Little Bay de Noc

Little Bay de Noc is a bay in the upper peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The bay opens into the Bay of Green Bay on Lake Michigan.

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Upper peninsula - U.S. state - Michigan - Bay of Green Bay - Lake Michigan

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The bay, consisting of approximately 30,000 acres (120 km²), is enclosed by Delta County. The cities of Escanaba and Gladstone are on the east side of the bay.

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Delta County - Escanaba - Gladstone

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The bay's name comes from the Noquet (or Noc) Native American people (thought to have been related to the Menominee of the Algonquian language group), who once lived along the shores. Douglass Houghton came to Sand Point (in Escanaba) in 1844 with his party of government surveyors to chart the land to the north.

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Noquet - Native American - Menominee - Algonquian - Douglass Houghton - 1844

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Escanaba had a deep harbor, which was important port for shipping iron ore from the rich iron ranges in Michigan's upper peninsula. The first ore dock was built at Escanaba in 1864. Escanaba was also an important lumbering center, with sawmills built there as early as 1836 and was incoporated in 1866. A bit further north, Gladstone was founded in 1887 by U.S. Senator from Minnesota, William D. Washburn, to serve as a rail-lake terminal for lumber products.

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1864 - 1836 - 1866 - 1887 - U.S. Senator - Minnesota - William D. Washburn

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The Escanaba, Days, Tacoosh Rapid, and Whitefish rivers all drain into the bay.

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Escanaba - Days - Tacoosh - Rapid - Whitefish

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