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Pelkie is an unincorporated community in Baraga County. The community is on the Sturgeon River in the northeast part of Baraga Township. Originally known by the French Canadian name of Pelletier, the name gradually evolved into Pelkie, due in large part to the arrival of Finnish residents in the late 19th century. The Hanka Homestead Museum, located north of town, is a 400-acre farm which depicts rural Finnish-American life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Historic Pelkie Grade School museum, constructed in 1909, is the only one-room schoolhouse still standing in Baraga County, and is also listed on the State Register of Historic Sites . The building was used as a school until 1932, then as a town hall, and underwent restoration beginning in 1979. The museum also houses a horse-drawn school bus. Today, Pelkie is home to the Baraga County Fair, which is held every year on the second weekend in August. The community's primary economic activity is dairy farming, and most of the milk is shipped to processors in Wisconsin.
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Attractions: amusement parks, casinos, farms & mills, historic sites, lighthouses, museums, tours, wineries, zoos, planetariums, and waterfalls.
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Hanka Homestead Museum, Hanka Road, PO Box 60, Pelkie, MI 49958, Phone: (906) 334-2601. This homestead encompasses 40 acres where visitors can experience the family home, barns, hen house, grainery, blacksmith shop, sauna, root cellar and milk house. The farm was occupied for 70 years by the Hanka family, all of whom reached their most productive time in the 1920's. Open only in warm season, phone number not available during off-season.
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Pelkie Historical School House, 15009 Pelkie Road, Pelkie, MI 49958, Phone: (906) 353-7353. Features a one room school house and an antique horse drawn school bus. Sponsored by the Sturgeon Valley Historical Society.
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Dining & Food: Great places to dine!
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Accommodations: Where to stay in and around town!
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Filpus Log Cabins on Otter Lake, 19457 Askel Rd, Pelkie, MI 49958, Phone: (906) 334-2639
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Silver Mountain Lodge [Cabins & Cottages], PO Box 92, Pelkie, MI 49958, Phone: (906)338-2555
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Community Organizations: civic, fraternal, veteran, etc
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Michigan Area Retiree Activities Office (RAO) (Military Retirees), 5671 Skeel Avenue, Suite 12, Oscoda, Michigan 48750, (989) 739-2777
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Michigan Tree Farm System, 501 Norway Street, Grayling, MI 49738, (989) 348-9319
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Recreation: boating, camping, canoeing, dog-sledding, fishing, golfing, hiking, hunting, kayaking, scuba diving, skiing, snowmobiling, etc.
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Services
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Enchanted Forest Web Page Design Service [Internet Advertising], 3980 Curtisville Road, Curtisville, South Branch, MI 48761, Phone: (989) 785-0600
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Shopping: antique shops, art galleries, arts & crafts shops, flea markets, gift shops, outlet malls, shopping centers, shopping districts, and specialty shops
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