National Register adds Rice Bay

...“The National Register is the official list of the nation’s historic places worthy of preservation,” according to the National Park Service, which administers the program.

Rice Bay in Gogebic County is a traditional wild rice-growing area covering a square quarter-mile on northeastern Lac Vieux Desert. Wild rice is an aquatic grass that is culturally important to the tribe,

The 6.6-square-mile lake straddles the Michigan-Wisconsin border and is the headwaters of the Wisconsin River. Forested hilly terrain, with cottages and seasonal resorts, and swampland surround it....