miles in length, located in [[Baraga County, Michigan|Baraga County]] on the northern shore of the [[Upper Peninsula of Michigan|Upper Peninsula]] of the U.S. state of [[Michigan]]. The bay, oriented in a northeast-southwest direction, is bounded by the [[Huron Mountains]] on the east and [[Point Abbaye]] on the west; it offers mariners entry into the interior of the [[Huron Mountains]], the highest mountain range in Michigan. The bay is extremely narrow, being less than {{convert|1.0|mi}} mile wide for most of its length. It is one of the largest freshwater [[fjords]] in the U.S.<ref name="DeLorme">{{cite book |
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| title = Michigan Atlas and Gazetteer (10th ed.) |
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Revision as of 18:48, 24 May 2013
Huron Bay is a long, narrow bay of 12.3 miles (19.8 km) miles in length, located in Baraga County on the northern shore of the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The bay, oriented in a northeast-southwest direction, is bounded by the Huron Mountains on the east and Point Abbaye on the west; it offers mariners entry into the interior of the Huron Mountains, the highest mountain range in Michigan. The bay is extremely narrow, being less than 1.0 mile (1.6 km) mile wide for most of its length. It is one of the largest freshwater fjords in the U.S.[1]
Efforts in the 1890s to settle and economically develop Huron Bay ended in failure. An optimistic Michigan corporation hired engineers and a work team to grade a roadbed for the Iron Range and Huron Bay Railroad, which had been meant to carry iron ore from Champion, in the Marquette Iron Range, to Huron Bay. After a brief period of boom development in 1891-1893, the railroad went bankrupt in 1893 and no trains ever ran on the line. A local slate quarry also failed.
As of 2013, the bay's shorelines are almost uninhabited. A paved road leads to the shoreline hamlet of Skanee, Michigan.[1]
The cold, deep waters of Huron Bay offer fishing opportunities for lake trout.