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Keweenaw National Historical Park
Volunteer and Celebrate National Public Lands Day 2009

photo: the former Calumet & Hecla pattern storage warehouse
NPS photo, Dan Johnson
The former Calumet & Hecla pattern storage warehouse will be the site of one of the volunteer work projects for National Public Lands Day

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Date: September 14, 2009
Contact: Kathleen Harter, (906) 337-3168

National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest hands-on volunteer effort to improve and enhance the public lands Americans enjoy. In 2008, 120,000 volunteers built trails and bridges, removed trash and invasive plants, and planted over 1.6 million trees.

Join volunteers and park staff at Keweenaw National Historical Park on Saturday, September 26 as they clear vegetation, remove exotic plants, and clean the former Calumet & Hecla pattern storage warehouse. The goal is to make the building more accessible to the community and park visitors during guided tours of the industrial area.

All volunteers and participants will receive a free lunch and have free tours of Coppertown Mining Museum. Everyone will also get a sneak peak of the Ken Burns film, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea premiering on PBS on Sunday, September 27. The day also includes special children’s activities.

The event begins at 9:00 am on Saturday, September 26, 2009 at the Keweenaw National Historical Park headquarters building located at 25970 Red Jacket Road in Calumet, Michigan. Advance registration is required. Please call park headquarters at 906-337-3168 for further information, and join the activities for the 16th annual National Public Lands Day.

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Once the scene of buslting industry, the Quincy shaft-rock house at the number 2 shaft and accompanying hoist house sit silent today.

Did You Know?
Despite ups and downs in copper production and prices, the Quincy Mining Company on Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula was able to pay its investors dividends nearly every year from 1862 to 1920, earning it the nickname "Old Reliable." The company closed in 1945 after nearly 100 years of operation.
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