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The Huron Mountain Club is a private club whose land holdings in Marquette County, in the
Upper Peninsula of Michigan The Upper Peninsula of Michigan—also known as Upper Michigan or colloquially the U.P. or Yoop—is the northern and more elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; it is separated from the Lower Peninsula of ...
, constitutes one of the largest tracts of
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in the
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region. Formed circa 1890, the club comprises 50 dwellings clustered inside nearly 26,000 acres of private land, including area in and around the
Huron Mountains The Huron Mountains are located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, mostly in Marquette County, Michigan, Marquette County, and extending into Baraga County, Michigan, Baraga County, overlooking Lake ...
. The club began as a remote hunting and fishing club for outdoor enthusiasts. The original charter limited membership to 50 partners. The property comprises 13 inland lakes and approximately 40,000 acres of
old-growth forest An old-growth forest or primary forest is a forest that has developed over a long period of time without disturbance. Due to this, old-growth forests exhibit unique ecological features. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Natio ...
. Through its long association with the non-profit Huron Mountain Wildlife Foundation, the Huron Mountain Club has been the site of a wide range of research in field biology and geology. Naturalist
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produced a plan for preserving the tract in 1938. The ensuing research facility at Ives Lake was started in the 1960s, after it passed from a member family's hands into Club ownership.


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Yellow Dog WatershedHuron Mountain Wildlife FoundationMoon Travel Guide discussion of Huron Mountain Club
at Michigan Highways Clubs and societies in the United States Protected areas of Marquette County, Michigan Nature reserves in Michigan