About Grand Marais

Grand Marais is a part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula known as the eastern gateway to the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Major attractions include the Pickel Barrel House Museum and the Lightkeeper's House Museum. Each year in the summer season the town hosts the Great Lake Sea Kayak Symposium. Well-known establishments in Grand Marais are the Sportsmans Bar and Restaurant and Superior Shores Market. Students in Grand Marais attend the Burt Township School. One of the best places to visit when you are in Grand Marais is the Gitche Gumee Agate and History Museum. The former Grand Marais U.S. Life-saving Service Station received the last transmission of the ill-fated freighter S.S. Edmund Fitgerald before sinking in 1975.

-- Latest Update 2010/08/08 by ReneeR