Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
A proposed Southern Beltline Trail would run between Miner's Memorial Park and Norrie Park in Ironwood. The city commission on Monday accepted a Michigan Department of Natural Resources grant to acquire the former Canadian National railroad grade.
By LARRY HOLCOMBE
IRONWOOD - The Ironwood City Commission approved a resolution at its meeting Monday to accept a Michigan Department of Natural Resources grant to help the city acquire property for a trail between Norrie Park and the Miners Memorial Heritage Park.
The strip of property is a former Canadian National railroad grade. The railroad company still owns about half of the 2-mile stretch and the rest is owned by other private property owners, said Ironwood Community Development Director Tom Bergman.
Portions of the former rail corridor is already used as...
