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Copper Peak is a ski flying hill designed by Lauren Larsen and located near Ironwood, Michigan, United States.It was built in 1969 and inaugurated one year later. [1] [2] The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 [3] and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1971. [2]
Suicide Hill Ski Jump is a 90-meter ski jump located in Negaunee, Michigan, and is part of the Ishpeming Ski Club. It is one of three major ski jumps located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (the others being Copper Peak (a larger ski flying hill) and Pine Mountain Ski Jump). Suicide Hill has been in existence since 1925.
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Brockway Mountain is a 1,320-foot-tall (400 m) volcanic landform on the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan about five miles (8.0 km) west of Copper Harbor. [11] The top of the mountain is 720 feet (219 m) above the level of Lake Superior. [12] The peak was named for Daniel D. Brockway, local pioneer settler, postmaster and state road commissioner.
Characterized as "the most beautiful road in Michigan," [citation needed] Brockway Mountain Drive is a 8.9-mile (14.3 km) roadway that follows the spine of a 735-foot (224 m) ridge between the communities of Copper Harbor and Eagle Harbor, and it is the highest-paved road between the Rocky Mountains to the west and the Allegheny Mountains in ...
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The Porcupine Mountains were the site of copper mining in the 19th century. One of these mines is the Nonesuch Mine , which operated sporadically from 1867 to 1912. Because of its copper mining history, the state park is a cooperating unit of Keweenaw National Historical Park .