Three Lakes, MI

Three Lakes is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Baraga County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The 2020 census counted 167 residents. Three Lakes is located within Spurr Township. Three Lakes was established as a mining settlement, and was given a station on the Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad in 1878. Three Lakes's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Michigan setting. The local scoop is how Three Lakes's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. For the 2020 census, Three Lakes was included as a newly-listed census-designated place. Three Lakes takes its name from its location near Beaufort Lake, George Lake, and Ruth Lake, which flow out through the Spurr River to Lake Michigamme.