UPDATE – Reminders of the Champion Branch

  • Post last modified:September 19, 2025

Eight new photographs of Republic/Champion Grade Trail have been added to the Reminders of the Milwaukee & Northern – Champion Branch page of our web site. These photographs were captured during an “inspection of the line” conducted 24-26 July 2024.

Republic Junction
Looking northeast along the former M&N right-of-way at Republic Junction, Mich., on 25 July 2024. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
Republic Junction
Looking southwest along the former DSS&A right-of-way where it crossed the M&N and C&NW at Republic Junction, Mich., on 25 July 2024. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
Republic Junction
Looking southwest along the former M&N and C&NW right-of-ways at Republic Junction, Mich., on 25 July 2024. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
Champion Branch - Humboldt Township
Looking northeast along the former M&N right-of-way at Town of Humboldt, Marquette Co., Mich., on 25 July 2024. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
Champion Branch - Humboldt Township
Looking northeast along the former M&N right-of-way at Town of Humboldt, Marquette Co., Mich., on 25 July 2024. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
Champion Branch - Humboldt Township
Looking northwest from the former M&N right-of-way, now the Republic/Champion Grade Trail, at Town of Humboldt, Marquette Co., Mich., on 25 Jul. '24. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
Champion Branch - Humboldt Township
Looking northwest along the former M&N right-of-way at Town of Humboldt, Marquette Co., Mich., on 25 July 2024. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
Champion Branch - Humboldt Township
A forsaken telephone pole lies in the water along the former M&N right-of-way at Town of Humboldt, Marquette Co., Mich., on 25 July 2024. Photograph by Tom Bruss.