The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Beaver Bay is the oldest settlement on the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was established in 1856.
The community is also the home of the annual John Beargrease Dog Sled Race.
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No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Beaver Bay is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Beaver Bay has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Edward and Lisa Mattson House and Fish House in Beaver Bay, 1.4 miles away.
Beaver Bay and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Beaver Bay
Edward and Lisa Mattson House and Fish HouseBeaver Bay · Log1.4mi
Split Rock Light StationBeaver Bay · District4.8mi
Tettegouche Camp Historic DistrictBeaver Bay · Rustic · Built 19796.6miGooseberry Falls State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style Historic ResourcesSilver Creek · NPS Rustic10.7mi
Bridge No. 3589-Silver Creek TownshipSilver Creek · Reinforced-concrete Arch20.9miHow a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Edward and Lisa Mattson House and Fish House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Beaver Bay?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Beaver Bay’s story, or a memory of it.
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.