Eagle River Cemetery

{{Short description|Historic site in Keweenaw County, Michigan}}

{{Infobox historic site

| name = Eagle River Cemetery

| image = Evergreen Cemetery-Eagle River.jpg

| caption =

| location = M-26, near Eagle River

| area = 1 acre

| coordinates = {{coord|47.406|-88.299|type:landmark_region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Michigan

| founded = 1843
1876 (Official)

| governing_body =

| designation1 = Michigan State Historic Site

| designation1_date = July 17, 1986

}}

The Eagle River Cemetery, also called the Evergreen Cemetery, is a cemetery located on highway M-26 about {{convert|0.5|mi|km|1}} south of Eagle River, Michigan.{{cite web|author=Staff|title=Eagle River Cemetery|url=http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/8103.htm|work=State Historic Preservation Office|publisher=Michigan State Housing Development Authority|accessdate=31 December 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612201753/http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/8103.htm|archivedate=June 12, 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Index to Eagle River (Evergreen) Cemetery|url=http://www.lib.mtu.edu/mtuarchives/cemetery/keer.aspx|publisher=Michigan Tech Archives|accessdate=31 December 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426082103/http://www.lib.mtu.edu/mtuarchives/cemetery/keer.aspx|archivedate=April 26, 2012|url-status=dead}} It was listed as a Michigan State Historic Site on July 17, 1986, and is one of the oldest cemeteries in the Keweenaw Peninsula.

The cemetery holds 317 graves that date from 1843 through the present; 98 from the nineteenth century. However, the owner of the cemetery property, the Cliff Mining Company, did not officially set it aside until 1876.