by no means am I an expert on this but I was really surprised at how affordable large remote tracts of land are in the U.P. 20 miles south of Sault Ste Marie. Back in August I picked up a local real estate guide around the area we were in called Pickford.
I saw one tract of land, around 100 acres with riverfront access for $44K. Now I think the description said you needed 4wd to get to it, but still....
that wasn't the exception, there were several choices like that.
I love Northern Michigan. If I ever hit the lottery, thats my new home.
That's lake effect snow country...