Settlers' Co-Op

Around 1910 a group of mostly Finnish immigrants migrated to the area of Bruce crossing, paying for plots of land with their hard-earned logging camp wages. They realized that in order for their families to be able to acquire essentials they would need a cooperative, but felt they were not a large enough group to do it on their own. Therefore, they struck a deal with the Hancock Cooperative Store, resulting in the Bruce Crossing Co-op opening in 1917....