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0622468 [2] Calumet (/ ˌkæljuˈmɛt / KAL-yuu-MET or locally / ˌkæljəˈmɛt / KAL-yə-MET) is a village in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The village is located within Calumet Township, Houghton County, and had a population of 621 at the 2020 census. Calumet was once the center of Michigan's copper mining industry.
The pasty has become a cultural symbol of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. [ 57 ] [ 58 ] Pasty shops are a significant tourist attraction in the region. Additionally, the village of Calumet is home to an annual Pasty Festival. [ 59 ]
Italian Hall, Calumet, Michigan, U.S. Coordinates. 47°14′54″N 88°27′19″W / 47.2484°N 88.4553°W / 47.2484; -88.4553. Deaths. 73. The Italian Hall disaster (sometimes referred to as the 1913 Massacre) was a tragedy that occurred on Wednesday, December 24, 1913, in Calumet, Michigan, United States. Seventy-three people ...
November 15, 1973 [2] The Calumet Downtown Historic District is a historic district located in Calumet, Michigan, on 5th Street and 6th Street, between Scott Street and Pine Street. It is also known as the Red Jacket Downtown Historic District, reflecting the original name of the village. The Historic District is completely contained in the ...
Calumet, Michigan. The motto of Calumet in Michigan's Upper Peninsula is "respecting our past, building our future" — evident in the friendly Sixth Street downtown hub. In summer, Pasty Fest ...
Designated NHP. October 27, 1992. Keweenaw National Historical Park is a unit of the U.S. National Park Service. Established in 1992, the park celebrates the life and history of the Keweenaw Peninsula in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a federal-local cooperative park made up of two primary units, the Calumet Unit and ...
The organization holds annual festivals, at sites of interest to those interested in maritime commerce on the Great Lakes. The Globe and Mail profiled boatnerd when the 2008 festival was held in a shipyard in Port Colborne, Ontario, where the Calumet, an 80-year-old lake freighter was being scrapped.
Designated NHLD. March 28, 1989 [2] The Calumet Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District that encompasses most of the village of Calumet, Michigan. The district was designated in 1989 for the community's importance in the history of the region's copper mining industry. [2][3]