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Fort Wilkins Historic State Park is a historic preservation and public recreation area operated by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources at Copper Harbor, Michigan. [3] The park preserves the restored 1844 army military outpost, Fort Wilkins , which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. [ 4 ]
Fort Wilkins Historic State Park is located on US 41 in Copper Harbor, Michigan. [4] The fort was built in 1844, and provided order and protected the Keweenaw's copper resources during the Civil War . [ 4 ]
Fort Broughton (ca. 1735) and Fort Wilkins (during the American Revolution and War of 1812) occupied White or Oyster Point, so named because of the piles of bleached oyster shells on the point at the tip of the peninsula. In the 18th century, rocks and heavy materials were used to fortify the shore of the Cooper River on the eastern side of the ...
The Copper Harbor Light is a lighthouse located in the harbor of Copper Harbor, Michigan USA on the Keweenaw Peninsula of Upper Michigan inside Fort Wilkins Historic State Park. [3] [1] [4] It is a Michigan State Historic Site and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Some buildings at Fort Wilkins Historic State Park: Copper Harbor: 1844 Military U.S. Army fort built to provide law enforcement and navigation on Lake Superior during the Michigan copper boom. Ballard-Breakey House Ypsilanti: 1845 Residential Construction may have started in 1830s 1244 Randolph: Detroit: c. 1845: Commercial