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Place Name
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Baraga County
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Pronunciation
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BAIR-uh-guh
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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L'Anse
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Population
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7,954 (1990)
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Location
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Michigan, United States, North America
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Latitude
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46°43'N
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Longitude
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88°20'W
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Baraga
(BAIR-uh-guh), county ( 1,068 sq
mi/ 2,766 sq km; 1990 pop. 7,954), NW Upper Peninsula,
Mich., partly bounded N by Keweenaw and Huron bays;  L'Anse;
46°43'N 88°20'W. Drained by Sturgeon R. and small Silver R. Dairy;
cattle; forage crops; lumbering, industrial machinery, mineral wool
mfg. Resorts. Contains L'Anse Indian Reservation; Craig Lake State
Park in SE, Baraga State Park, w of L'Anse, in NW; part of Ottawa
Natl. Forest along W margin of co.; Mt. Arvon
(1,979 ft/603 m), highest point in Mich., in
Huron Mts., in NE part (moose range area), and many small lakes. S
boundary is on Central/Eastern time zone (Barraga co. in
Eastern). Region settled by Finnish immigrants. Formed 1875.
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