Eagle Harbor

History

Eagle Harbor is known in the Ojibwe language as , meaning "place of the northern pike". The earliest known non-indigenous settlement at Eagle Harbor was a log warehouse built in 1844. In 1845, the Eagle Harbor Mining Company was established there to mine copper. A post office operated at Eagle Harbor from 1857 through 1959. A rocky ledge originally obstructed entrance to the harbor for larger ships, but in the late 1870s a -deep channel was dredged at the entrance to the harbor. In 1958, the sport of guts was invented in Eagle Harbor. More than a decade later Governor Milliken proclaimed July 6th, 1969 Frisbee Day in Michigan to recognize the high importance of the 12th Annual International Frisbee Tournament. In 1983, the Holy Protection Monastery of the Society of St. John belonging to the Ukrainian Metropoly was formed in Eagle Harbor and is known for its Poorrock Abbey brand of fruit preserves. Eagle Harbor was listed as a newly organized census-designated place for the 2010 census, giving it officially defined boundaries and population statistics for the first time.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  3,529
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,381
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  3,041
• Red-breasted Nuthatch

  Sitta canadensis Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  2,062
• Yellow-rumped Warbler

  Setophaga coronata (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1,660
• Common Raven

  Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,647
• Downy Woodpecker

  Dryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1,538
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  1,416