Eagle Harbor, Michigan

Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Eagle Harbor is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located on the north side of the Keweenaw Peninsula within Eagle Harbor Township, located on the tip of Michigan's northernmost county, Keweenaw County, in the U.S. State of Michigan.<ref name=":0" /> Its population was 69 as of the 2020 census.<ref name=":3">Template:Cite web</ref> M-26 passes through this community. This hamlet was especially popular with the sailors in days past, as it had a good steamboat landing and is about equally distant from Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, and Duluth, Minnesota. It was the first stop for supplies for the many boats on Lake Superior.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=":1">Template:Cite book</ref>

History

Lake Breeze Hotel with the Eagle Harbor Light in the background.

Eagle Harbor is known in the Ojibwe language as Template:Lang, meaning "place of the northern pike".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

The earliest known non-indigenous settlement at Eagle Harbor was a log warehouse built in 1844.<ref name="romig">Template:Cite book</ref> In 1845, the Eagle Harbor Mining Company was established there to mine copper.<ref name="romig"/> In 1853, the Eagle Harbor Schoolhouse was established.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> A post office operated at Eagle Harbor from 1857 through 1959.<ref name="romig"/>

The Eagle Harbor Light was first constructed in 1851.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> A rocky ledge originally obstructed entrance to the harbor for larger ships, but in the late 1870s a Template:Convert-deep channel was dredged at the entrance to the harbor.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Recent history

In 1958, the sport of guts was invented at a picnic in Eagle Harbor.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

In 1983, the Holy Protection Monastery of the Society of St. John belonging to the Ukrainian Metropoly was formed in Eagle Harbor and is known for its Poorrock Abbey brand of fruit preserves.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Eagle Harbor was listed as a newly organized census-designated place for the 2010 census, giving it officially defined boundaries and population statistics for the first time.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Climate

Eagle Harbor has a humid continental climate (Dfb). Summers are short but warm with cool nights. Winters are long, cold, and very snowy due to lake effect snow from Lake Superior. Precipitation is relatively uniform year round.Template:Weather box

Demographics

Template:US Census population As of 2020, the population of Eagle Harbor was 69 and its median household income was $76,406.<ref name=":3" />