Keweenaw National Historical Park is a unit of the U.S.

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. Established in 1992, the park celebrates the life and history of the

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in the

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of the

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. It is a federal-local cooperative park made up of two primary units, the Calumet Unit and the Quincy Unit, and almost two dozen cooperating "Heritage Sites" located on federal, state, and privately owned land in and around the Keweenaw Peninsula. The National Park Service owns approximately in the Calumet and Quincy Units. Units are located in Baraga, Houghton,

Keweenaw The Keweenaw Peninsula (, ) is a peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. Part of the greater landmass of the Upper Peninsula, the Keweenaw Peninsula projects about northeasterly into Lake Superior, forming Keweenaw Bay. The peninsula is part ...

, and Ontonagon counties. The Congressional legislation establishing the Park stated, among other things, that:

(1) The oldest and largest lava flow known on Earth is located on the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan. This volcanic activity produced the only place on Earth where large scale economically recoverable 97 percent pure native copper is found. (2) The Keweenaw Peninsula is the only site in the country where prehistoric aboriginal mining of copper occurred. Artifacts made from this copper by these ancient Indians were traded as far south as present day Alabama.U.S. Government Printing Office:
Public Law 102-543 (Oct. 27, 1992); 106 STAT. 3569
'' (''Keweenaw National Historical Park Establishment Act'', PDF), retrieved 05/03/17.

Copper heritage

The Keweenaw Peninsula is the site of the most extensive known deposits of native

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in the world. Occurring here in relatively pure form, the red metal could be broken out of the rock and worked to make a wide variety of products, from

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and

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s by its earliest miners to

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and electric

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by its final generations. Keweenaw copper was mined for approximately 7,000 years, from

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until 1968. During the period for which records were kept, 1840–1968, more than 11 billion pounds (5 million metric tons) of copper were mined here. During the peak production years of

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, 1916–1917, the annual copper yield reached a maximum of 270 million pounds (125,000 t).

"(7) The entire picture of copper mining on Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula is best represented by three components: the Village of Calumet, the former
Calumet and Hecla Mining Company The Calumet and Hecla Mining Company was a major copper-mining company based within Michigan, Michigan's Copper Country. In the 19th century, the company paid out more than $72 million in shareholder dividends, more than any other mining company ...
properties (including the
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#13 mine complex), and the former Quincy Mining Company properties. The Village of Calumet best represents the social, ethnic and commercial themes. Extant Calumet and Hecla buildings best depict corporate paternalism and power, and the themes of extraction and processing are best represented by extant structures of the Quincy Mining Company."

Ethnic heritage

Many ethnic groups contributed to the heritage of the Keweenaw National Historical Park. Throughout the later half of the 19th century and the first two decades of the 20th century, immigrants from across Europe migrated to the Keweenaw to work in the copper mines and mining communities. By 1910 the

Copper Country The Copper Country is an area in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States, including Keweenaw County, Michigan, Houghton, Baraga and Ontonagon counties as well as part of Marquette County. The area is so named as copper mining wa ...

had been settled by French Canadian, German, Chinese, Irish, Cornish, Croatian, Finnish, Italian, Greek and Syrian people. When news of the region's rich native copper was first widely published in the 1830s, many families from the English county of

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immigrated to the Upper Peninsula, bringing the

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and their region's knowledge of hard-rock mining with them. Several park Heritage Sites, including the

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village of "Old Victoria," recall Cornish heritage in the region. Later in the 1800s, many families from

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emigrated to the United States. Until 1918, Finland belonged to Russia as a Grand Duchy. A large percentage of these Finns settled in the Western Upper Peninsula because of perceived similarities between their old and new homes, and found work in the Keweenaw.

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s can still be found throughout the area. Several park Heritage Sites, including the "Hanka Homestead", recall the Finnish influx.

Calumet Unit

The Calumet Unit of the Keweenaw National Historical Park includes many sites in and around the villages of Calumet and

Laurium Lavrio, Lavrion or Laurium (; (later ); from Middle Ages until 1908: Εργαστήρια ''Ergastiria'') is a town in southeastern part of Attica, Greece. It is part of Athens metropolitan area and the seat of the municipality of Lavreotik ...

, which are not

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s but operating human communities that have survived the shutdown of their parent employer, the

Calumet and Hecla Mining Company The Calumet and Hecla Mining Company was a major copper-mining company based within Michigan, Michigan's Copper Country. In the 19th century, the company paid out more than $72 million in shareholder dividends, more than any other mining company ...

, in 1968. By digging shafts into the rock, the men and owners of the Calumet & Hecla found geological formations of rock laced with nuggets of almost pure copper. The Calumet & Hecla was the richest of the separate copper mines of the Keweenaw, and the towns built at the mine head reflect its productivity. A 1,200-seat

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, large churches built of

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, and

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s built by the mining bosses survive as memories of the Calumet mine's glory years. File:H n C Mine Office Calumet, MI.JPG, Main Office of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company (now the Headquarters of the National Historical Park) File:H n C Mine employee library bathhouse Calumet, MI.JPG, The Company Library and Bathhouse for its employees. File:H n C Mining Company Warehouse Calumet, MI.JPG, Warehouse of the C&H Mining Company in Calumet, Michigan.

Quincy Unit

The Quincy Unit of the Keweenaw National Historical Park commemorates one of the most remarkable feats of engineering in northern Michigan, the deep Quincy Mine shaft. Nicknamed "Old Reliable" for its record of paying annual

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for decades, the Quincy mine enjoyed a position on the rich copper rock of the Pewabic Lode. A private preservation foundation maintains the Quincy Mine's surface

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, which is the largest steam-powered hoist in the world. File:Quincy Mine Location 1920 (HAER).jpg, Quincy Mine plan created by the HAER, National Park Service, Department of the Interior. File:Quincy Smelting Works 1920 (HAER).jpg, Quincy Smelting Works plan created by the HAER, National Park Service, Department of the Interior. File:Quincy Mine Hoist Power House.JPG, Mine Hoist Powerhouse for the Quincy Mine Hoist. File:KNHP Quincy Mine sign.jpg, KNHP sign for the Quincy Mine

Heritage Sites

As of 2023, the Keweenaw National Historical Park operates in cooperation with 23 heritage sites in the

and nearby.Keweenaw Heritage Sites
from the Keweenaw National Historical Park 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.

Adventure Mining Company

The Adventure Mining Company is located at 200 Adventure Avenue in Greenland, Michigan. The Adventure Mine operated in Greenland from 1850 until 1920, and consisted of five shafts, one of which descended beneath the surface.History
from the Adventure Mining Company Although the site seemed promising, the mine never turned a profit. The Adventure Mining Company currently offers tours of the surface and underground portions of the Adventure Mine.

A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum

The A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum was located on the Fifth Floor of Electrical Resource Center at

Michigan Technological University Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech, MTU, or simply Tech) is a public research university in Houghton, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1885 as the Michigan Mining School, the first post-secondary institution in the Uppe ...

Houghton, Michigan Houghton (; ) is the largest city and county seat of Houghton County, Michigan, Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located on the Keweenaw Peninsula, Houghton is the largest city in the Copper Country region. It is the fifth-larges ...

. As of 2011, it is now located across from the Advanced Technology Development Complex. The museum is named for Arthur Edmund Seaman, who worked at Michigan Tech in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and was the museum's curator from 1928 to 1937.History page
from the A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum The mineral collection was established in the 19th century, and by 1890 numbered 27,000 specimens. A museum to house the collection was constructed in 1908. The museum has since moved several times, and the collection has grown to over 30,000 specimens, of which 8,000 are on display.
from the A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum The museum features an extensive mineral collection and exhibits on copper formation, and has the world's best collection of crystallized native copper and native copper in crystallized calcite.

Carnegie Museum

The Carnegie Museum in Houghton is a former Carnegie library and former home of the Portage Lake District Library. It is currently a museum focusing on local history.

Calumet Theatre

The Calumet Theatre is located at 340 Sixth Street in

Calumet, Michigan Calumet ( or ) is a Village (United States), village in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The village is located within Calumet Charter Township, Michigan, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michiga ...

, within the park's Calumet Unit. The theatre was built in 1899 and opened on March 20, 1900. It is the first municipally built theatre in the country. The theatre originally housed live theatre, attracting notable performers such as

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(later famous for his roles in ''The Wizard of Oz''), Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.,

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Sarah Bernhardt Sarah Bernhardt (; born Henriette-Rosine Bernard; 22 October 1844 – 26 March 1923) was a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including by Alexandre Dumas fils, ...

, and Madame

Helena Modjeska Helena Modrzejewska (; born Jadwiga Helena Mizel; October 12, 1840 – April 8, 1909), known professionally in the United States as Helena Modjeska, was a Polish-American actress who specialized in Shakespearean and tragic roles. She was success ...

among others.Theatre History
from the Calumet Theatre. However, in the late 1920s, the theatre converted to a movie house, serving in this medium until the 1950s. Summer stock theatre was brought back to the Calumet Theater in 1958, and performed there every summer until 1968, and returned in 1972. In 1975, the auditorium was restored for the centennial of Calumet. In 1988−89, the exterior of the theatre was restored. In 1983, the Calumet Theatre Company was incorporated as a non-profit organization.About Us
from the Calumet Theatre The staff consists mostly of volunteers, though there are eight full-time staff members. Today, the Calumet Theatre is home to as many as 80 theatre-related events a year, with an estimated 20,000 people attending.

Chassell Heritage Center

The Chassell Heritage Center is located at 42373 Hancock Street in

Chassell, Michigan Chassell ( ) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The CDP had a population of 876 at the 2020 census. Chassell is located within Chassell Township, and is located on ...

. The heritage center, located in a 1917 elementary school building,Chassell Heritage Center
from Hunts' Guide to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, retrieved 10/11/09 features exhibits that trace Chassell's history from a fishing and lumber town up to the present. It includes the Chassell Township Museum and the Friends of Fashion Vintage Clothing Collection.
, retrieved 10/12/09

Copper Range Historical Museum

The Copper Range Historical Museum is located Trimountain Avenue in

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. The museum is located in an old bank buildingCopper Range Historical Museum
from Hunts' Guide to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, retrieved 10/11/09 and features exhibits on the

Copper Range Company The Copper Range Company was a major copper-mining company in the Copper Country of Michigan, United States. It began as the Copper Range Company in the late 19th century as a holding company specializing in shares in the copper mines south of Hou ...

Coppertown USA Museum

The Coppertown USA Museum is located at 25815 Red Jacket Road in

, within the park's Calumet Unit. Coppertown USA is housed within the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company's old pattern shop. Exhibits span the range of the copper mining timeline, from prehistoric times to the present, but concentrate on the operations of the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company.

Delaware Copper Mine

left, 150px, Delaware Mine entrance The Delaware Copper Mine is located off U.S. Highway 41 (US 41), south of

Copper Harbor, Michigan Copper Harbor is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in Keweenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located within Grant Township. The population of the CDP was 136 as of the 2020 census. The communit ...

. The Delaware Copper Mine provides tours of one of the oldest copper mines in the Keweenaw, dating back to 1846.Delaware Copper Mine
home page, retrieved 10/11/09 The mine had five shafts, with the deepest reaching . The mine is open June through October and offers guided and self-guided tours.

Finnish American Heritage Center & Historical Archive

The Finnish American Heritage Center & Historical Archive is located at 601 Quincy Street on the campus of

Finlandia University Finlandia University was a private Lutheran university from 1896 to 2023 in Hancock, Michigan. It was the only private university in the Upper Peninsula. Founded in 1896 as Suomi Opisto (Finnish College) and Theological Seminary, it was affiliat ...

Hancock, Michigan Hancock is a city in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population of Hancock was 4,501 at the 2020 United States census. The city is located within Houghton County, Michigan, Houghton County, and ...

. The Finnish American Heritage Center includes a theater, an art gallery, and Historical Archives which house the largest collection of Finnish-North American materials in the world. The Finnish American Heritage Center links the Finnish community in America to the one in Finland through exhibits on Finnish history and tradition.Finnish American Heritage Center
from Finlandia University, retrieved 10/11/09 The associated Historical Archive houses the largest collection of Finnish-North American materials in the world.Finnish American Heritage Center Archive and Museum
from Finlandia University, retrieved 10/11/09 This collection, established in 1932, currently houses 20,000 items, including genealogical resources, information about Finnish culture, artifacts, and Finnish-American artwork.

Fort Wilkins Historic State Park

Fort Wilkins Historic State Park is located on US 41 in

. The fort was built in 1844, and provided order and protected the Keweenaw's copper resources during the

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. The park also contains one of the first lighthouses on Lake Superior, and offers camping, fishing, hiking, swimming, and biking, and day-use facilities.Fort Wilkins Historic State Park
main page

Hanka Homestead

The Hanka Homestead is located approximately west of U.S. Highway 41, off Tower Road in

Pelkie, Michigan Pelkie is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Baraga County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The CDP had a population of 51 at the 2020 census, which ranks it the second-least populated CDP in the state of Michigan. ...

. The Hanka Homestead is a Finnish-American "stump farm" homestead originally settled around the turn of the twentieth century.Hanka Homestead
Hunts' Guide to Michigan's Upper Peninsula The farm was lived in by members of the Hanka family until 1966; the farm has been restored to its appearance in 1920.

Houghton County Historical Museum

First Congregational Church Lake Linden MI 2009

The Houghton County Historical Museum is located at 5500 M-26 in

Lake Linden, Michigan Lake Linden is a village in Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,020 at the 2020 census. The village is mostly within Schoolcraft Township, though a tiny portion lies in Torch Lake Township. History Lake Linden ...

. The museum houses over 100 years of photographs and artifacts with three floors of exhibits of local

mining, logging and cultural history.Houghton County Historical Museum
main page, retrieved 10/11/09 In addition, the Houghton County Historical Museum runs the

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Lake Linden & Torch Lake Railroad, the Traprock Valley School House (a one-room school), the First Congregational Church in Lake Linden, Michigan (used as the HCHS Heritage Center), the Leo Chaput Log Cabin, and the Perl Merrill Research Center (used as the archives and a genealogical facility).

Keweenaw County Historical Society

The Keweenaw County Historical Society, established in 1981, has five locations throughout

Keweenaw County, Michigan Keweenaw County (, ) is a County (United States), county in the western Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the county's population was 2,046, making it Michigan's least populous coun ...

. These locations include the Eagle Harbor Lighthouse, Central Mine Historic District, Phoenix Church, the Rathbone School and the Bammert Blacksmith Shop. Visitor Centers for the Historical Society are located at the Eagle Harbor Lighthouse and Central Mine. Their sites are open from June through October.Keweenaw County Historical Society
, retrieved 10/12/09

Keweenaw Heritage Center

Keweenaw National Historical Park Ste Annes

The Keweenaw Heritage Center is located in the old Ste. Anne's church at 25880 Red Jacket Road in

, within the park's Calumet Unit. Ste. Anne's was built in 1900 as a French Canadian

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church and deconscrated in 1966.Keweenaw Heritage Center
main page, retrieved 10/12/09 It was underutilized for a number of years until, in 1994, a group of local citizens bought the building.
history page, retrieved 10/12/09 The Keweenaw Heritage Center's mission is to "preserve and interpret the culture and heritage of the Copper Country through the preservation of buildings, development of exhibits and other educational activities." A major museum on the first floor is planned.

Laurium Manor Inn

The Laurium Manor Inn is located at 320 Tamarack Street in

Laurium, Michigan Laurium (; or ) is a village in Calumet Township, Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan, in the center of the Keweenaw Peninsula. The population was 1,977 at the 2010 census. The village is mostly surrounded by Calumet Township, wi ...

. The structure was built as a home by wealthy mining captain Thomas H. Hoatson in 1908 at a cost of $50,000.Laurium Manor Inn
, retrieved 10/12/09 The house functions as a

bed and breakfast A bed and breakfast (typically shortened to B&B or BnB) is a small lodging establishment that offers overnight accommodation and breakfast. In addition, a B&B sometimes has the hosts living in the house. ''Bed and breakfast'' is also used to ...

and is open to the public for tours.

Michigan Technological University Archives

The

Archives, housed in the university library, store many documents related to the history of the area.

Old Victoria

Old Victoria is located at Victoria Dam Road in

Rockland Township, Michigan Rockland Township is a civil township of Ontonagon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 226 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land an ...

. The site features a group of small log houses which were once used by miners of the Victoria Mining Company. These cabins were built in 1899 and abandoned in 1921.Old Victoria
, retrieved 10/12/09 The structures were restored in the 1970s, and tours through the cabins and the mine site beyond are available.

Ontonagon County Historical Society

The Ontonagon County Historical Society is located at 422 River Street in

Ontonagon, Michigan Ontonagon ( ) is a village in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,285 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Ontonagon County, and is the only incorporated place within the county. The village is loca ...

. The Ontonagon County Historical Society was founded in 1957 "to collect and preserve the artifacts of the county's history and to educate the public about that history and related topics."Ontonagon County Historical Society
, retrieved 10/12/09 Exhibits at the historical society's museum include artifacts related to the early days of mining and other topics. The Society also operates the Ontonagon Lighthouse, constructed in 1851–52.Ontonagon County Historical Society
Lighthouse page, retrieved 10/12/09 The Society acquired the lighthouse in 2000, and offers tours in the summer months.

Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park

Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park is located west of

on Michigan State Route 107. The park totals and offers day-hiking, backpacking, camping, canoeing, biking and winter sports. There are also numerous historical copper mining sites within the park, as well as stands of virgin timber.Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park
, retrieved 10/12/09

Quincy Mine Hoist and Underground Mine

Quincy Mining Company Historic District 2009 Supply Office Powderhouse

The Quincy Mine Hoist and Underground Mine is located at 49750 US 41 in

, within the park's Quincy Unit. The company offers tours through the surface buildings of the Quincy Mine as well as underground tours.

Upper Peninsula Firefighters Memorial Museum

The Upper Peninsula Firefighters Memorial Museum is located at 327 Sixth Street in

, within the park's Calumet Unit. The second floor of the building holds exhibits on the history of fire fighting in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

References

External links

;Park
Official Keweenaw National Historical Park website

;Features

A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum

Calumet Theatre

Copper Range Historical Museum

Coppertown USA Museum

Delaware Copper Mine

Finnish American Heritage Center & Historical Archive

Fort Wilkins State Park

Houghton County Historical Museum

Keweenaw County Historical Society

Keweenaw Heritage Center

Laurium Manor Inn

Old Victoria

Ontonagon County Historical Society

Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park

Quincy Mine Hoist and Underground Mine
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