KEWEENAW BAY

inlet of southern Lake Superior, indenting for 22 mi (35 km) the coast of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, U.S. The bay narrows from a 12-mi width at its mouth, and it is the eastern outlet for the Keweenaw Waterway, which cuts northward via Portage Lake through the Keweenaw Peninsula. The villages of Keweenaw Bay, Baraga, and L'Anse lie along the bay, which is popular as a summer resort area and is noted for its fishing. Early explorers, trappers, and missionaries used the site as a campground. L'Anse Indian Reservation lies along the bay's southern shore.