Eagle River Cemetery | |
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Location | M-26, near Eagle River |
Coordinates | 47°24′22″N 88°17′56″W / 47.406°N 88.299°W |
Area | 1 acre [1] |
Founded | 1843 1876 (Official) |
Designated | July 17, 1986 |
The Eagle River Cemetery, also called the Evergreen Cemetery, is a cemetery located on highway M-26 about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) south of Eagle River, Michigan. [1] [2] It was listed as a Michigan State Historic Site on July 17, 1986, and is one of the oldest cemeteries in the Keweenaw Peninsula. [1]
The cemetery holds 317 graves that date from 1843 through the present; 98 from the nineteenth century. [1] However, the owner of the cemetery property, the Cliff Mining Company, did not officially set it aside until 1876. [1]
Eagle River Cemetery | |
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Location | M-26, near Eagle River |
Coordinates | 47°24′22″N 88°17′56″W / 47.406°N 88.299°W |
Area | 1 acre [1] |
Founded | 1843 1876 (Official) |
Designated | July 17, 1986 |
The Eagle River Cemetery, also called the Evergreen Cemetery, is a cemetery located on highway M-26 about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) south of Eagle River, Michigan. [1] [2] It was listed as a Michigan State Historic Site on July 17, 1986, and is one of the oldest cemeteries in the Keweenaw Peninsula. [1]
The cemetery holds 317 graves that date from 1843 through the present; 98 from the nineteenth century. [1] However, the owner of the cemetery property, the Cliff Mining Company, did not officially set it aside until 1876. [1]