Eagle River, MI

Eagle River is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in the U.S. state of Michigan. The 2020 census counted 65 residents. Eagle River is the county seat of Keweenaw County. As an unincorporated community, Eagle River has no legal autonomy and is part of Allouez Township and Houghton Township. In Eagle River, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Eagle River, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. Eagle River was a boom town of the copper mining era in the Keweenaw. The land of the Eagle River community had been leased by the Keweenaw Copper Company in 1843. Eagle River is listed as being part of both Allouez Township and Houghton Township.