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The Portage Lake Lift Bridge (officially the Houghton–Hancock Bridge [3]) connects the cities of Hancock and Houghton, in the US state of Michigan.It crosses Portage Lake, a portion of the waterway which cuts across the Keweenaw Peninsula with a canal linking the final several miles to Lake Superior to the northwest.
A 4-horse boat and a 4-mule boat were in competition in the later 1840s; United, the first steam powered ferry owned by Moffatt began service in 1850; Sarnia, a paddlewheel steamer was brought into service by Moffatt in 1860, burned in 1877; G.A. Brush, 1860s, competitor to Moffatt's Sarnia; Fanny White, 1860s, competitor to Moffatt's Sarnia
Keweenaw Waterway with Portage Lake in center, 2010. Photo by Doc Searles. The Keweenaw Waterway is a partly natural, partly artificial waterway which cuts across the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan; it separates Copper Island from the mainland.
Houghton Township is a civil township of Keweenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 72 at the 2020 census. [4] The township consists of a mainland portion of the Keweenaw Peninsula and the county seat of Eagle River, as well as the unpopulated northeast portion of Isle Royale National Park.
The Houghton Lake Heights also offered many services in the early to mid 1900s. According to Beulah Carman: [5] The Heights merchants, because of the variety of stores, hotels, and other attractions, enjoyed a thriving business during the mid-twenties and the thirties, and acquired the reputation and prestige of being the most popular business center of the area.
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