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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Ontonagon County, Michigan. The county was set off in 1843, and organized in 1848. The county is named after the Ontonagon River. The name is said to be loosely derived from an Ojibwe language word noojitoon ziibi, meaning "hunting river." A French transliteration, Nantounagon, identified the river on a 1670 French map. Alternatively,...
The mine fatalities of Ontonagon County, Michigan, Part of the Lake Superior Mine District. The Lake Mines 3 districts are: -Portage Lake District -Keweenaw Point District -Ontonagon District From 1855 to 1975 it is estimated there have been 2,000 mine related deaths for Keweenaw county, at least 1,700 for Houghton, and 100 for Ontonagon. Ontonagon County is located along the south shore ...