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The Keweenaw Peninsula is the northernmost part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It projects into Lake Superior and was the site of the first copper boom in the United States.
The Keweenaw is composed of some of the oldest exposed rock in the world, dating back some 1.1 billion years, and it is mineral rich. The first great mining boom in the United States began in 1843 with the discovery, first in Copper Harbor, of the red metal – copper.
Today, the Keweenaw is marked by dramatic Lake Superior shorelines, small coastal towns, and the historic remains of the Copper Country mining boom. These images were while exploring the Keweenaw in July 2022.
These include images from along highway M-26, from Eagle River to Eagle Harbor, to Copper Harbor and features parks, beaches, waterfalls, and lighthouses.
The Eagle River Timber Bridge is a wooden arch bridge that carries M-26 over the Eagle River. It opened in 1990 as a replacement for the historic Lake Shore Drive Bridge that runs parallel to it. Just outside of Eagle River is the Holy Transfiguration Skete, a Byzantine Catholic monastery and community, which is known for producing jams and other foodstuffs from berries collected in the nearby forests.
The Eagle Harbor Light is an operational lighthouse that sits on the rocky entrance to Eagle Harbor along the northern shore of the Keweenaw Peninsula. The present lighthouse, built in 1871, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Keweenaw County Historical Society operates the lighthouse as a museum, and also operates other museums at the site -- the Maritime Museum in the old fog signal building, the Commercial Fishing Museum, the Keweenaw History Museum and an exhibit on the 1926 shipwreck of the City of Bangor.
The Mendota Light, also known as the Bete Grise light, was built on the Keweenaw Peninsula to facilitate travel between Lake Superior and Lac La Belle through an artificial canal constructed to connect the two.
Photographs by Kerry G. Hill, July 2022. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved.
MI Keweenaw Peninsula 2022 106
The Keweenaw Peninsula is the northernmost part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It projects into Lake Superior and was the site of the first copper boom in the United States.
The Keweenaw is composed of some of the oldest exposed rock in the world, dating back some 1.1 billion years, and it is mineral rich. The first great mining boom in the United States began in 1843 with the discovery, first in Copper Harbor, of the red metal – copper.
Today, the Keweenaw is marked by dramatic Lake Superior shorelines, small coastal towns, and the historic remains of the Copper Country mining boom. These images were while exploring the Keweenaw in July 2022.
These include images from along highway M-26, from Eagle River to Eagle Harbor, to Copper Harbor and features parks, beaches, waterfalls, and lighthouses.
The Eagle River Timber Bridge is a wooden arch bridge that carries M-26 over the Eagle River. It opened in 1990 as a replacement for the historic Lake Shore Drive Bridge that runs parallel to it. Just outside of Eagle River is the Holy Transfiguration Skete, a Byzantine Catholic monastery and community, which is known for producing jams and other foodstuffs from berries collected in the nearby forests.
The Eagle Harbor Light is an operational lighthouse that sits on the rocky entrance to Eagle Harbor along the northern shore of the Keweenaw Peninsula. The present lighthouse, built in 1871, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Keweenaw County Historical Society operates the lighthouse as a museum, and also operates other museums at the site -- the Maritime Museum in the old fog signal building, the Commercial Fishing Museum, the Keweenaw History Museum and an exhibit on the 1926 shipwreck of the City of Bangor.
The Mendota Light, also known as the Bete Grise light, was built on the Keweenaw Peninsula to facilitate travel between Lake Superior and Lac La Belle through an artificial canal constructed to connect the two.
Photographs by Kerry G. Hill, July 2022. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved.