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  2. Keweenaw Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    The peninsula is bisected by the Keweenaw Waterway, a partly natural, partly artificial waterway serving as a canal. The north side of the canal is known locally as Copper Island. The cities of Houghton, the peninsula's largest population center, and Hancock, are located along the shores of the Keweenaw Waterway. Houghton is home to Michigan ...

  3. Keweenaw County, Michigan - Wikipedia

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    Keweenaw County (/ ˈ k iː w ə n ɔː /, KEE-wə-naw) is a county in the western Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census , the county's population was 2,046, making it Michigan's least populous county. [ 3 ]

  4. Keweenaw National Historical Park - Wikipedia

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    As of 2023, the Keweenaw National Historical Park operates in cooperation with 23 heritage sites in the Keweenaw Peninsula and nearby. [4] [5] The heritage site system was established in 2007 with an original set of 19 sites. In October 2013, two new sites were added: Houghton's Carnegie Museum and the Michigan Technological University Archives ...

  5. Copper Harbor, Michigan - Wikipedia

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    Copper Harbor is located at the northern edge of the Keweenaw Peninsula, which also extends for several miles to the east. Copper Harbor has its own post office and ZIP Code (49918). [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Some areas within the community and the surrounding area may use the Mohawk 49950 ZIP Code.

  6. Stamping Out Stamp Sands: Keweenaw Peninsula legacy ... - AOL

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    Jul. 18—BARAGA — Two small children played in the day's gentle surf on a seemingly unending beach on the Keweenaw Bay shoreline, running back and forth along dark-colored sands warmed by the ...

  7. Fort Wilkins Historic State Park - Wikipedia

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    Copper Harbor is located at the northern tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula, bordering Lake Superior. It is one of the best natural harbors in Keweenaw County and was a quick focus of attention after copper was discovered on the peninsula in the 1830s. In the early 1840s, a copper rush took place that saw a flood of fortune-seekers moving to the ...

  8. Copper Island - Wikipedia

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    Copper Island is a local name given to the northern part of the Keweenaw Peninsula (projecting northeastward into Lake Superior at the western end of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, United States of America), separated from the rest of the Keweenaw Peninsula by Portage Lake and the Keweenaw Waterway. [1] [2]

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