Eagle River Lighthouse

You'll miss it unless you are looking for it--the Eagle River Lighthouse on the shores of Lake Superior in the UP.  It is a private residence today, but the first operational lighthouse in Keweenaw's Eagle River was in 1857.  It was deactivated in 1908, but someone has taken the care to preserve it. This little community was born out of the copper rush in the mid 1800's and many of the homes are pre-civil war. Today about 1800 people live in Eagle River.

Jacob's Falls near Eagle River

Our state has an incredible amount of waterfalls and most of them are in the Upper Peninsula.  Jacob's Falls are located close to the Jampot and Eagle River. This photo from the road doesn't do it much justice.  If you do some hiking you'll find more cascades because Jacob's Creek drops some 500 feet in its quarter mile journey to Lake Superior.

Eagle River's Jampot

We only know of one place in the world that makes wild thimbleberry jam and that is in the Keweenaw peninsula way up in the ear of the UP. The monks from the Society of St John run this place called the Jampot and they sell other goodies as well --like chocolate chip cookies, bread and muffins. You don't have to trek all the way there to get their merchandise....you can mail order it off their website!