Paradise, Michigan

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Paradise, Michigan

Paradise is an unincorporated community in Whitefish Township

Whitefish Township, Michigan

Whitefish Township is a civil township of Chippewa County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 588 at the United States Census, 2000....
, Chippewa County

Chippewa County, Michigan

Chippewa County is a Counties of the United States in the Upper peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population was 38,543....
in the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
of Michigan

Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
.

Paradise is on the northeastern portion of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, on the western side of Whitefish Bay

Whitefish Bay

Whitefish Bay is a large bay on the eastern end of the southern shore of Lake Superior between Michigan and Ontario. It begins in the north and west at Whitefish Point Light in Michigan, about 10 miles north of Paradise, Michigan and ends at the St....
, Lake Superior

Lake Superior

Lake Superior is the largest of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded to the north by Ontario, Canada and Minnesota, United States, and to the south by the U.S....
, about by road from Sault Ste. Marie

Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

Sault Ste. Marie is a city in and the county seat of Chippewa County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan, and the oldest city in the Midwest region of the United States....
and about north of the Mackinac Bridge

Mackinac Bridge

The Mackinac Bridge , is a suspension bridge spanning the Straits of Mackinac to connect the non-contiguous Upper Peninsula of Michigan and Lower Peninsula of Michigan peninsulas of the U.S....
. Its zip code is 49768, and the area code and telephone prefix are (906) and 492 respectively. Founded in 1925, Paradise is surrounded by state and national forests and its main business is tourism.

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Paradise is an unincorporated community in Whitefish Township

Whitefish Township, Michigan

Whitefish Township is a civil township of Chippewa County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 588 at the United States Census, 2000....
, Chippewa County

Chippewa County, Michigan

Chippewa County is a Counties of the United States in the Upper peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population was 38,543....
in the U.S. state

U.S. state

Michigan

Whitefish Bay

Lake Superior

Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

Mackinac Bridge

Tahquamenon Falls

The Tahquamenon Falls are two different waterfalls on the Tahquamenon River. Both sets are located near Lake Superior in the eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan....
area and Tahquamenon Falls State Park

Tahquamenon Falls State Park

The Tahquamenon Falls State Park is a 46,179-acre state park in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the second largest of List of Michigan state parks....
. (The other gateway is Newberry

Newberry, Michigan

Newberry is a village in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Luce County, Michigan. Located within McMillan Township, Luce County, Michigan at its very southern end, it shares some administrative responsibilities with the surrounding township....
, about to the southwest.) The area draws hunters, fishers, campers, backpackers, snowmobilers and birdwatchers. The region harvests blueberries and cranberries in season. Lake Superior shipping lanes are several miles off shore.

Whitefish Point with the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum

Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum

The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum is located in Chippewa County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is on the northeastern portion of Michigan's Upper Peninsula of Michigan, on Whitefish Point which forms the northern end of Whitefish Bay on Lake Superior....
, beach, Whitefish Point Lighthouse

Whitefish Point Lighthouse

The Whitefish Point Light is a lighthouse in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan of Michigan....
and prime birding area, is north. Whitefish Point is a designated Important Bird Area

Important Bird Area

An Important Bird Area is an area designated as being globally important habitat for the conservation of bird populations. Currently there are about 10,000 IBAs worldwide....
. The Whitefish Point Bird Observatory

Whitefish Point Bird Observatory

The Whitefish Point Bird Observatory is located adjacent to the Whitefish Point National Wildlife Refuge in Chippewa County, Michigan, USA. It operates as an non-profit, affiliate education and research facility of the Audubon Society....
, an affiliate of the Michigan Audubon Society, operates a research and education facility at Whitefish Point.

Whitefish Point is the nearest navigation mark to the wreckage of the ore freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald

SS Edmund Fitzgerald

SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American lake freighter launched on 8 June 1958. Until the 1970s, she was the largest ship on the Great Lakes. Although it had reported having some difficulties during a gale on Lake Superior, the Fitzgerald sank suddenly on 10 November 1975 in 530 Foot of water without sending any distress signals....
, which sank in 1975. Every vessel entering or leaving Lake Superior must pass Whitefish Point. Whitefish Point remains one of the most dangerous shipping areas in the Great Lakes

Great Lakes

The St. Lawrence River Great Lakes are a chain of fresh water lakes located in eastern North America, on the Canada ? United States border. Consisting of Lakes Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth....
. More vessels have been lost in the Whitefish Point area than any other part of Lake Superior. The Whitefish Point Underwater Preserve

Whitefish Point Underwater Preserve

The Whitefish Point Underwater Preserve was established in 1987 to protect and conserve shipwrecks and historical resources on of Lake Superior bottomlands in Whitefish Bay and around Whitefish Point Light, Michigan....
protects the shipwrecks in a portion of the bay for future generations of sports divers.

John Dreves, known as the “Can Man” from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, is from Paradise. Dreves collects, sorts and redeems cans to help fund local athletics. In the past four years, he has contributed more than $10,000 to Whitefish Township Community School and its 55 K-12 students. Providing new uniforms, equipment and transportation, Dreves has also been named the “Paradise Angel.” John was featured on ESPN

ESPN

ESPN is a United States cable television Television network dedicated to Broadcasting of sports events and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day....
`s Outside the Lines

Outside the Lines

Outside the Lines, or also referred to as OTL, is an Emmy Award-winning television program on ESPN that looks "outside the lines" and examines critical issues in United States sports on and off the field of play....
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The Sufjan Stevens

Sufjan Stevens

Sufjan Stevens is an United States singer-songwriter and musician from Petoskey, Michigan. Stevens first began releasing his music on the Asthmatic Kitty label, a label he formed with his stepfather, beginning with the 2000 release A Sun Came....
album Greetings from Michigan contains a song entitled "For The Widows In Paradise, For the Fatherless in Ypsilanti."

Paradise, Michigan

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