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Oct 2, 20264 min read

Keweenaw Mountain Lodge Went Up Near Copper Harbor When County Unemployment Topped 70 Percent. The County Owned It for 84 Years, Then Sold It at a USDA-Ordered Auction.

Keweenaw County built a log lodge, golf course and cabins near Copper Harbor when its unemployment ran past 70 percent. It owned the place for 84 years before a USDA-ordered auction sold it in...

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A Village of 136 People Built 50 Miles of Trail on Land It Doesn’t Own. Its Silver IMBA Tier Was Retired Last October.

IMBA retired its Gold, Silver and Bronze tiers in October 2025, and Copper Harbor's window to reapply closes next month. The club...

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Jul 25, 20263 min read

Michigan’s First Rocket to Reach Space Didn’t Launch From Florida. It Launched From the End of a Dirt Road Past Copper Harbor.

From 1964 to 1971, NASA and the University of Michigan fired research rockets off the very tip of the Keweenaw, mostly in...

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Jul 18, 20264 min read

Copper Harbor’s Giant Pines Were Sold to Loggers. The Neighbors Bought Them Back.

Copper Harbor’s giant white pines were sold to loggers, until a 1970 newspaper column sparked a Save the Pines campaign. Neighbors and...

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Jul 2, 20263 min read

There’s a Ski Hill on the Tip of the U.P. So Extreme It Has No Beginner Runs

Mount Bohemia on the tip of the Keweenaw is the Midwest's most extreme ski resort: no grooming, no snowmaking, no beginner runs,...

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Jun 15, 20263 min read

Brockway Mountain Drive May Be the Most Beautiful View in the Entire U.P.

From the top of Brockway Mountain, Lake Superior spreads out in front of you in every direction, blue all the way to...

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Copper Harbor

The latest Copper Harbor story

Keweenaw Mountain Lodge Went Up Near Copper Harbor When County Unemployment Topped 70 Percent. The County Owned It for 84 Years, Then Sold It at a USDA-Ordered Auction.

More Copper Harbor stories, newest first

A Village of 136 People Built 50 Miles of Trail on Land It Doesn’t Own. Its Silver IMBA Tier Was Retired Last October.

Michigan’s First Rocket to Reach Space Didn’t Launch From Florida. It Launched From the End of a Dirt Road Past Copper Harbor.

Copper Harbor’s Giant Pines Were Sold to Loggers. The Neighbors Bought Them Back.

There’s a Ski Hill on the Tip of the U.P. So Extreme It Has No Beginner Runs

Brockway Mountain Drive May Be the Most Beautiful View in the Entire U.P.