Chassell, Michigan: Giant Bear Trap - A Tourist Trap (Gone)

The snowmobile-chomping bear trap was one of the few excuses to be in this part of Michigan's upper peninsula. Reported gone in June 2024.

Directions:: Worham Rd.
Hours:: Reported gone June 2024.
Status:: Gone

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Giant Bear Trap

The Giant Bear Trap does not exist. We drove Worham Road from end (Upper Worham Road) to end (Pike River Road) three times looking for it, and it's not there.

[Michele, 06/29/2024]

Your tenaciousness is commendable! Perhaps the trap finally caught the Giant Bear.

Bear Trap.

Giant Bear Trap

I wasn't looking for this but I came across it in front of a business along highway 41 in the Chassell area. The bear trap has either been moved to the highway location or there are two of them now. I didn't stop to ask about it and didn't make a note of exactly where I saw it, but I did take a picture.

[Rob, 06/18/2009]

The snowmobile-chomping bear trap is one of only a few excuses to be in this part of Michigan's upper peninsula.

Tourist Trap sculpture.

Giant Bear Trap - A Tourist Trap

Owner/creator Ed Sauvola sent us a tip on what he refers to as his "Tourist Trap." The sculpture of a bear trap is 32 feet wide and 9 1/2 feet tall. It sits on the front lawn of Ed's home in Chassell on Michigan's Upper Peninsula. And a bit of that legendary U.P. humor -- the Tourist Trap occasionally grips a snowmobile in its jaws.

[Roadsideamerica.com Team, 03/05/2005]