Midwest

Escanaba

Alger County, MI

Population

12,403

Walk Score

94 · Walker's Paradise

Median rent

$615

Median home value

$104,200

Incorporated

1866

Escanaba, commonly shortened to Esky, is a port city in and the county seat of Delta County in the U.S. state of Michigan, located on Little Bay de Noc in the state's Upper Peninsula. The population was 12,450 at the 2020 census, making it the third-largest city in the Upper Peninsula after Marquette and Sault Ste. Marie.

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On the National Register

Historic districts

  • Escanaba Central Historic District · listed 2014

Notable landmarks

  • Bar Lake Site · listed 2014
  • Hartney Terrace Site · listed 2014
  • Widewaters Site · listed 2014
  • Carnegie Public Library · listed 1977
  • Chicago and Northwestern Railroad: Escanaba Roundhouse
  • Delta Hotel · listed 1998
  • Escanba Power Company Dam No. 1
  • Gooseneck Lake III Site · listed 2014
  • Gooseneck Lake IV Site · listed 2014
  • Jackpine Lake Site · listed 2014
  • Peninsula Point Lighthouse · listed 1975
  • Richter Brewery · listed 2009
  • Sand Point Lighthouse · listed 1997
  • Thunder Lake II Site · listed 2014

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