Ripley is a small,
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Franklin Township situated upon a slope, just east of
Hancock on
M-26 and across the
Portage Lake Canal from
Houghton.
A
ski resort
A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing, snowboarding, and other winter sports. In Europe, most ski resorts are towns or villages in or adjacent to a ski area–a mountainous area with pistes (ski trails) and a ski lift system. In North Am ...
called
Mont Ripley is located in Ripley. The now-closed
Quincy Smelting Works, formerly operated by the
Quincy Mine, is also located in Ripley.
References
External links
View of Ripley from HoughtonView of the Portage Lake Lift Bridge and Portage Lake from Ripley
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Unincorporated communities in Houghton County, Michigan
Houghton micropolitan area, Michigan
Unincorporated communities in Michigan