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.
Get out and experience all the Keweenaw has to offer this fall!
Explore the park's twenty-one partner sites.
The Jacob A. Riis: How the Other Half Lives NEH Traveling Exhibition will be on display at the Calumet Visitor Center this fall.
Find out which days and times the Calumet Visitor Center is open.
Find your way around Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula.
Explore a timeline of Michigan copper mining from over 7,000 years ago to the present.
Last updated: September 3, 2019