Baraga County is a county in the Upper Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,158, making it Michigan's fifth-least populous county. The county seat is L'Anse. The county is named after Bishop Frederic Baraga, a Catholic missionary who ministered to the Ojibwa Indians in the Michigan Territory.
Baraga County Courthouse and Annex (July 2014)
Entrance sign for Baraga County on U.S. Route 141
L'Anse is a village and the county seat of Baraga County, Michigan. The population was 1,874 at the 2020 census. The village is located within L'Anse Township in the Upper Peninsula, and partially inside the L'Anse Indian Reservation.
Downtown L'Anse at River and Main Street
The L'Anse Waterfront Park is in the village on the shore of Lake Superior
A view across the Keweenaw Bay to L'Anse.
the L'Anse Intersection on US 41