Information and links about, Ontonagon County, Michigan recreational resources, businesses and organizations. The communities of Ontonagon County include: Bergland, Bruce Crossing, Ewen, Greenland, Lake Gogebic, Mass City, Matchwood, Merriweather, Old Victoria, Ontonagon, Paulding, Paynesville, Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, Rockland, Silver City, Trout Creek and White Pine.
PRINCIPAL ATTRACTIONS & EVENTS: Over 200 miles of snowmobile trails and the Snowmobile Radar Run (race in February); stock car races, Greenland (summer). Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park (with Lake of the Clouds, Historic Sites, and downhill and cross-country skiing); Ottawa National Forest and rustic campgrounds; Ontonagon Harbor, Lighthouse, and Marina; Old Victoria restoration site; Ewen Load of Logs, Lake Gogebic area and Ontongagon County Park Complex; Bond Fall flowage, Agate Falls, and 209 other waterfalls; recreation harbor facilities on Lake Superior; Ontonagon River Festival (June); Snowburst (February); County Fair (August); Log Jam-Boree (September); Porkies Festival (September); Ontonagon Labor Day Festival; many additional Historic Sites, including La Fayette Mine, Nonesuch Location, Union Mine, Silver City Mines, Old White Pine Minesite and Town, Green Cemetery, Old County Courthouse, Fourteen Mile Point Lighthouse, Evergreen Cemetery, Ontonagon Poor Farm, and prehistoric mounds.
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