Ripley, Michigan

Unincorporated community in Michigan, United States
47°07′36″N 88°33′13″W / 47.12667°N 88.55361°W / 47.12667; -88.55361CountryUnited StatesStateMichiganCountyHoughtonTownshipFranklinElevation620 ft (190 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code(s)
49930 (Hancock)
Area code906GNIS feature ID635948[1]

Ripley is a small, unincorporated community in Franklin Township situated upon a slope, just east of Hancock on M-26 and across the Portage Lake Canal from Houghton.

A ski resort called Mont Ripley is located in Ripley. The now-closed Quincy Smelting Works, formerly operated by the Quincy Mine, is also located in Ripley.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ripley, Michigan
  2. ^ "Keweenaw Digital Archives - Michigan's Copper Country in Photographs". Michigan Technological University. Archived from the original on July 20, 2011.
  • View of Ripley from Houghton
  • View of the Portage Lake Lift Bridge and Portage Lake from Ripley
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