Keweenaw's Copper Story
From 7,000 years ago to the 1900s people mined Keweenaw copper. Native peoples made copper into tools and trade items. Investors and immigrants arrived in the 1800s in a great mineral rush, developing thriving industries and cosmopolitan communities. Though the mines have since closed, their mark is still visible on the land and people.
Features
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Park seeking Heritage Site applications
The NPS and the Keweenaw Advisory Commission are now accepting applications for membership in the Keweenaw Heritage Sites program.
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Keweenaw Heritage Sites
Dozens of cultural sites are found along the length of the Keweenaw Peninsula.
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2013 Keweenaw NHP Newspaper
Keweenaw National Historical Park annually publishes a park newspaper to assist visitors in planning their trips to the park and our park partners.
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Find us on Facebook and Twitter
Visitors can find up-to-date park and program information on Twitter and Facebook.
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Calumet Visitor Center
Visitors may spend anywhere from a half hour to several hours touring the facility. Open seasonally.
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Schedule of Events
Follow this link to learn about upcoming park events.
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Did You Know?
The Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan was home to one of our nation's first mineral rushes. Prospectors seeking copper travelled there in the middle 1840's, a few years before the "49'ers" sought gold out west. The story of this rush is told today at Keweenaw National Historical Park.