At the very tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula, where Michigan juts into Lake Superior, sits a quiet secret of history. Between 1964 and 1971 NASA had launched missiles from this remote spot. Join us as we investigate this curious site. Chuck and I had rumbled down a dirt roadway for […]
Keweenaw Peninsula
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The Copper Harbor Lighthouse is located at the tip of the Keweenaw peninsula of Michigan. However with the road being closed, there’s only one way to arrive there, by boat. Join DaViking and I as we attempt to get to this obscure destination. The Copper Harbor State Marina Boat Launch […]
This unmarked site, Devil’s Washtub, makes for an exciting find along the Lake Superior shoreline near the tip of the Keweenaw peninsula. Brendan, our hotel concierge, along with Will told us about this unique blowhole rock formation. It’s located along M26 near Mohawk, Michigan. Two miles west of Copper Harbor. […]
Fort Wilkins, already one hundred years old in1939, had been crumbling at the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula. This fort was brought back to life with Donald W. Dow leading the team. The captivating story of Donald W. Dow and the restoration of Fort Wilkins gave me a better insight […]
Gay Sands Beach along Lake Superior on the Keweenaw peninsula is beautiful, but looks can be deceiving. This “sand” is actually a superfund site containing copper mixed with arsenic, silver and nickel from decades of dumping mining waste. For more than a century 50 billion pounds of crushed ore had […]
The Keweenaw peninsula’s mining era spanned over 100 years starting in the mid 1800’s through the 1960’s. Join my husband, Chuck (A.K.A. DaViking), and I as we investigate this abandoned copper dredge. From the roadway, M-26, a fence had blocked access to this site. DaViking had other plans. He always […]
After watching a short film about the history of the Delaware Copper Mine, Dennis, the manager and travel author, invited us to put on hard hats and head to the mine shaft. I was excited to be on a self guided tour of an abandoned copper mine. It had been […]