Gogebic County, Michigan (MI), United States, North America
Latitude
46°58'N
Longitude
89°16'W
Ontonagon
(ahn-TAHN-ah-guhn), county (
3,741 sq mi/9,689 sq km; 1990
pop. 8,854), NW Upper Peninsula, Mich.; Ontonagon. Bounded N by
L. Superior; drained by Ontonagon R. and by small Iron and Firesteel
rivers; 46°58'N 89°16'W. Lumber and agr. area (cattle; oats, hay;
dairy prods.); fishing; resorts. Mfg. in Ontonagon. Boundary with
Gogebic co. (S) and Iron co. (SE) coterminous with Central and Eastern
time zone boundary. Ontonagon co. westernmost extension 89°50'W of
Eastern time zone (extends further W in Ontario, Canada to 90°W).
Porcupine Mts. are in NW, part of Porcupine Mts. State Park in W; part
of Ottawa Natl. Forest in S ½ of co. and part of
Gogebic L., on S boundary; Ontonagon Indian Reservation in NE.
Organized 1848.
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Ontonagon. Bounded N by
L. Superior; drained by Ontonagon R. and by small Iron and Firesteel
rivers; 46°58'N 89°16'W. Lumber and agr. area (cattle; oats, hay;
dairy prods.); fishing; resorts. Mfg. in Ontonagon. Boundary with
Gogebic co. (S) and Iron co. (SE) coterminous with Central and Eastern
time zone boundary. Ontonagon co. westernmost extension 89°50'W of
Eastern time zone (extends further W in Ontario, Canada to 90°W).
Porcupine Mts. are in NW, part of Porcupine Mts. State Park in W; part
of Ottawa Natl. Forest in S ½ of co. and part of
Gogebic L., on S boundary; Ontonagon Indian Reservation in NE.
Organized 1848.
