Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
BESSEMER TOWNSHIP Supervisor Jeffery Randall shows where a natural swimming hole will be dug this summer Bessemer Township Memorial Park. Water will be diverted from the Black River to run through the 26-foot by 7-foot pool and back into the river.
By TOM LAVENTURE
RAMSAY - Bessemer Township Memorial Park was once a swimming destination before floods washed the dam away in the 1990s, and township leaders are adding a more natural water attraction this summer.
The wading and swimming hole is part of an ongoing $400,000 park restoration that has brought new playground equipment, renovated tennis courts and added a basketball-pickleball court with lighting, said Bessemer Township Supervisor Jeffery Randall.
The pool will be an offshoot from the Black River, with a shallow end that slopes to around 4-foot at the...
