Some area recreation and attractions listed in the
Alpena 2001 visitors guide are:
- Alpena City Skatepark
- Alpena Civic Theatre
- Alpena Bi-Path
- Alpena Flour Mills
- Alpena Sportsman's Park
- Charter Fishing
- Dinosaur Gardens Prehistorical Zoo
- Dive Charter
- Jesse Besser Museum
- Knaebe's Mmmunchy Krunchy Apple Farm and Cider Mill and Appleseed's
- Mercantile Gift Shop
- Mysterious Negwegon State Park
- Partridge Point Wetlands
- Sinkholes
- Underground River
- Ocqueoc Falls
- Onaway Court/Museum
- Reindeer – Onaway
- Black Mountain Recreation Area
- Ocqueoc River Weirs
- UAW – Black Lake
- Elowski Grist Mill
- Forty Mile Point Lighthouse
- High Banks
- MUCC Camp
- Elk Viewing
Limestone is a mineral raw material essential in making steel, chemicals,
and cement. Henry H. Hindshaw, a geologist, established in 1908-09 the commercial
value of this area's limestone for industry. The high purity of this deposit
and the availability of water transportation led to the development here of
a port and quarry. Both are named Calcite, after the principal ingredient
of the stone. The Michigan Limestone and Chemical Company, founded in 1910,
began operation in 1912. Purchased by Carl D. Bradley and the United States
Steel Corporation in 1920, the company came under the ownership of U.S. Steel
upon Bradley's death in 1928. In 1951 the company became a division of the
corporation. Self-unloaders of the division's Bradley Transportation Line
carry limestone from this, the world's largest limestone quarry, to industrial
ports around the Great Lakes.
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A 17 acre Island jewel surrounded by the Thunder Bay River which winds
through 500 acres of water, low islands and waterfowl. Several paths lead
joggers, walkers, photographers, fishermen, nature lovers through varied
eco systems including sand dunes, meadows, woodlands, gentle slopes, marsh
areas. Has viewing platform (handicapped accessible).
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This statue of George Washington's head is located on M-68 near Onaway,
Michigan. It was constructed in 1998 by Moran Iron Works utilizing 800 man
hours. The 11-foot wide, 12-foot high structure weighs 6000 pounds. 4000
pounds of 1/8 inch mild steel and 2000 pounds of hair strands.
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