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	Keweenaw Peninsula - Michigan's Upper Peninsula
		THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA, that long finger of land poking into Lake Superior, is one of the most remarkable, remote, and distinctive regions in the Middle West.
		Keweenaw is Ojibwa for "place of the crossing," referring to a shortcut, a natural waterway that sliced almost entirely through the peninsula, passing between today's Hancock and Houghton.
		Beginning in the 1860s the demand for Keweenaw copper was so great that Eastern owners of the most successful Keweenaw mines had to recruit workers from Europe to work in their mines.
	hunts-upguide.com /keweenaw_peninsula.html (3860 words)

	Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce: Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		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 (192 words)

	Keweenaw Waterway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Parts of the waterway are variously known as the Keweenaw Waterway, Portage Canal, Portage Lake Canal, Portage River, Lily Pond, and Portage Lake.
		The waterway connects to Lake Superior at its north and south entries, with Portage Lake and Torch Lake) in between.
		The primary tributary to Portage Lake is the Sturgeon River.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Portage_Lake_(Keweenaw) (266 words)

	Houghton and Hancock Michigan in the Upper Peninsula
		Hancock, as well as the northern part of the Keweenaw Peninsula, could only be reached by water so small boats were used to connect the two towns.
		The Keweenaw Waterway was completed in the 1860's when a ship canal was built connecting Portage Lake on the east to Lake Superior on the west.
		The Keweenaw waterway also made it possible for larger vessels to travel to Houghton and Hancock and it provided a Harbor of Refuge to protect these vessels from Superior's terrible storms.
	www.exploringthenorth.com /houghton/main.html (530 words)

	Seeing The Light - Keewenaw Upper Entrance Lighthouse
		With the meteoric growth of copper mining in the Keweenaw between 1843 and 1968, increased shipping access to the twin cities of Houghton and Hancock became increasingly important.
		For reasons as yet undetermined, the original lighthouse was replaced with the existing fifty foot square steel Art Deco style tower at the end of the breakwater in 1950.
		It was a drab and raining morning when we set-out from Houghton to follow the road West along the waterway.
	www.terrypepper.com /lights/superior/keewupper/keewupper.htm (479 words)

	Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce: Keweenaw Water Trail
		The Keweenaw Water Trail is located in and around the Keweenaw Peninsula, located at the northwestern corner of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
		Unique to the Keweenaw Water Trail is the option to paddle a loop and return to your point of origin without backtracking.
		Those looking to use the Keweenaw's waters may find one side dramatically different than the other when it comes to wind and wave action.
	keweenaw.org /index.php?page=keweenaw_water_trail (494 words)

	map showing the location of the Keweenaw Peninsula in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Keweenaw Waterway also provided a Harbor of Refuge to protect these vessels from Lake Superior's violent storms.
		Completion of the Keweenaw Waterway made the Keweenaw Peninsula an island rather than a peninsula.
		Mining of this rare native copper led to extensive development of the Keweenaw Peninsula.
	www.exploringthenorth.com /keweenaw/map.html (261 words)

	Welcome to Lightstations.com
		Keweenaw Lower Entry Light, constructed in 1920, is located at the eastern entrance to the Keweenaw Ship Canal.
		The canal, also known as the Keweenaw Waterway or Portage River, offers the only safe refuge on Lake Superior for 225 miles, from Ashland, Wisconsin to Marquette, Michigan.
		The front light was on a 19' wooden tower and the rear light was a lantern 25' high on a white frame dwelling with a front porch.
	www.blockphotos.com /lightstations/mi/mi005.html (344 words)

	Trailer Boat Tales 1998: Northern Michigan and Wisconsin
		In the miles of protected waterways of the Les Cheneaux islands and their hundreds of cottages and homes, he had the perfect wealthy clientele for buying those beautiful mahogany runabouts.
		Keweenaw Upper Entrance Light, 82 feet above the water, is shown from a white square tower on the outer end of the E breakwater at the Lake Superior entrance to the Keweenaw Waterway.
		Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entrance Light, 68 feet above the water, is shown from a white octagonal tower on the outer end of the breakwater on the E side of the Keweenaw Bay entrance to the waterway; a fog signal and radiobeacon are at the light
	continuouswave.com /sail-logs/up1998 (14007 words)

	KimberlyAnn Houghton Travel Page - VirtualTourist.com
		The Keweenaw waterway passes between the towns of Houghton and Hancock, and to travel across the waterway you will pass over the quarter-mile Portage Lake Vertical Lift Bridge.
		Keweenaw means "portage" in Ojibwa, the language spoken by the Anishinaabe.
		In the late 1800's the short portage at the north end was opened into a canal, which made the Keweenaw (Portage) Waterway an essential commercial shipping route because of the copper boom and resulting population.
	members.virtualtourist.com /m/3d935/c5c9b (878 words)

	Three Spans over the Portage
		Discovering the history of these bridges allowed me to gain a deeper understanding of the history of the communities that surround it, as it is the communities that built them and rely on them for their very existance.
		Crossing the Keweenaw by canoe was made possible by Portage Lake which cuts the peninsula in half, extending from Keweenaw Bay on the east end and almost to Lake Superior on the west end.
		Today no railroads enter the Keweenaw so the bridge is left in the intermediate state and the rails have been removed, only the "Y" bridges remain.
	www.copperrange.org /spans.htm (2637 words)

	McLain State Park - Michigan's Upper Peninsula
		The 21-mile stretch of water results from an ancient fracture of Keweenaw's spine of hard rock...
		McLain State Park has some two miles of beautiful Lake Superior beach, culminating with the pier and lighthouse at the Upper Portage Entry, also called the Keweenaw Waterway.
		The most interesting part of the park, the breakwater area where the pier and beach are, is at the end of the long drive, almost a mile from the park office.
	hunts-upguide.com /hancock_mclain_state_park.html (943 words)

	City of Hancock: Portage Lake Bridge History - Lift Bridge
		Original visitors to the Keweenaw found a peninsula, connected to the Upper Peninsula mainland, at both east and west ends, with a series of connected lakes (Portage Lake and Torch Lake), with a waterway and swampy areas interconnecting them, and small creeks connected to Lake Superior.
		As mining enterprises sprung up on both sides of the waterway, along with the towns of Hancock and Houghton, traveling across the dividing waterway became a necessity throughout the year.
		Onlookers for the ribbon cutting ceremonies were treated to the spectacle of a large freighter jammed crossways in the waterway, just a quarter mile from the Bridge.
	www.cityofhancock.com /history-bridge.html (1086 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Keweenaw Waterway, MI
		The closure dates of January 1 until April 25, 2000, were determined by Commander Ninth Coast Guard District to be appropriate in keeping the planned maintenance from interrupting the operations of the bridge during the traditional boating season in the waterway.
		Marine activity in the waterway is virtually non-existent during the authorized closure period due to extreme weather and ice.
		The draw of the U.S. 41 bridge, mile 16.0 over the Keweenaw Waterway in Houghton, Michigan, need not open for the passage of vessels and may be maintained in the closed-to-navigation position.
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/1999/December/Day-03/i31439.htm (987 words)

	Houghton County Campgrounds
		Houghton County is the gateway to the Keweenaw, since all traffic going north must pass through the Houghton/Hancock area.
		Houghton County is home to numerous natural and historic attractions, as well as the center of commerce and higher education for the western Upper Peninsula.
		Keweenaw National Historical Park tells the story of the Keweenaw copper mining boom, this nation's first mineral rush.
	www.michiganparkreviews.com /houghton_county.htm (271 words)

	Walleye Connection Fishing Team (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The fishing during practice was extremely tough and was probably due to the timing of the tournament as it coincided with the fall turnover.
		I had the chance to fish the Keweenaw before the cutoff just one month earlier and found the angling to be exceptional.
		The Keweenaw Waterway is a man made channel that was designed to be a shortcut for shipping and cuts across a peninsula.
	www.up-north.com /walleyeconnection/tourfacts/KeweenawWaterway.html (267 words)

	Keweenaw Waterway Upper Entrance Light (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		This light, built in 1874, marks the upper entrance to the Portage Ship Canal, now known as the Keweenaw Waterway, a short cut across the Keweenaw Peninsula.
		A square, art-deco, steel structure is 50 feet tall and mounted atop a red concrete crib and base.
		Located on the west end of the north breakwater, near F. McLain State Park, west of Calumet, Michigan.
	lighthouse.boatnerd.com /gallery/Superior/keweenawuppentrance.htm (71 words)

	Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS)
		The discovery is 110 km east of the Sturgeon River Sloughs, Keweenaw Waterway, the previous detected eastern boundary of the ruffe range along the south shore of Lake Superior.
		Due to the Ruffe Control Plan and unfavorable habitat, ruffe expansion stalled in Ontonagon, until it was detected in the Keweenaw Waterway and Lake Michigan in 2002.
		The purpose of the 4-day survey was to determine the current leading edge of the round goby downstream migration in the Illinois River, and monitor relative abundance upstream of the detected leading edge of its range.
	www.fws.gov /midwest/ashland/AIS_Activities.html (1438 words)

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		The physical presence of the stampsand (the original crushed rock and/or the finer reprocessed waste rock) on the bottom of the waterway is the major factor affecting the benthos of the Keweenaw waterway.
		Because of this impairment, Torch Lake and the Keweenaw waterway are both below their potential for supporting fish and fish reproduction.(5) Given that the larger ecosystem of Lake Superior depends on ecological niches such as the Keweenaw waterway to be productive, the impaired state of the benthos in the Torch Lake area is a concern.
		Given the quantity and wide distribution of stampsands, restoring the lake to its pre-mining condition by removing the stampsands or capping parts of the waterway with a layer of sediment is neither practical nor especially desirable.
	www.ss.mtu.edu /ep/Torchlake/IBU/06ben.html (1353 words)

	Lighthouses of the Great Lakes
		The Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entry (Portage River Entry) was an important point during the copper boom in the Keweenaw Peninsula.
		The waterway connects Lake Superior to the twin cities of Hancock and Houghton.
		At the entry from Keweenaw Bay into the Portage River and Keweenaw Waterway, near Hancock-Houghton, Michigan
	lighthouse.boatnerd.com /gallery/Superior/KeweenawLowerEntry.htm (104 words)

	Welcome to Lightstations.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Portage River Light is located in the tiny hamlet of Jacobsville on the east side of the Keweenaw Peninsula.
		They marked the eastern entrance to the Keweenaw Waterway (aka Portage River and Portage Ship Canal), a canal that cuts across the Keweenaw Peninsula and saves about a hundred miles of sailing around the tip of the peninsula.
		Portage River was the waterway into the twin cities of Houghton / Hancock.
	www.blockphotos.com /lightstations/mi/mi011.html (278 words)

	HCGL Manuscripts: GLMS-18, Portage Lake and Lake Superior Canals Collection
		This waterway, together with the other canal, was to provide a water route completely across the peninsula.
		The waterway later was known as the Portage Lake and Lake Superior Canals, the Portage Lake Ship Canals, and the Keweenaw Waterway.
		The statistical registers (April 17, 1898-December 6, 1901; April 13, 1919- November 26, 1929) record, by day, the naems of the vessels transiting the waterway, their tonnages and caroges, and whether they were eastbound or westbound.
	www.bgsu.edu /colleges/library/hcgl/glms0018.html (497 words)

	Keweenaw Excursions in Houghton, Michigan
		This sightseeing cruise navigates through a waterway which served the miners in their heyday and continues to offer safe harbor to the mighty freighters of Lake Superior.
		We offer quality excursions on the Keweenaw Waterway aboard the Keweenaw Star; a 110’ certified vessel capable of carrying 149 passengers.
		The Keweenaw Star is docked at the Dee Stadium in Houghton Michigan 906-482-0884
	www.keweenawexcursions.com /about_us.htm (208 words)

	Keweenaw Waterway \| Minnesota \| State Parks
		At the upper and lower entrances of the Keweenaw Waterway Project on the Portage River in the Keweenaw Peninsula, Houghton County, Michigan, are two harbors of refuge.
		This waterway entrance for Great Lakes shipping is used as a shortcut and refuge from storms on Lake Superior.
		Recreational areas managed by State and local agencies at the upper entrance include boating, swimming, and picnic facilities.
	www.recreationfinder.com /minnesota/keweenaw-waterway.htm (85 words)

	Keweenaw Waterway Upper Entrance Lighthouse, Michigan at Lighthousefriends.com
		Keweenaw Waterway Upper Entrance Lighthouse, Michigan at Lighthousefriends.com
		Located at the western end of the Keweenaw Waterway which bisects the Keweenaw Peninsula.
		Once in the park, turn left and follow the road to a parking area from where you can view the light at the end of the breakwater.
	www.lighthousefriends.com /light.asp?ID=221 (98 words)

	Houghton Michigan
		Michigan Tech is located on the waterfront of Portage Lake and the Keweenaw Waterway that connects to east and west parts of Lake Superior.
		There is a 4.5 mile long walking and biking trail along the waterfront that leads to several nature trails outside of town.
		Houghton Michigan waterfront trail on the Keweenaw waterway, for biking, walking, skating
	www.doe.mtu.edu /houghton/houghton_michigan.htm (354 words)

	Keweenaw Canoeing/Kayaking
		The sheltered bays and harbors of the Keweenaw are also good spots.
		The Keweenaw Water Trail is a designated route established in 1995 for paddlers of sea kayaks and canoes.
		The Keweenaw offers a rugged coastline that competes with that of the legendary Isle Royale, only without the ferryboat ride.
	www.keweenaw.info /locations_27_canoeingkayaking.aspx (491 words)

	Pasty Cam Guest Photos :: Keweenaw Waterway/Summer Flowers
		The Quincy Smelter rests in the fog, preparing to serve the future as part of the Keweenaw National Historical Park.
		Houghton, rising from the south side of the Keweenaw Waterway on a foggy summer morning.
		M/V Ranger III passes the North Keweenaw Entry Light as it enters Lake Superior, enroute to Isle Royale National Park.
	pasty.com /pcam/KewWaterway (187 words)

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