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ESCANABA

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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 760 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Delta county, See also:Michigan, U.S.A., on Little See also:Bay de Noquette, an inlet of See also:Green Bay, about 6o in. S. of See also:Marquette. Pop. (1890) 68o8; (1900)9549, of whom 3214 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 See also:census) 13,194. It is served by the See also:Chicago & See also:North-Western and the Escanaba & See also:Lake See also:Superior See also:railways. It is built on a picturesque promontory which separates the See also:waters of Green Bay from Little Bay de Noquette, and its delightful summer See also:climate, See also:wild landscape scenery and facilities for boating and See also:trout fishing make it a popular summer resort. Escanaba has a See also:water front of 8 m., and is an important centre for the shipment of See also:iron-ore, for which eight large and well-equipped docks are provided—there is an ore-crushing plant here; considerable quantities of See also:lumber and See also:fish are also shipped, and See also:furniture, flooring (especially of See also:maple) and wooden See also:ware (See also:butter-dishes and clothes-pins) are manufactured. There is a large tie-preserving plant here. See also:Good water See also:power is supplied by the Escanaba See also:river. Escanaba was settled in 1863, was incorporated as a See also:village in 1883, and was first chartered as a city in the same See also:year.

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