Dollar Bay, Michigan

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Dollar Bay, Michigan is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place in Houghton County on Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula, known for its historic copper mining roots and location along Torch Lake.

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Dollar Bay, Michigan canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf census-designated place
unincorporated community
areaCode 906
country United States
county Houghton County, Michigan NERFINISHED
GNISFeatureID 625998
hasBodyOfWater Dollar Bay (inlet of Torch Lake)
hasClimate humid continental climate
hasFeature lakeshore along Torch Lake
residential neighborhoods
small commercial district
hasHistoricAssociationWith Keweenaw copper mining district
hasHistoricEconomicActivity lumbering
shipping
hasNearbyCommunity Lake Linden, Michigan
Ripley, Michigan
Tamarack City, Michigan
linked to: Tamarack, Michigan
hasNearbyUniversity Michigan Technological University (in Houghton)
hasPrimaryEducationInstitution Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools
hasPublicSchool Dollar Bay Elementary School
Dollar Bay High School
hasRecreationalActivity boating on Torch Lake
fishing on Torch Lake
snowmobiling in winter
hasSettlementType census-designated place
unincorporated community
historicalIndustry copper mining
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Torch Lake Township, Michigan
locatedInPhysiographicRegion Lake Superior basin
linked to: Lake Superior Basin
locatedInRegion Upper Peninsula of Michigan
locatedInUSCongressionalDistrict Michigan's 1st congressional district
locatedNear Hancock, Michigan
Houghton, Michigan
locatedOnBodyOfWater Torch Lake (Houghton County, Michigan)
locatedOnPeninsula Keweenaw Peninsula
namedAfter Dollar Bay (bay on Torch Lake)
nearWaterway Portage Lake Shipping Canal
linked to: Portage Canal
partOf Copper Country
partOfStatisticalArea Houghton micropolitan area
postalCode 49922
region northern Houghton County
regionCode US-MI
servedBy Dollar Bay Volunteer Fire Department
state Michigan
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
transportation M-26 (Michigan highway)

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M-26 (Michigan highway) passesThrough Dollar Bay, Michigan
Houghton micropolitan area containsSettlement Dollar Bay, Michigan