ESCANABA, a city of upper Michigan, U.S.A., on Little Bay de Noc, an inlet of Green bay (Lake Michigan) ; a port of entry and the county seat of Delta county. It is on Federal highways 2 and 41, and is served by the Chicago and Northwestern, the Escanaba and Lake Superior and the Soo Line railways, and by lake steamers in summer. The population was 13,103 in 1920 (22.5% foreign-born white) and was 14,524 in 1930 by the Federal census. The city occupies a picturesque promontory 61 2ft. above sea-level. Its exhilarating climate and the attractions of the upper peninsula (varied and beautiful scenery, virgin forests and trout streams) make it a summer resort and a touring centre. It has 8m. of water front, and a natural deep-water harbour, open 8 months of the year, with four large, specially equipped docks for handling iron ore, of which over 6,000,000 tons are shipped annually. Escanaba is a division point of the Chicago and North western railroad, which has large repair shops here. It is esti mated that there are altogether 1,3oo railroad employees in the city, and that the factories employ as many more. Among the important manufactures are lumber, maple flooring, veneers, char coal, iron, chemicals, paper and cinder concrete blocks. There is a large tie-preserving plant. Escanaba was settled in 1863 and was chartered as a city in 1883. Since 1922 it has had a council manager form of government.