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Keweenaw County (/ ˈ k iː w ə n ɔː /, KEE-wə-naw) is a county in the western Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census , the county's population was 2,046, making it Michigan's least populous county. [ 3 ]
Keweenaw County Courthouse Complex: Fourth Street (in public square) Eagle River: November 3, 1976: Keweenaw Mountain Lodge and Golf Course Complex† Southwest of Copper Harbor on US 41: Copper Harbor vicinity June 18, 1976: Lake Shore Drive Bridge: Lake Shore Drive at the Eagle River Eagle River: May 10, 1990: Rock Harbor Lighthouse†
The Keweenaw Peninsula (/ ˈ k iː w ə n ɔː /, KEE-wə-naw) is a peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. Part of the greater landmass of the Upper Peninsula , the Keweenaw Peninsula projects about 65 miles (105 km) northeasterly into Lake Superior , forming Keweenaw Bay .
First Congregational Church, home of the Houghton County Historical Museum. The Houghton County Historical Museum is located at 5500 M-26 in Lake Linden, Michigan. [4] The museum houses over 100 years of photographs and artifacts [4] with three floors of exhibits of local Copper Country mining, logging and cultural history. [23]
Keweenaw County was split off from Houghton County in 1861, with the county seat in Eagle River. [2] The early government and commercial buildings in Eagle River are now a Historic District. Isle Royale, although split off into its own county in 1875, was reunited with Keweenaw County ten years later, and remains part of the county.
The township soon expanded and absorbed the townships of Sibley and Copper Harbor, which are now defunct but can be seen on an 1873 map of Keweenaw County. [4] The Keweenaw Rocket Range, located within the township at the easternmost tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula, was used by NASA as a rocket launch site from 1964 until 1971.
Houghton Township is a civil township of Keweenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 72 at the 2020 census. [4] The township consists of a mainland portion of the Keweenaw Peninsula and the county seat of Eagle River, as well as the unpopulated northeast portion of Isle Royale National Park.
Transportation in Keweenaw County, Michigan (1 C, 13 P) Pages in category "Keweenaw County, Michigan" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.