PARADISE EAST
Chippewa County - State Department of Conservation
1937-38: “To provide living quarters for forest fire towermen, cabins will be built at the Paradise East Tower, the Grass Lake Tower, and the Walsh Tower. Cabins will be of log construction, standard 20 foot by 26 foot size.” (Ninth Biennial Report, The Department of Conservation)
Removed
NGS Data Sheet
DESIGNATION - PARADISE
PID - RJ1155
STATE/COUNTY- MI/CHIPPEWA
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - SHELLDRAKE (2017)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS 1965 (LMC)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 3-1/2 MILES NORTHWEST OF PARADISE,3
MILES WEST OF STATE HIGHWAY 123, 1 MILE EAST-NORTHEAST OF TAHQUAMENON PRISON CAMP, AND IN THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE BASE OF THE PARADISE
LOOKOUT TOWER AND ON STATE PROPERTY.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 123 AND WIRE
ROAD IN PARADISE, GO WEST ON STATE HIGHWAY 123 FOR 4.45 MILES TO A
SIDE ROAD RIGHT. TURN RIGHT AND GO NORTH ON A GRAVELED ROAD FOR 0.6
MILE TO A Y-FORK. TAKE THE RIGHT FORK AND GO NORTHEAST FOR ABOUT 50
FEET TO A Y-FORK. TAKE THE RIGHT FORK AND GO EAST ON A TRACK ROAD FOR
1.1 MILE TO THE STATION AT THE PARADISE LOOKOUT TOWER.