Skanee, MI

Skanee is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Baraga County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The 2020 census counted 102 residents. Skanee is located in Arvon Township on the shore of Huron Bay, a bay of Lake Superior. The community is home to the historic Arvon Township Hall. The district operates the K-8 Skanee School, while high school students attend school in L'Anse. A newcomer can read Skanee through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Skanee comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Skanee was established in 1870 when Captain Walfred Been sailed into Huron Bay during a storm, and settled in the area. Been named the settlement after Skåne in Sweden, his home province. Skanee is located in Arvon Township, in northeastern Baraga County.