Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Grant helps handicap get closer to Lake Superior beaches

By JAN TUCKER

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ONTONAGON — The lakeshores of Ontonagon and the new Lake Street Park in Ontonagon will become more accessible this summer with features bringing more residents and visitors to the beaches of Lake Superior.

With the help from a $16,900 grant through the Portage Health Foundation those in wheel chairs will be able to travel across the sands and get nearer to the beach than ever before.

Mats will be laid across the sands at key access points  from the Lakeshore road as far as possible to the beach. A third mat will be laid at the new Lakeshore Park at the...

 
 
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