Upper Michigan Sturgeon River property for sale! This 34+/- Acre property is located 2+ miles south of the unincorporated community of Pelkie, in the northeast part of Baraga County. This is an area full of History and Outdoor Opportunities! Pelkie, first known as King's Landing, was settled by French Canadian woodsmen in about 1885. Finns who settled there initially called the area Kyrö, after the place they came from in Finland. The name became Kuro after a railroad was built through the area. The Finnish name Pelkinen has been suggested as another original Finnish name for the town, which eventually became shortened to Pelkie. Two properties that are listed on the National Register are located nearby. The Hanka Homestead Museum, located north of town near Otter Lake, is a 400-acre farm which depicts rural Finnish-American life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Historic Pelkie Grade School museum, constructed in 1909, is the only one-room schoolhouse still standing in Baraga County. The building was used as a school until 1932, then as a town hall, and underwent restoration beginning in 1979. The museum 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. The property being offered for sale has over a quarter-mile of Sturgeon River frontage. The Sturgeon is a 106 mile-long river. It rises from Wagner Lake high on the plateau that forms much of southern Baraga County. From there it flows westward through the Copper Country State Forest, and enters the Ottawa National Forest north of Watton. The 25 mile-length of the river's course in the national forest has been listed as a Wild and Scenic River, and is classified as a Blue Ribbon Trout Stream. On this stretch, which crosses and re-crosses the border between Baraga County and Houghton County, the river helps to form the Sturgeon River Gorge Wilderness. Here the river rushes over the 20 foot volcanic outcroppings of Sturgeon Falls, and through a gorge that reaches 350 feet in depth and a mile in width. Throughout this rugged, steep wilderness, the Sturgeon and Little Silver Rivers and their tributaries have carved falls, rapids, ponds, oxbows, and terraces. After leaving the National Forest it flows northward, again crossing and re-crossing the Baraga-Houghton County line and running generally parallel to the western shore of Keweenaw Bay. The river discharges into Portage Lake near Chassell, Michigan. The Sturgeon is a Type 1 Fishing Stream where Atlantic salmon, Brook trout, Brown trout, Coho, Chinook and Pink salmon, Lake trout, Rainbow trout, and Splake are fish species of note. A four mile stretch of the river, from the Sturgeon Falls to the road before Prickett Lake, is a CLASS II-III section whitewater kayaking and rafting area. There is a pleasant hiking trail in the vicinity of Sturgeon River called the Pelkie Creek Hunter Walking Trails. The southwest corner of the property being offered for sale almost touches State of Michigan Lands. Beaver, Black bear, Fisher, Fox, Mink, Moose, Ruffed grouse, Snowshoe hare, Whitetail deer, and Woodcock are common here. Trees common in the area include: American basswood, American elm, Balsam fir, Bigtooth aspen, Eastern white pine, Jack pine, Northern red oak, Paper birch, Quaking aspen, Red maple, Red pine, Sugar maple, White spruce, and Yellow birch. There is easy access to the parcel off Highway M-38, and power available there. If you are seeking a wooded parcel with beautiful river frontage contact us today! Land Contract financing available. MLS# 1093793
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