Coordinates: 47°07′36″N88°33′13″W / 47.12667°N 88.55361°W / 47.12667; -88.55361
Ripley is a small, unincorporated community in Franklin Township situated upon a slope, just east of Hancock on M-26 and across the Portage Lake Canal from Houghton.
A ski hill called Mont Ripley is located in Ripley. The now-closed Quincy Smelting Works, formerly operated by the Quincy Mine, is also located in Ripley.[2]
References
- 12U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ripley, Michigan
- ↑"Keweenaw Digital Archives - Michigan's Copper Country in Photographs". Michigan Technological University. Archived from the original on July 20, 2011.
External links
- View of Ripley from Houghton
- View of the Portage Lake Lift Bridge and Portage Lake from Ripley
Categories:
- Unincorporated communities in Houghton County, Michigan
- Houghton micropolitan area, Michigan
- Unincorporated communities in Michigan