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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 ]
Lac La Belle (/ ˈ l æ k ˈ l ə b ɛ l / LACK lə-BELL; French: "Lake The Beautiful") is a small unincorporated community in Keweenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The town was originally the site of a stamping plant for the copper mines of the Keweenaw, specifically the Mendota Mine and the Delaware Mine. Copper-bearing rock was ...
Copper was discovered in the Keweenaw in the 1830s; soon after, the US government built Fort Wilkins near Copper Harbor to maintain order in the area. 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.
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.
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.
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The Keweenaw County Historical Society, established in 1981, [25] has five locations throughout Keweenaw County, Michigan. [4] These locations include the Eagle Harbor Lighthouse , Central Mine Historic District , Phoenix Church , the Rathbone School and the Bammert Blacksmith Shop. [ 4 ]
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