Copper Country

[2] While mining in Copper Country continues to this day, it is on a much smaller scale than before, with tourism and logging having taken over as the area's largest industries.

[3] The list of ethnic groups included the aforementioned Nordic peoples, Chinese; Cornish; Croatians; French Canadians; Germans; Irish; Italians; Native Americans; Poles; and Slovenes.

[1] Popular tourist destinations include the cities of Copper Harbor, Houghton, and the Porcupine Mountains with Lake of the Clouds.

Finlandia University was affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, reflecting the spiritual heritage of the region's many Finnish immigrants.

Copper processing produced enormous quantities of stamp sand as a waste product, which was often stored in large, unsecured piles near the coast.

In the town of Gay, Michigan, stamp sands from a former mill have escaped into the lake and gradually moved South along the coast, burying the natural shoreline, creating new land, and obstructing piers and waterways.

Map of the region.
Miners pose with lunch pails in hand on a mine rock pile outside of the Tamarack mineshaft. This mine was one of the most productive mines in the Copper Country.
13-oz. nugget of native copper , Keweenaw County, Michigan . Size 9.5 x 8.6 x 1.7 cm.
Native copper from the Keweenaw Peninsula Michigan about 2.5 inches (6.4 cm) long.
Copper spear points, Late Archaic period, 3000 BC-1000 BC - Wisconsin Historical Museum
Copper knife, spearpoints, awls, and spud, Late Archaic period, 3000 BC-1000 BC - Wisconsin Historical Museum
Copper ax head and spud, Late Archaic period, 3000 BC-1000 BC - Wisconsin Historical Museum