Bonanza Falls - Big Iron River, Silver City, MI Metal Print

Located just down the road from the Porcupine Mountains State Park, Bonanza Falls is something of a hidden gem. Bonanza Falls is a wide, low falls on the Big Iron River. In the spring the falls is 100 feet wide, but in summer it is broken up into a number of segments. The bedrock here is tilted back against the flow of the river, creating many obstacles for the water to overcome.
The "Bonanza" refers to the mining boom times of the 1800's.

Wm Christiansen Photography is about the work and play of Bill and Deb Christiansen. Bill is a photographer, author, and mansplainer. Deb is a publisher, documenter, and rhetorical question asker. Bill was born and raised in Southwest Michigan and has lived in the Schoolcraft area since he married his beautiful wife Deb fifteen years ago. He fully invested in his photography passion with the time (and money) that came with retirement after a forty-year career with The Upjohn Company and successor companies, including Pfizer. Whether photographing in the area or when he and Deb travel, Bill seeks out interesting locations and plans the images he expects to capture, but the unexpected shots that find his lens often provide the most...