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Great Sand Bay

M-26, Mohawk, MI 49950

Great Sand Bay is located along M-26 in Upper Michigan between Eagle River and Eagle Harbor. Offering a place to stop to look for agates and other Michigan minerals, the beach features offshore sandbars, a lava layer from the Lake Shore Traps, and copper-rich veins underwater. A large copper boulder from the Great Sand Bay is on display in the Quincy Mine.

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