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	Encyclopedia: Keweenaw Peninsula (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A peninsula is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body, surrounded by water on three sides.
		Laurium is a village in Calumet Township, Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan, in the center of the Keweenaw peninsula.
		Keweenaw County is a county located in the state of Michigan.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Keweenaw-Peninsula (2374 words)

	Welcome to Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Located on the northwestern end of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, the Keweenaw Peninsula is surrounded on three sides by Lake Superior, the largest fresh-water lake in the world.
		The Keweenaw is easily reached on your own by roadway or waterway, and it is served by major bus and air carriers.
		The Keweenaw Peninsula Chamber of Commerce is working on this and other projects to make the Keweenaw Peninsula an outstanding place to visit, work and live, and we can assist with any questions or requests that you may have.
	www.keweenaw.org (172 words)

	The Keweenaw Image (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Residents of the Keweenaw are primarily descendants of Native Americans and early trappers and traders, along with miners and loggers who came to the area in the mid to late 1800s.
		The peninsula is an obstruction to navigation on Lake Superior and to ancient mariners traveling by canoe, the original statement in the Native American (Ojibwa) language "the place where one crosses" referred to the "portage" across the peninsula.
		The peninsula is situated at 57° to58° magnetic north latitude and under the right combination of space weather and atmospheric weather conditions, residents and visitors are often treated to a spectacular display.
	www.keweenawimage.com (908 words)

	Keweenaw Structure
		The Keweenaw peninsula is bisected by the Keweenaw fault, which is the boundary between the mid continent rift and other Precambrian terrains.
		The Keweenaw is the eastern flank of a large syncline under Lake Superior, while the rock outcrops on Isle Royale represent the western flank of the syncline.
		Although the Keweenaw fault is present throughout the length of the peninsula, it is poorly exposed along it's entire length.
	www.minsocam.org /MSA/collectors_corner/vft/mi2a.htm (632 words)

	KEWEENAW BAY CHIPPEWA INDIAN COMMUNITY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Keweenaw Bay is one of the four original member tribes in Michigan that founded the Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, Inc. in 1966 and remain a most vital member ever since.
		Keweenaw was initially thought to be “a place of portage”, but Bishop Baraga recorded the meaning as being “the place where they traverse a point of land on foot”.
		Keweenaw Bay like many other reservation communities in modern times, became inflamed with debates over enrollment and reservation residing voting rights requirements a few years ago; the result like some many other tribes, of antiquated original IRA Tribal Constitutions, which should have been, but were not updated and amended to reflect current tribal membership makeup.
	www.itcmi.org /thehistorytribal4.html (859 words)

	Keweenaw on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Keweenaw National Historical Park traces the development of copper mining in the Upper Peninsula (see National Parks and Monuments, table).
		Keweenaw Managers Re-Elected; Interest Holders Tendering 60,511 Units of Interest to be Paid by July 31, 1998.
		The occurrence of porcelaneous datolite in michigan's lake superior copper district Part I: Northern Keweenaw County and Isle Royale National Park: eighth in a series of articles on the mines and minerals of...
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/K/Keweenaw.asp (672 words)

	Keweenaw Land Trust - Protected Lands - Land Holdings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Manitou Island on Lake Superior is located three miles offshore of the Keweenaw Peninsula and 16 miles east of Copper Harbor in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
		The island, approximately 1000 acres, is an extension of the massive basalt outflow that formed the Keweenaw Peninsula.
		KLT also recognizes the ecological importance of the site, especially as a refuge for birds during spring and fall migrations, as documented by field studies conducted by the local Audubon Society chapter.
	keweenawlandtrust.org /holdings.html (668 words)

	Wildernet - Keweenaw National Historical Park
		Keweenaw NHP preserves the heritage of hard-rock copper mining, represented by these miners in 1905.
		The Keweenaw Peninsula was the site of America's first large scale hard-rock industrial mining operations.
		The copper mines of the Keweenaw were critical to the industrial development of the United States.
	www.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=MIKEWE&CU_ID=165 (498 words)

	Keweenaw County Historical Society
		Keweenaw County is Michigan's northernmost county, and its smallest (in population).
		The Keweenaw County Historical Society, established in 1981, is a group of volunteers who work hard and take pleasure in commemorating and sharing that history.
		The lighthouse was built in 1871 and the light is still operated by the Coast Guard.
	www.keweenawhistory.org (246 words)

	Keweenaw Michigan field trip
		The Keweenaw peninsula is in Upper Michigan and extends into southern Lake Superior (the world's largest fresh water lake).
		The Keweenaw fault extends along the length of the peninsula and marks the boundary between the Mid-continent rift and continental rocks.
		It can be mapped for 90 km on the peninsula and is also found on Isle Royale 90 km northwest on the other side of the rift valley.
	www.minsocam.org /MSA/collectors_corner/vft/mi1.htm (616 words)

	Keweenaw County Michigan Real Estate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Keweenaw County is the northern most county in Michigan.
		The Keweenaw is easily reached by roadway or waterway, and is served by major bus and air carriers.
		During the winter, the Keweenaw's best known natural resource is snow, and snowmobiling and skiing take center stage.
	www.relocate-america.com /states/MI/cities/keweenaw_cty.htm (408 words)

	JS Online: Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula is a playground for snow bunnies
		The Keweenaw points a ridge-strewn finger into Lake Superior at the northern tip of the western Upper Peninsula, 330 miles north of Milwaukee.
		Introduction to the Keweenaw begins at the twin cities of Houghton and Hancock, with Houghton, the largest city in the western U.P. at 7,500 residents.
		U.S. 41 follows the spiny ridge of the Keweenaw for 50 miles to Copper Harbor at the northern tip of the peninsula.
	www.jsonline.com /dd/destmid/nov00/upper19111600.asp (1240 words)

	Copper Country's U.S. 41 named National Scenic Byway
		In a letter announcing the National Scenic Byway designation, Richard Baker, executive director of the Keweenaw Peninsula Chamber of Commerce and chair of the Committee, writes: "Program funds may be used for enhancing, protecting, or preserving resources directly related to the byway, or its intrinsic qualities.
		Keweenaw County Commissioner Don Keith was enthusiastic about the significance of the Scenic Byway designation.
		Evan McDonald, executive director of the Keweenaw Land Trust (KLT), a member of the Committee that worked with WUPPDR on the plan, said KLT hopes the goals of the Management Plan will be implemented.
	www.keweenawnow.com /news/scenic_byway_05_09/scenic_byway_05_09.htm (1315 words)

	Keweenaw Skiing, Trail & Snow Conditions
		The Keweenaw Peninsula is a true winter paradise, with lots and lots of powdery snow, incredible scenery, and a well developed snowmobile trail system.
		During the winter of 2004-2005, Keweenaw County received 260.7 inches, or 21.73 feet, of snow and had as much as 46 inches on the ground where the official measurements are taken in Delaware.
		On April 8, 2005 the official snow measurement in Keweenaw County was 5" on the ground and in Houghton County 6" on the ground.
	www.keweenaw.info /conditions.aspx (998 words)

	Keweenaw Peninsula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For the rocket launch site, see Keweenaw (Rocket launch site).
		It projects into Lake Superior and was the site of the first copper boom in the United States.
		It is separated from the rest of the peninsula by the Keweenaw Waterway, a natural river which was dredged and expanded in the 1860s across the peninsula between the cities of Houghton on the south side and Hancock on the north.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Keweenaw_Peninsula (188 words)

	Keweenaw Industrial Council KIC: Goals and Description of our Organization to help promote new business initiatives
		During the mid to late 1980s, the Keweenaw Peninsula's economic fortunes began to change due to an improving national economy and to the efforts of local governments as they took a more aggressive approach to economic development.
		In particular, the Keweenaw Industrial Council (KIC), a private coalition of local municipalities, businesses, banks and utilities that had been largely inactive since its creation in the late 1960s, was reinvigorated in 1985, when Michigan Technological University (MTU) and the local community joined together to provide long-term operating funds to the KIC.
		It is the mission of the Keweenaw Industrial Council to take a leadership role in expanding and diversifying the area's economic base in order to create family sustaining employment and to increase the economic well-being of Houghton and Keweenaw Counties.
	www.kicbiz.com /descrip.htm (707 words)

	Michigan Underwater Preserves - Sites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Keweenaw Peninsula juts out into Lake Superior and has often been a "catcher's mitt" for wayward ships.
		As a result, the 103-square mile preserve is host to a variety of shipwrecks, including one recent addition.
		In addition to shipwrecks, the Keweenaw is a popular area for exploring underwater geologic formations.
	www.michigan.gov /deq/0,1607,7-135-3313_3677_3701-14591--,00.html (3472 words)

	Keweenaw County, Michigan - InfoMI.com
		Keweenaw County is located in Michigan's upper peninsula, at the top, (north), end of the Keweenaw Peninsula jutting out into Lake Superior.
		Keweenaw County, which was organized during the copper mining heyday in the 1860's, derives its name from an Indian word for 'portage'.
		Today no copper is mined in Keweenaw County, though in Keweenaw's ghost towns and abandoned mines, the legacy of Copper Country lives on.
	www.infomi.com /county/keweenaw (204 words)

	Copper Harbor - History
		Keweenaw Peninsula History In 1835 the Territory of Michigan and the State of Ohio engaged in a boundary dispute involving ownership of the Lake Erie port city of Toledo.
		Publication of Houghton’s report of the mineral-rich Keweenaw Peninsula awakened the attention of eastern businessmen.
		The treaty opened the Keweenaw region to white settlement and marked the beginning of the rush for Michigan copper.
	www.copperharbor.org /history.html (623 words)

	Stranger and Sojourners - A History of Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula - Arthur W. Thurner
		Arthur Thurner tells of the enormous struggle of the diverse immigrants who built and sustained energetic towns and communities, creating a lively civilization in what was essentially a forest wilderness.
		Their story is one of incredible economic success and grim tragedy in which mine workers daily risked their lives.
		He explains the rise and eventual decline of copper mining on the Keweenaw Peninsula, as well as the shifting relationship between mine managers and workers.
	wsupress.wayne.edu /glb/up/thurnerss.htm (203 words)

	Keweenaw Trails
		The 2006 junior national cross country ski championships are coming to the Keweenaw March 5-11, 2006.
		Known as the Junior Olympics, the week-long series of races are hosted by the Ski Tigers, the Copper Island Ski Club, the Keweenaw Nordic Ski Club, and Michigan Tech.
		Keweenaw Trail classifieds are free and easy to use.
	www.keweenawtrails.com (137 words)

	Ski hill debate symbol of fight over Keweenaw development - 10/07/00
		Mid-point of Keweenaw Peninsula about 550 miles from Detroit, 420 from Chicago, 350 from Minneapolis, 330 from Milwaukee.
		Extending some 80 miles into Lake Superior on the northwestern tip of the Upper Peninsula, the Keweenaw is one of nature's showpieces.
		Keweenaw County, whose population of 1,701 is smallest in Michigan, had jobless rates of 3.3 percent in July, but 12.9 percent in January.
	www.detnews.com /2000/metro/0010/07/metro-130949.htm (1386 words)

	Keweenaw Condo, Houghton, MI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Keweenaw Condo is an excellent rated condo in Houghton, and within minutes to all of the area attractions.
		The Keweenaw Condo is located in downtown Houghton, Michigan on the Portage Canal, within walking distance of restaurants, bars, and shopping.
		The Keweenaw Peninsula has all of this and wonderful waterfalls in the spring, magnificent colors in the fall, and an average of 180 inches of snow each winter.
	www.keweenawcondo.com (262 words)

	Geology and Mineral Deposits of the Keweenaw Peninsula and Vicinity, Michigan
		The area of this data set includes the classic geology and mineral deposits of the Keweenaw Peninsula, renowned for the occurrence of great volumes of Middle Proterozoic flood basalts and the world's largest concentration of native copper.
		The related hardcopy publication, Geologic Map of the Keweenaw Peninsula and Adjacent Area, Michigan (Cannon and Nicholson), is part of a set of maps portraying the regional geology of the Midcontinent rift on the south shore of Lake Superior.
		This database, identified as "Geology and Mineral Deposits of the Keweenaw Peninsula and Vicinity, Michigan" has been approved for release and publication by the Director of the USGS.
	geo-nsdi.er.usgs.gov /metadata/open-file/99-149/metadata.faq.html (1950 words)

	Michigan House Cafe & BrewPub - lodging Calumet MI
		Bosch built several fine establishments to market their brew to area patrons in the Upper Peninsula, which is also know as the U.P...
		Some historians felt the Michigan House was the only establishment built near the Calumet Theatre and in the Keweenaw that offered a restaurant, bar, and hotel..
		Stop by the next time you are in the Keweenaw National Park area and enjoy great food, beer, and beverages in an historic establishment.
	www.michiganhousecafe.com (294 words)

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