Columbia Encyclopedia entry: Keweenaw
Keweenawkē'wĭnô, peninsula, 60 mi (97 km) long, projecting NE from the W Upper Peninsula, NW Mich., into Lake Superior. Portage Lake and a connecting ship canal cut across the middle of the peninsula, converting its upper portion into an island and creating an important waterway. The canal is crossed by a bridge with one of the world's heaviest lift spans. The local area is popular with vacationers. Keweenaw National Historical Park traces the development of copper mining in the Upper Peninsula (see National Parks and Monuments, table).
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The Keweenaw Peninsula (redirected from Keweenaw) is the northern-most part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It projects into Lake Superior and was the site of the first copper boom in the United States. Its major industries are now logging and tourism, as well as jobs related to Michigan Technological University and Finlandia University.
The northern end is sometimes referred to as Copper Island, although this term is becoming less common. It is separated from the rest of the peninsula by the Keweenaw Waterway, a natural waterway 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.
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- Portage Lake
Portage Lake, inlet of Keweenaw Bay, c.20 mi (32 km) long and 2 mi (3.2 km) wide, N Mich., indenting the southeast shore of Keweenaw peninsula. An old portage route connected it with Lake Supe...
- Ottawa, indigenous people of North America
Ottawa, Native Americans whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). Traditionally of the Eastern Woodlands cul...
- National Parks and Monuments (table)
National Parks and Monuments1BFBattlefieldBPBattlefield ParkBSBattlefield SiteHPHistorical ParkHSHistoric SiteHTHistoric TrailISInternational Historic SiteLSLakeshoreMMMemorialMOMonumentMPMili...
