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    National Historical Park Michigan

Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission October Meeting

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Date: October 24, 2006
Contact: Tom Baker, Management Assistant, (906) 337-3168

The Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission will convene for its regular quarterly meeting on Tuesday, October 24, 2006, at 9:00 a.m. at the Finnish American Heritage Center on Finlandia University, located at 601 Quincy Street, Hancock, Michigan.

The commission, paneled by citizens appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, represents the general public and works collaboratively with the National Park Service to manage the resources of Keweenaw NHP. The commission’s quarterly meetings are open to the public and last approximately two hours. For further information or directions, please contact the park at 337-3168.

Did You Know?

Looking out over the City of Houghton and Portage Lake towards the Huron Mountains.

"Keweenaw" (pronounced key-wah-nah) is an Ojibway word that means "the crossing place," or "land crossing between two bodies of water." It refers to the Ojibway's use of Portage Lake as a portage across the Keweenaw Peninsula.