Vicinity of NW of Christmas off MI 28 in Hiawatha National Forest, Christmas, Michigan. County/parish: Alger.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 30, 1971. NRIS 71000382.
1 contributing structure.
Onota was a village in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It was located on the Grand Island Bay of Lake Superior near the present-day community of Christmas about five miles (8 km) west of Munising in Alger County. The site of Onota is within the Bay Furnace Campground and Picnic Area of the Hiawatha National Forest. The remains of Bay Furnace, a blast furnace used for smelting iron, is the only extant remnant of the town. Bay Furnace was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1971.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/25338805