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My grandfather, L. W. Brumm was one of three paving contractors that built the Raco airfield. The other two were Gust.K Newberg and S.J.Groves and Sons.

Stunning vistas, Michael!

I remember back in about 1995, my company did about 144 soil borings on this site for the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers to assess adverse impact from the previous missile launch sites. Mostly concerned about the past storage tanks. Crazy thing is that they did it in the winter. Why not wait till it's warm, I can't say, but it was for the government so what can you expect.

Please pray for protection .

FYI: this was never a US Air Force Base. The ONLY presence the USAF had on site was the Kincheloe BOMARC Missile site. THe USAF never had a flying mission there.

hopefully you will go to the SOO and ride on the Algoma Central's train into the Algoma Canyon: th-cam.com/video/uzZrVXN_yK8/w-d-xo.html

So what are the directions to get to the falls ? thank you

I'm going to try to hike to this this summer.

Thank you so much I learned a lot and it was a beautiful video.

Forestville rd down to pump station / and up the gravel hill on right side , then strait all the way down the two track dirt road over the metal yellow bridge then two mile walk to RR tracks them turn left to trussle/ mind the trail cam on right side before bridge .(sound the alarms !) and stay Off tracks train is scary

i live about 5 miles from it

Pretty heavy run there. We used to swim in those falls and the very bravest among us sledded down that falls when it was frozen over in the winter. Awesome ice caves behind the falls in the winter too

This is an amazing video!!!! Thank you so much for the great footage!!! I live close to Trestle Falls and have a question: How did you access it? My hubby and I have been trying and see that the Neeji road access point is gated by Cleveland Cliffs. Again, thanks for such a cool video!!

From the AAA road side 3 miles to Bulldog lake from trail head, clearing at lake has old metal head boards from a bed growing right into a tree.metal from a horse pulled trailer the wood is gone. Rings of metal from wooden barrels with trees growing through them.

Thanks for the video. I spent time up there in the 90's over at Kincheloe Air Force Base after it was closed. Beautiful area.

Awesome!!!

Hogback are not mountain they are escarpments...anyways great video quality

We used to sneak into these places when we were kids. I lived right across the street in downtown Negaunee.

Raco was not an air force base. It was an auxillary airfield. During the WW2-Korea era there ware anti_aircraft guns there. In the 60's a Bomarc aa missile site was there. After than, not much.

I love that hike trail. We always walk it in the Fall. Beautiful.

I thought maybe being a college town that there might be some interest.

You're pretty good flying that thing indoors

hell Michael , is it possible to connect the model 37 to a 214 ?

Thanks for sharing this. I love climbing this place. Very peaceful at the top.

Looks fun.

That was GREAT! (In a bad way of course.)

Nice job MJ

Damn thats so funny, the mountain I fly next to my house is named Sugarloaf Mountain too! Great video and beautiful views Michael! Also my name too rofl.

Very beautiful. What road did you take out of Big Bay? Was the geocache on Longyear land?

beautiful pictures ! thanks for sharing

I smoke weed there

Cool video.

I used to live at the house by it

Awesome video history!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That was cool. At 1.14 into the video looked like a near mis with the structure.

Wow MJ is a pretty good paddled. Have you ever thought about a temporary rudder on his kayak. That way he doesn't exhaust his energy trying to keep it strait. Just a thought.

Fun times. Great video.

I also flew to Hogback today. Working on the second video right now. It is a beautiful area. Hogback Mtn, Sugarloaf Mtn, Harlow Lake, Wetmore Pond, Wetmore Landing, Little Presque Isle, and more.

Great Video. Going to be up in that neck of the woods this coming weekend. Probably going to hike into Hogs Back while up there.

that's some cool footage Mike. I gotta google the camera and check it out.

Thanks for posting this. A well done video of a great event at a great location.

I took photos of this same parade from nearly the same location. These are so much better than mine that now I won't post mine because I'll just look like an idiot. Thanks a lot!

We've camped in areas from both the North and SouthWest ends. The Southwest end is more established and obvious...accessible via the Pesheekee Grade road going North from US 41 just West of Van Riper State Park. The Northern route is less obvious off of the AAA road. It involves a river crossing or two and the trail isn't as obvious.

My son and I will be backpacking the McCormick this summer. Looking forward to it. which is the best place to start in, the South entrance or the North East?

Hi- are the sites at the mouth of the gratiot river public or are those on State land...couldn't find any links to reserve sites at Gratiot River...any input would be appreciated!

I still plow with my 210. It's a great little tractor. I have hydro lift but no angling kit. Your design looks good!

I bought a blade for a 210 years ago. The belly mounted lift arm was missing. JD dealer wanted nearly $100 for the rod. The 210 is pretty good at plowing snow as its heavy and built quite well.

Just looked that area over Sept of 2013. Hiked from southern end to White Deer Lake then north to the top of Bulldog lake. Nice flat and well used area at Bulldog - established fire ring. We found Bulldog falls from there and also the Crows Nest with a view of Superior that is amazing. Well worth the trip. Thanks for the footage of the trail - it looks like you were coming from the north ens of the trail. Will be back in a year of so to check out more.