The 60-foot tall Bishop Baraga Shrine on the Red Rocks Bluff overlooking Keweenaw Bay has some of the best views in the Upper Peninsula. Nancy Haun has several great examples here today, with the first photo having apple blossoms looking like they’re surrounding the Snowshoe Priest, and in the background you can patially see the view toward Baraga. Then in her remaining photos, the lupines were blooming and so was the view. I especially like the second photo, as the view goes way off into the Bay, like you can almost see all the way to Chassell. Nancy sure does a wonderful job caring for the Shrine grounds, she has created a peaceful sanctuary and you can tell it’s truly a labor of love on her part.

Walter Dennis shares a drone video, recorded a few years ago, from around the Bishop Baraga Shrine, including views of Keweenaw Bay and US 41 between Baraga and L’Anse. The statue was erected on the Bluff in 1972 and 54 years later is still standing guard over Keweenaw Bay.

Yes, Nancy has done a truly fabulous job with the
Bishop Baraga grounds...it is a stunning place
everyone should visit at least once, then it will
become a regular stop!

That video is positively glorious!!!!

Absolutely beautiful, as always Nancy. You've done
a great job there. It's always so welcoming.

Agreed, the whole place AND the views are
absolutely gorgeous. Lupines overlooking
Superior are just spectacular, and with the
Bishop and the red sandstone cliffs - truly
like no other place on earth!

Hi
This shrine has been featured here often. I've always
wondered about the base of the statue: who designed it,
and what is it meant to represent?

I hope everyone had a good 4th of July. This evening
I'm going to a reading of the Declaration of
Independence; the flyer said that it will be read aloud
at the same time nation-wide.

Kathy,
I asked Google who designed the base of the Bishop Baraga shrine and what does it represent and this is the answer I received:

The six-story-tall Bishop Baraga Shrine in L'Anse, Michigan, was designed and constructed in the early 1970s by local artist and sculptor Jack E. Anderson (co-sculpted with Arthur Chaput, Jr.).

The shrine's base features five concrete tepees that support massive curved wood beams, which together elevate a stainless-steel cloud. The five tepees and the five arches represent Bishop Frederic Baraga’s five major Native American missions among the Ottawa and Ojibwe tribes.

The following link has more information about the Bishop Baraga Shrine and along the left side of the page, many links for "destinations" and "attractions" around the Copper Country: CopperCountry.com

I hope this helps!