Menominee
Few places in Michigan have a history as closely tied to the Great Lakes lumber trade as Menominee. At the mouth of the Menominee River, the city faces Green Bay, the broad northwestern arm of Lake Michigan, while Marinette, Wisconsin, stands directly across the river. In the late 19th century, Menominee developed into a major lumber-shipping port, supplied by the forests of the Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin. Its waterfront still maintains a close relationship with the bay: marinas, pleasure craft and harbor facilities occupy the shore where commercial docks once handled timber. Downtown Menominee retains a compact Great Lakes port-town character, with civic and commercial buildings close to the water. The river, bay and state line make this a distinctive cross-border corner of the Great Lakes.
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Menominee straddles Michigan’s boundary with Wisconsin at the mouth of the Menominee River on Green Bay, a position that made river transport and Great Lakes trade central to its development. Across the river lies Marinette, Wisconsin; together the two communities form a long-established cross-border urban area at the southern edge of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Menominee expanded with the 19th-century lumber industry, and its downtown Menominee Historic District retains notable late-19th- and early-20th-century commercial architecture. Green Bay, the northwestern arm of Lake Michigan, defines the city’s waterfront setting. Browse additional webcams from the Upper Peninsula and Green Bay to extend your view of Menominee’s borderland.
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