page_title: Alger County, Michigan
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Alger County, Michigan / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: It is a common practice for hunters to pose with their harvests at the Midway General Store on Federal Forest Highway 13 near the Delta and Alger County lines. The store is one of the only public gathering places for miles in the vast expanse of the Hiawatha National Forest.
context_page_description: Alger County is a county in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 9,601. Its county seat is Munising. The Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is located within the county.
context_section_description: According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 5,048 square miles (13,070 km²), of which 915 square miles (2,370 km²) is land and 4,133 square miles (10,700 km²) (82%) is water. It is the second-largest county in Michigan by total area, mainly because of Lake Superior on the north side of the county.
caption: The Midway General Store on FFH-13 in southern Alger County
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