Keweenaw Peninsula

Introduction

The Keweenaw Peninsula juts from the far northwest of Michigan's Upper Peninsula into Lake Superior, among the northernmost land in the contiguous United States. It is known for a century of copper mining, rugged lakeshore, and dense boreal forest, once producing the most copper in the world from the 19th through 20th centuries. Today abandoned mine shafts, ghost towns, and historic mining villages scatter through the woods, forming a living fossil of American industrial heritage. Copper Harbor at the northern tip is the northernmost driveable point in the contiguous US, where Superior's crashing waves and sunrise and sunset are awe-inspiring. In autumn hillsides of yellow and red maple meet the lake, while winter turns the peninsula into a snowmobiling and cross-country skiing paradise, named by National Geographic as one of America's most underrated destinations.

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