National Park Service Keweenaw National Historical Park U.S. Department of the Interior The official newspaper of the Park and the Keweenaw Heritage Sites 2017 Issue The Keweenaw Guide Children learn about history with fun, hands-on activities. A Partnership for the Future T WEN T Y - FIVE YEARS AGO , A GROUP OF PEOPLE WA N T ED of park. Keweenaw National Historical Park (NHP) would be a to preserve the region’s copper mining heritage. When we shared park of the people and by the people where locals would retain this idea with the National Park Service (NPS), they didn’t know ownership and have major responsibilities. how to respond. The NPS was unable to own thousands of private homes or the downtown business districts that are vital to the This year, the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of unique Keweenaw copper story. We as a community did not want Keweenaw NHP, is a testament to the powerful nature of our to be involved in a new brand of paternalism, trading in the copper partnership. Local Heritage Sites have benefitted from grants company ownership of the past for new federal ownership. These and technical assistance, allowing them to preserve the history concerns and desires continued to contradict many preconcieved of the area through exhibits and building restorations, and to ideas of what a traditional national park could and should be. start conversations about the different experiences that make up the Keweenaw’s story. The park represents a rich history of How could we preserve the history of this area, but still maintain immigration, mining technology, early people and cultures, labor, the pride and character that makes the Keweenaw so special? business and economics, environment and perseverance. The solution came to Mr. Burt Boyum and me as we ate breakfast together one morning. Burt drew a circle on a napkin and divided Hundreds of stories have yet to be told. Hundreds of properties it into eight segments that each represented a different part of the and landscapes need attention. As a partnership park, our business story. is to continue developing these collaborations with our wisdom, our muscles, our energies and our endowments. Keweenaw We took that sketch to a morning meeting with the NPS and National Historical Park needs you. Your continued support explained that this park must interpret the links between and participation will create an even more beautiful peninsula people, land and water, between cultures, geology, technology for generations to come. Thank you for your help in making and industrialization, between community institutions and Keweenaw National Historical Park a reality, and we are excited to corporations. Such a park would require active and continued see where the next quarter century takes us! participation by those living on the peninsula. Eventually, with the By: Bob Langseth, Park Founder and Board Chair of the Keweenaw National Historical help of a few NPS staff, the park service agreed to this new type Park Advisory Commission Stay Connected Become a Junior Ranger Want to learn more? The National Park Service website, Are you 8 years or older? You can become a www.nps.gov, connects you to amazing vistas, educational Junior Ranger by picking up a free book and opportunities, current news, and events happening in parks having fun completing the pages. Once you across the nation. To find us, go to www.nps.gov/kewe. are done, bring your completed book back to the visitor center or park headquarters where a Social media is another great way to stay in touch. This venue ranger will review your book and award you a not only allows you to get instant updates about the park and badge and sticker. community activities, but also gives you the opportunity to share your thoughts and ideas with us. Several times a week we Here’s where to find the Junior Ranger book: post content that highlights our history, remarkable resources, • Calumet Visitor Center and shows where you might find us across the Keweenaw. • Park Headquarters (25970 Red Jacket Road When you have time, look for us at www.facebook.com/ in Calumet) keweenawnhp, twitter.com/KeweenawNPS, and • Keweenaw NHP Information Desk at the instagram.com/keweenawnps. Quincy Mine Gift Shop • Online at the park webpage The Keweenaw Guide 1 Visitor Services and Facilities FOOD AND RESTAURANTS A variety of restaurants and Accessibility Keweenaw National Historical Park grocery stores are located The Calumet Visitor Center 25970 Red Jacket Road throughout the Keweenaw Peninsula. and the information desk at Calumet, MI 49913 Quincy Mine are accessible. Park Headquarters: 906-337-3168 CAMPING Some National Park Service facilities Calumet Visitor Center: 906-483-3176 Camping options are available located in historic structures, as well as Fax: 906-337-3169 across the Keweenaw Peninsula. several Keweenaw Heritage Sites, are not Website: www.nps.gov/kewe Community-operated and accessible at this time. Information about Social Media: private campgrounds are also available. For www.facebook.com/keweenawNHP which sites have accessible facilities is twitter.com/KeweenawNPS more information, contact the Keweenaw located in the centerfold of the newspaper. CALUMET VISITOR CENTER instagram.com/keweenawnps Convention and Visitors Bureau at Sites indicated as accessible may require 1-800-338-7982 or visit assistance in certain areas. Other parts of www.keweenaw.info. the site may not be accessible. Contact sites 2017 Keweenaw Guide directly for further information on Explore the historic structure and two Design and layout: Emma Woodruff LODGING floors of interactive and accessible exhibits Editors: Kathleen Harter, Katie Keller, accessibility prior to visiting. Risk Valerie Newman, Emma Woodruff, Kristine A full range of lodging can be and audio-visual programs, including Bradof, Wyndeth Davis found across the Keweenaw KEWEENAW NHP and Resilience, a 14-minute film about the Photography: Gary Ennis, Nathan Miller, Peninsula. Contact the INFORMATION DESK area’s history, people, and the park. NPS stock photos Keweenaw Convention and Visitors Bureau Assisted listening devices available, as well for more information 1-800-338-7982 or as closed captioning. Bookstore purchases www.keweenaw.info. (books, games, posters, postcards, shirts, hats, patches, and more) support the park. Located at the entrance to the Quincy Mine Printing of The Keweenaw SPECIAL EVENTS Located at 98 Fifth Street in Calumet. Gift Shop, this information desk is a source Guide courtesy of the Isle 2017 marks Keweenaw NHP’s 25th Please call 906-483-3176 or visit the park for travel and trip planning information Royale and Keweenaw Anniversary! Watch for special events website at www.nps.gov/kewe for the about the park and Keweenaw Heritage Parks Association. including parades, festivals, musical latest information on days and hours Sites. Staffing varies and depends on the performances, races, and more. Check the of operation. Let park rangers provide area season. Printed by Quad/Graphics schedule of events at nps.gov/kewe. information to help you plan your visit. on recycled paper using agri-based inks. Please recycle. The National Park Service cares for the special places saved by the American people so that all may experience our heritage. Hanka Homestead Calumet/Laurium Central Chassell Copper Harbor Delaware Eagle Harbor Eagle River Greenland Hancock Houghton Lake Linden Ontonagon Phoenix Quincy Hill South Range Victoria MWSP Porcupine Hanka Homestead – 35 53 15 70 58 59 51 60 24 22 36 73 49 26 55 72 89 Calumet/Laurium 35 – 18 20 35 23 24 16 51 11 13 4 51 14 11 22 63 82 Central Mine 53 18 – 38 17 5 14 6 69 29 31 22 55 4 29 40 81 100 Chassell Heritage 15 20 38 – 55 43 44 36 45 9 7 21 58 34 11 12 57 74 Copper Harbor 70 35 17 55 – 12 14 22 86 41 43 39 72 21 46 57 98 117 Delaware 58 23 5 43 12 – 19 11 74 36 38 27 60 9 34 45 86 105 Eagle Harbor 59 24 14 44 14 19 – 8 75 35 37 28 88 10 35 46 87 106 Eagle River 51 16 6 36 22 11 8 – 67 27 29 20 80 2 27 38 79 98 Adventure Mine 60 51 69 45 86 74 75 67 – 40 38 52 13 65 42 33 12 29 Hancock 24 11 29 9 46 36 35 27 40 – 2 12 53 25 2 7 52 69 Houghton 22 13 31 7 43 38 37 29 38 2 – 14 51 27 4 5 50 67 Lake Linden 36 4 22 21 39 27 28 20 52 12 14 – 65 37 14 19 64 81 Ontonagon 73 51 55 58 72 60 88 80 13 53 51 65 – 78 55 46 16 16 Phoenix 49 14 5 34 21 9 10 2 65 25 27 37 78 – 25 36 77 96 Quincy Hill 26 11 29 11 46 34 35 27 42 2 4 14 55 25 – 11 54 71 Keweenaw Mileage Chart Mileage Keweenaw Copper Range 55 22 40 12 57 45 46 38 33 7 5 19 46 36 11 – 45 62 Old Victoria 72 63 81 57 98 86 87 79 12 52 50 64 16 77 54 45 – 32 Photo by Nathan Miller Porcupine MWSP 89 82 97 74 115 105 106 98 29 69 67 81 16 96 71 62 32 – 2 The Keweenaw Guide Like almost everything on Michigan’s Thank You! incomparable Upper Peninsula, Keweenaw National Historical H OS T ING OVER 400 FOURth GRADERS DURING 2 D AY S IS Park is like no other national park. no easy task, but that’s what happened during the 2016 Copper This park has no single gate; it is a TRACES event designed to reach the next generation of park collection of sites scattered over the stewards.