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Shelldrake, Michigan
Shelldrake is a ghost town in Whitefish Township, Chippewa County, Michigan, United States, about south of Whitefish Point, Michigan at the mouth of the Shelldrake River (also known as the Betsy River) on Whitefish Bay. It is listed on the Michigan Historic Register. Prior to European settlement it supported a seasonal Native American fishing village. In the 1890s and early 1900s, it was a thriving sawmill town during peak logging years on the Tahquamenon River watershed. By the 1920s repeated fires and the decline of lumbering led to its demise. Today it is a privately owned ghost town with only a few weathered, original buildings.
== Early days ==
According to Jesuit scholar Father Gagnieur, Shelldrake derived its name from the Ojibwa word ''Anzigo-ziibi''. Though some cite Shelldrake to mean a species of duck called the "cross-bill,"〔Gagnieur, William (1918). "Indian place names in the Upper Peninsula and their interpretation." Michigan History Magazine, 2, 538.〕 the Ojibwa word ''anzig'' means either a sheldrake or a sawbill duck (also known as a merganser〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://genealogytrails.com/mich/chippewa/cityshelldrake.html )〕). Shelldrake was first a Native American fishing village. Today a road closely follows the trail that ran from Shelldrake to Vermilion Point. Native Americans are believed to have used this trail to reach mines of red ochre (also known as ''vermilion''), which they used for paint pigment.〔Allen, Thomas & Canfield, Edward (1991, 2001). ''Life on a Lonely Shore'', p. 2. Lake Superior State University, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, USA. ISBN 0-9706903-0-4.〕
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