Seney, Michigan
Encyclopedia
Seney is an unincorporated community in Schoolcraft County
in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
in the United States
. The town is built on the outskirts of the Seney National Wildlife Refuge
, administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It was featured in the Ernest Hemingway
short story "Big Two-Hearted River
". Seney is located on part of the Seney Stretch.
Schoolcraft County, Michigan
-National protected areas:* Hiawatha National Forest * Seney National Wildlife Refuge-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 8,903 people, 3,606 households, and 2,498 families residing in the county. The population density was 8 people per square mile . There were 5,700 housing units...
in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Upper Peninsula of Michigan
The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is the northern of the two major land masses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan. It is commonly referred to as the Upper Peninsula, the U.P., or Upper Michigan. It is also known as the land "above the Bridge" linking the two peninsulas. The peninsula is bounded...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The town is built on the outskirts of the Seney National Wildlife Refuge
Seney National Wildlife Refuge
The Seney National Wildlife Refuge is a managed wetland in Schoolcraft County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It has an area of 95,212 acres . It is bordered by M-28 and M-77. The nearest town of any size is Seney, Michigan...
, administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It was featured in the Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American author and journalist. His economic and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the...
short story "Big Two-Hearted River
Big Two-Hearted River
"Big Two-Hearted River" is a two-part short story written by American author Ernest Hemingway published in 1925 in his first collection of stories, In Our Time. The story is generally viewed as an account of a healing process for Hemingway's autobiographical character Nick Adams, recently returned...
". Seney is located on part of the Seney Stretch.
External links
- http://www.upperpeninsulaonline.com/html/seney.html Upper Peninsula Online, Seney Information.