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Lac La Belle, is the name given to both a lake and a small unincorporated community in Keweenaw County. The settlement arose from the operations of the Mendota Mining Company operations here. The town was originally the site of a stamping plant for the copper mines of the Keweenaw. Copper-bearing rock was transported from the mines to the stamping plant, where it was processed and loaded onto freighters. The lake is deep and rocky, and empties into Lake Superior at Bete Gris, by way of both a natural channel and a dredged canal. The canal was dredged in the 1860s with funding from several copper mining companies, for use by lake freighters, carrying copper ore. 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. Nowadays, Lac La Belle has an active summer tourist industry, with many summer cottages and resorts. The area has many dense forests and small mountains. There are backwoods outfitters who guide hikers through these areas. In the winter, the nearby Mount Bohemia attracts downhill ski fans.
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Attractions
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Haven Falls
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Dining Out
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Lodging
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Lac LaBelle Lodge, 216 Gay-Lac La Belle Road, Lac La Belle, MI 49950, Phone: (906) 289-4293
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Tell Them You Found Then in Upper Peninsula Online
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Outdoors
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Evert's Snowmobile Rentals (at Lac LaBelle Lodge)
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Fish On II Inland & Great Lakes Charters, 5710 Gay Lac La Belle Road, Lac La Belle, MI 49950, Phone: (906) 289-4481
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Lac La Belle Outfitters, 11627 Superior Street, Lac La Belle, MI 49950, Phone: (906)289-4293
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Lucky Strike Charter Fishing, Gay-Lac La Belle Road, Lac La Belle, MI 49950, Phone: (906) 289-1017
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Mount Bohemia, Lac La Belle Road, Lac La Belle, MI 49950, Phone: (906) 289-4105
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Services
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Shopping
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