Copper Harbor is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in Keweenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

Due to its natural environment and surroundings, which include Fort Wilkins Historic State Park, Copper Harbor is marketed as an all-season tourist destination.

[7] The Keweenaw Peninsula and the area that would become the Copper Country was home to the Ojibwe people prior to European settlement.

In 1836, the Upper Peninsula was officially ceded from the Native American Chippewa to the United States following the signing of the Treaty of Washington.

Captain Walter Cunningham was appointed by the United States Department of War to act as a Special Agent to the area.

[10][6] The community of Copper Harbor was listed as a newly organized census-designated place for the 2010 census, meaning it now has officially defined boundaries and population statistics.

The ferry takes 3.5 hours to travel 60 miles (97 km) across Lake Superior to Rock Harbor.