CHIPPEWA COUNTY, MICHIGAN HISTORY


BRIDGES AND CANALS:
Ashmun Street/Power Canal
Fort Street/Power Canal Bridge
I-75 (Int. Hwy.) / St. Mary's River (International Bridge)
M-28 / E. Br. Tahquemenon River
Parker Road/Charlotte River Bridge

CHIPPEWA COUNTY:
The Story of Sault Ste. Marie and Chippewa County - by Stanley Newton

History of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan: Chippewa County (1883)

lots of early history of Chippewa County including physical characteristics, grants to the indians, history of early churches, first settlers, Soo Canal, Sault Ste Marie, and brief sections on townships

TOWNSHIPS ARE:
Bay Mills, Bruce, Chippewa, Dafter, Detour, Drummond, Hulbert, Kinross, Pickford, Raber, Rudyard, Soo, Sugar Island, Superior, Trout Lake, Whitefish
See also: Township History

SETTLEMENTS, VILLAGES, TOWNS, CITIES, RR STOPS, FOUR CORNERS ARE:
Railroad Stops: From 1921 Chippewa County Map.
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway:
     Algonquin, Gladys, Brimley, Gerrick, Dorgans, 16 Mile Sid., Elbon, Wellsburg, Duff, Weller's Sid, Mansfield, Drummonds, Rexford, Jamieson Br., Woods Branch, Kane, Parsilles Spur., Perry's Br., Strongs, Boxer, Eckerman, Seewhy, Nolan, Bridge, Hulbert, Banner, Watt.

Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway: as a connecting line from Soo Junction, Luce County through Chippewa county on its way to St. Ignace: Hendrie, Bradkins, Cana, Trout Lake Sid., Dell, Dorgans.

Minnesota, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway:
      Dafter, Cottage Park Spur., Kinross, Rudyard, Dryburg, Fibre, Spur. No. 459, Cordell, Dick, Trout Lake, Diamond Spur.



Kinross:
        Kinross Founding Families submitted by Carol Holmes

Stalwart:
         History of Stalwart submitted by Skip Gottfried


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