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The Keweenaw Peninsula (/ˈkwɪnɔː/ KEE-wi-naw, sometimes locally /ˈkiːvənɔː/) 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, leading to its moniker of "Copper Country." Its major industries are now logging and tourism, as well as jobs related to Michigan Technological University.

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Keweenaw Peninsula

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The Keweenaw Peninsula (/ˈkiːwɪnɔː/ KEE-wi-naw, sometimes locally /ˈkiːvənɔː/) is the northernmost part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It projects into...

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Upper Peninsula of Michigan

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Upper Peninsula: Keweenaw Brewing Company, Blackrocks Brewery, and the Ore Dock Brewing Company. There are 15 counties in the Upper Peninsula. State...

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Keweenaw Waterway

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The Keweenaw Waterway is a partly natural, partly artificial waterway which cuts across the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan; it separates Copper Island...

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Keweenaw National Historical Park

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1992, the park celebrates the life and history of the Keweenaw Peninsula in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a federal-local cooperative...

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Keweenaw Rocket Range

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The Keweenaw Rocket Range is an isolated launch pad located in the U.S. state of Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula. It was used between 1964 and 1971 for launching...

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Copper Island

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northern part of the Keweenaw Peninsula (projecting northeastward into Lake Superior at the western end of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, United States...

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Copper Country

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The Copper Country is an area in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States, including Keweenaw County, Michigan, Houghton, Baraga and Ontonagon...

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Peninsula

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softer rock, it formed a basin. This may create peninsulas, and occurred for example in the Keweenaw Peninsula. In the case of formation from meltwater, melting...

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George Gipp

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Reagan. Born and raised in Laurium, Michigan, on the Keweenaw Peninsula in the Upper Peninsula, Gipp entered Notre Dame intending to play baseball for...

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Michigan

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peninsulas of Michigan include the Keweenaw Peninsula, making up the Copper Country region of the state. The Leelanau Peninsula lies in the Northern Lower Michigan...

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Brockway Mountain Drive

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Copper Harbor to the east in the Keweenaw Peninsula. The drive runs along the ridge of Brockway Mountain on the Keweenaw Fault and climbs to 1,320 feet...

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Native copper

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County, Arizona, US "Halfbreed" copper-silver nugget, Keweenaw County, Michigan, US Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, US Copper Inuit – Inuit in Canada Native...

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Keweenaw Bay

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Keweenaw Bay is an arm of Lake Superior in North America. It is located adjacent to the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, to the southeast...

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List of peninsulas

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Woodtick Peninsula The Upper Peninsula of Michigan contains: Abbaye Peninsula Garden Peninsula Keweenaw Peninsula Rabbit's Back Stonington Peninsula Barnegat...

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Midcontinent Rift System

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rift can be seen on the surface of Isle Royale and the Keweenaw Peninsula of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, northwest Wisconsin, and on the North Shore...

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Portage Lake Lift Bridge

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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...

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Copper mining in Michigan

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of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Native Americans were the first to mine and work the copper of Lake Superior and the Keweenaw Peninsula of northern...

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Keweenaw Fault

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The Keweenaw Fault is a reverse fault that bisects the Keweenaw Peninsula of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The fault thrusts lava flows of the Midcontinent...

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Native metal

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unlike meteoric iron. The same deposits of native copper on the Keweenaw Peninsula and Isle Royale were later mined commercially. From 1845 until 1887...

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Mount Bohemia

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Mount Bohemia is the 5th highest point in the Keweenaw Peninsula and the 52nd highest prominent peak in Michigan with an elevation of 1,465 feet (447 m)...

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Quinzhee

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Wayback Machine. Keweenaw Peninsula. February 8, 2002. Houghton's Snow House Archived January 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. Keweenaw Peninsula. February 8...

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SS Edmund Fitzgerald

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south of Lake Superior and over the Keweenaw Peninsula, extending into the Lake from Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Captain Paquette of Wilfred Sykes had...

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