Tom Kimsal

Keweenaw Copper Country Tom Kimsal

KEWEENAW Mi. IS HOME TO COPPER COUNTRY ONE OF THE BIGGEST NATIVE COPPER DEPOSITS IN THE WORLD. THE MERE MENTION OF KEWEENAW BRINGS TO MIND SOME OF MOST RICH AND COLOURFUL HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA. THE FIRST COPPER MINERS OF KEWEENAW WHERE THE PALAEO PEOPLES 9000 YEARS AGO . THE EARLY COPPER PITS LEFT THERE MARK ON THE LAND AS DID THE MINES OF THE 1800S. THE NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT HAS EXAMPLES OF THE LIFESTYLES OF THE COPPER MINING PERIOD AND MANSIONS IN THE VILLAGE OF LAURIUM LOCATED NEXT TO CALUMET. A PHOTO JOURNEY OF THE KEWEENAW .