Website Design & Development in Escanaba, Michigan

AppWT Web & AI Solutions delivers website design & development to businesses in Escanaba, Delta County, a community of approximately 12,450 residents.

Escanaba Business Districts We Serve

• Downtown Escanaba (Ludington Street)
• US-2 / US-41 Corridor

Escanaba is home to major employers including Billerud Escanaba Mill (Escanaba Paper Company), OSF St. Francis Hospital, Escanaba Area Public Schools, Bay College, Engineered Machined Products (EMP).

Serving businesses near Ludington Park, Sand Point Lighthouse, Upper Peninsula State Fairgrounds, William Bonifas Fine Arts Center, and throughout Escanaba.

Working in Escanaba

• The 2001 film 'Escanaba in da Moonlight' (written by and starring Jeff Daniels) is set in the city; bluegrass artist Billy Strings included an instrumental titled 'Escanaba' on his 2024 album 'Highway Prayers.'
• Founded in 1863 by surveyor Eli P. Royce as a port town; incorporated as a village in 1866 and as a city in 1883.
• The name derives from the Ojibwe language; interpretations include 'land of the red buck' and 'flat rock,' referring to the Escanaba River.
• In 1863 the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company built the first iron-ore dock on Lake Michigan at Escanaba, making the port vital to the growing Chicago steel industry.
• Sand Point Lighthouse — built 1867–1868 for about $11,000, deactivated in 1939, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.