The Keweenaw Peninsula (roughly KEY-win-awe)'s the northern-most part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It projects into Lake Superior and was the site of the first copper boom in the United States. Its major industries are now logging and tourism, as well as jobs related to Michigan Technological University and Finlandia University. The northern end's sometimes referred to as Copper Island (or "Kuparisaari" by the Finnish immigrants), although this term's becoming less common. It's separated from… (
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