Lac La Belle (French: “Lake The Beautiful”) is a small unincorporated community in Keweenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The town was originally the site of a stamping plant for the copper mines of the Keweenaw, specifically the Mendota Mine and the Delaware Mine. Copper-bearing rock was transported from the mines to the stamping plant, where it was processed and loaded onto freighters.
The nearby lake of the same name averages approximately 30 feet in depth and empties into Lake Superior at Bete Gris. The Little Gratiot River and several creeks empty into Lac La Belle. A small roadside park within the town contains Haven Falls on Haven Creek, which also empties into the lake. ~wikidpedia
The weather wasn’t great for our trip, but it wasn’t all that bad either. We endured intermittent rain and the occasional snow flurry with party cloudy skies the majority of the time. The wind was actually calm enough to fly a few times. These shot were taking right from our cabin. The first shot is oriented East shortly after sunrise. The second is oriented West, you can see Lake Superior beyond Mount Bohemia and Lac La Belle. Such a pretty area in the Autumn.
LAC LA BELLEMOUNT BOHEMIA
Our cabin was right on the Lake. We were 4 short miles from Bete Grise/Lake Superior and 15 short miles from Copper Harbor – Hwy 41 was absolutely on fire with color; the canopy over the road was spectacular – more on that in another post. Here are some images of the cabin and surrounding area. A wonderful place to call home for a few days.
