Gogebic (go-GEE-bik), county (1,476 sq mi/3,823 sq km; 1990 pop. 18,052), W Upper Peninsula, Mich.; Bessemer. Bounded NW by L. Superior, S and SW by Wis.; 46°28'N 89°47'W. Drained by Montreal, Presque Isle, and Ontonagon rivers. Lumbering; agr. (cattle; dairying). Some mfg. at Ironwood. Resorts. Much of co. is in Ottawa Natl. Forest, L. Gogebic is on N boundary. Gogebic Range crosses N part of co. Many small lakes and waterfalls, especially in S and E. Indianhead Mt., Big Powderhorn Mt., and Mt. Zion ski areas in W; W part of Porcupine Mts. State Park in NW, Lake Gogebic State Park on W side of L. Gogebic; Ottawa Natl. Forest in all but W end of co. N boundary, W Ontonagon co., and L. Superior share Central/Eastern time zone boundary, 1 of only 4 cos. in Mich. (all on Upper Peninsula) within Central time zone. Organized 1887.
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Bessemer. Bounded NW by L. Superior, S and SW by Wis.; 46°28'N 89°47'W. Drained by Montreal, Presque Isle, and Ontonagon rivers. Lumbering; agr. (cattle; dairying). Some mfg. at Ironwood. Resorts. Much of co. is in Ottawa Natl. Forest, L. Gogebic is on N boundary. Gogebic Range crosses N part of co. Many small lakes and waterfalls, especially in S and E. Indianhead Mt., Big Powderhorn Mt., and Mt. Zion ski areas in W; W part of Porcupine Mts. State Park in NW, Lake Gogebic State Park on W side of L. Gogebic; Ottawa Natl. Forest in all but W end of co. N boundary, W Ontonagon co., and L. Superior share Central/Eastern time zone boundary, 1 of only 4 cos. in Mich. (all on Upper Peninsula) within Central time zone. Organized 1887.
