Fort Wilkins State Park at Copper Harbor, Michigan, Lake Superior Circle Tour
1,300-mile Lake Superior Circle Tour by highway around the world’s largest & most famous freshwater lake. 2726 miles of shoreline, cliffs & beaches, fishing villages, great campsites & more. Click on Show More for more info about our tour and dozens of videos of the many stops
Travel information on the way always provided us good clues where to visit next. Always talked to campers and they gave us good leads to check out. Had a few stops in mind to start before the trip around Lake Superior.
Here's a list of the places we visited.
I made a * video of each stop:
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Temperance River State Park
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Grand Portage National Museum
(In progress being created)
Minnesota Pigeon River Waterfall
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Fort Williams Historical Park
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Town of Nipigon Paddle to Sea
(In progress being created)
Rainbow Falls Provinical Park
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Terrace Bay & Water Falls
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Rossport Fishing Village
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Pukaskwa National Park
(In progress being created)
Agwawa Woodworking Crafts
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Pancake Bay Prov Park
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Sault St Marie Locks
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Petosky HS steel drum band at St. Ignace MI
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Mackinac Island & Fort
(In progress being created)
Pictured Rocks Shoreline boat tour
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Jampot Bakery and Byzantine Catholic Church Eagle Harbor
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Upper Michigans Most Scenic Roadside Park (Esrey)
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Copper Harbor Town
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Copper Harbor State Park & Fort
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Fort Wilkins Historic State Park (Copper Harbor, MI)
Visit by twin sisters to Fort Wilkins Historic State Park in Copper Harbor, Michigan.
Fort Wilkins State Park
A walk around Fort Wilkins State Park in Copper Harbor Michigan.
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Misery Bay Upper Michigan
Misery Bay in Upper MI.
Edness Kimball Wilkins State Park
Edness K. Wilkins is a serene day-use park for families, nature lovers and those looking for solitude can enjoy. The huge old cottonwoods as they cast reflections on the historic North Platte River and lend shade to visitors. The North Platte River provides a natural habitat for a variety of wildlife, and for fishing, canoeing and rafting. Today, a visitor can utilize picnic tables, grills, group shelters, playgrounds and a launching ramp for canoes or rafts. A universally accessible fishing pier, the only one like it in the state, has become one of the finest amenities provided to visitors. An additional 2.8 miles of accessible hard-surfaced paths provide visitors with an opportunity view some of the finest wildlife in the area. Anglers can try their fishing luck in the North Platte River. Swimmers can take a refreshing dip at the park swimming area. Bird watching enthusiasts can wile away the hours searching for yellow warblers, cedar waxwings, downy woodpeckers, and dozens of others. One birder counted 40 different species of birds on a summer outing. Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites and Trails is celebrating its' 75th Anniversary. wyoparks.org
HISTORICAL PLACES OF MICHIGAN STATE,U S A IN GOOGLE EARTH
HISTORICAL PLACES OF MICHIGAN STATE,U S A
1. MICHIGAN STATE CAPITOL,LANSING 42°44'1.10N 84°33'19.64W
2. ST.MARY'S CATHEDRAL,SAGINAW 43°25'32.93N 83°56'11.47W
3. TAHQUAMENON WATERFALLS,PARADISE 46°34'30.62N 85°15'9.43W
4. HENRY FORD MUSEUM,DEARBORN 42°18'12.84N 83°14'3.17W
5. FORT HOLMES,MACKINAC ISLAND 45°51'29.86N 84°36'59.87W
6. ST.AUGUSTINE CATHEDRAL,KALAMAZOO 42°17'30.99N 85°35'30.80W
7. DETROIT ZOO,OAK 42°28'38.85N 83° 9'21.13W
8. ST.ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL,GRAND RAPIDS 42°57'29.19N 85°40'2.06W
9. MANABEZHO WATERFALLS,WAKEFIELD 46°42'23.75N 89°58'16.18W
10. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MUSUEM OF ART,ANN ARBOR 42°16'31.53N 83°44'23.32W
11. FORT MICHILIMACKINAC,MACKINAW CITY 45°47'12.30N 84°44'9.36W
12. NORTHRIDGE CHURCH,PLYMOUTH 42°22'25.25N 83°31'57.04W
13. SLEEPING BEAR DUNES,EMPIRE 44°53'3.63N 86° 3'1.88W
14. SABLE WATERFALLS,SENEY 46°40'6.49N 86° 0'52.26W
15. MUSEUM OF HISTORY,DETROIT 42°21'33.06N 83° 3'38.96W
16. FORT WILKINS,COPPER HARBOR 47°28'0.89N 87°51'54.87W
17. ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL,DETROIT 42°23'19.07N 83° 5'5.27W
18. BURTON MEMORIAL TOWER,ANN ARBOR 42°16'45.99N 83°44'19.57W
19. ST.MARY'S CATHEDRAL,LANSING 42°44'8.65N 84°33'21.84W
20. FORT WAYNE,DETROIT 42°17'58.93N 83° 5'46.54W
21. ST.HYACINTH CHURCH,BAYCITY 43°33'57.59N 83°53'7.72W
22. SPARTAN STATUE,OKEMOS 42°43'51.83N 84°29'15.19W
23. PICKLE BARREL HOUSE,GRAND MARAIS 46°40'15.49N 85°59'5.18W
24. APOSTOLIC CHURCH,MOUNT MORRIS 43° 7'6.41N 83°41'32.14W
25. WHITE SHOAL LIGHTHOUSE,MICHIGAN LAKE 45°50'31.78N 85° 8'13.93W
Pictured Rocks. Cliffs campsite
Michigan State Parks 100: Southeast Michigan's State Parks - Part 1
The state parks in Southeast Michigan are in close proximity to each other. While each has its own character, they offer similar experiences, which is helpful because if one park is busy, you can try another one not too far away. We took a day trip and checked out five state parks. If you're interested in a specific location, here are the time codes:
Bald Mountain State Recreation Area -- 1:15
Ortonville Recreation Area -- 5:13
Metamora-Hadley State Recreation Area -- 8:54
Holly Recreation Area -- 11:55
Seven Lakes State Park: 18:52
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Keweenaw National Historical Park | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Keweenaw National Historical Park
00:01:18 1 Copper heritage
00:02:48 2 Ethnic heritage
00:04:15 3 Calumet Unit
00:05:02 4 Quincy Unit
00:05:42 5 Heritage Sites
00:06:16 5.1 Adventure Mining Company
00:06:53 5.2 A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum
00:08:00 5.3 Carnegie Museum
00:08:20 5.4 Calumet Theatre
00:09:46 5.5 Chassell Heritage Center
00:10:17 5.6 Copper Range Historical Museum
00:10:39 5.7 Coppertown USA Museum
00:11:07 5.8 Delaware Copper Mine
00:11:44 5.9 Finnish American Heritage Center & Historical Archive
00:12:35 5.10 Fort Wilkins Historic State Park
00:13:09 5.11 Hanka Homestead
00:13:44 5.12 Houghton County Historical Museum
00:14:28 5.13 Keweenaw County Historical Society
00:15:04 5.14 Keweenaw Heritage Center
00:15:56 5.15 Laurium Manor Inn
00:16:27 5.16 Michigan Technological University Archives
00:16:47 5.17 Old Victoria
00:17:19 5.18 Ontonagon County Historical Society
00:18:09 5.19 Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park
00:18:43 5.20 Quincy Mine Hoist and Underground Mine
00:19:10 5.21 Upper Peninsula Firefighters Memorial Museum
00:19:37 6 See also
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Keweenaw National Historical Park is a unit of the U.S. National Park Service. Established in 1992, the park celebrates the life and history of the Keweenaw Peninsula in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of 2009, it is a partly privatized park made up of two primary units, the Calumet Unit and the Quincy Unit, and 21 cooperating Heritage Sites located on federal, state, and privately owned land in and around the Keweenaw Peninsula. The National Park Service owns approximately 1,700 acres (690 ha) in the Calumet and Quincy Units. Units are located in Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon counties.
The Congressional legislation establishing the Park stated, among other things, that:
(1) The oldest and largest lava flow known on Earth is located on the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan. This volcanic activity produced the only place on Earth where large scale economically recoverable 97 percent pure native copper is found.
(2) The Keweenaw Peninsula is the only site in the country where prehistoric aboriginal mining of copper occurred. Artifacts made from this copper by these ancient Indians were traded as far south as present day Alabama.
Camping at the tip of the thumb in Michigan!
I'm going to try and stay on plan. Fingers Crossed!
A scenic view of The Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Found this recently on my hard drive, it deserved to be published.
Keweenaw Peninsula | Wikipedia audio article
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Keweenaw Peninsula
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The Keweenaw Peninsula ( KEE-wi-naw, sometimes locally /ˈkiːvənɔː/) is the northernmost part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It projects into Lake Superior and was the site of the first copper boom in the United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was roughly 43,200. Its major industries are now logging and tourism, as well as jobs related to Michigan Technological University and Finlandia University.
Wilkins' Levanevsky Search
1937 clip of Sir Hubert Wilkins and Lincoln Ellsworth refueling a twin-engined Catalina flying boat at Fort Smith, NWT, Canada. The Catalina was being used in the search for Sigismund Levanevsky, a Soviet pilot and explorer attempting to reach New York from Moscow in a four-engined Tupolev. Levanevsky's plane disappeared over the Arctic on August 13, 1937. The Soviet Embassy in Washington, D.C. requested Sir Hubert Wilkins lead the search for Levanesky from the American side. Levanesky's plane has never been found, although searches with modern equipment continue to this day. The text shown in the beginning is incorrect with the date of August 10th (Color/Silent/16mm).
This sequence is an excerpt from AAF-434 from the Baxter Collection held by the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of the Alaska & Polar Regions Department in the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks. For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives.
Fall RV Trip ~ Free Casino Camping ~ Bay Furnace ~ Munising Michigan
Black River Harbor Recreation Area, MI
One of the Top Ten Most Beautiful Locations in the US
Black River Harbor is one of the Top Ten most beautiful places in the United States. Plenty of nice sites. A beautiful harbor on Lake Superior surrounded with by a cornucopia of natural beauty. Five named waterfalls that are simply amazing, each awe inspiring along with several hidden un-named falls that anywhere else would be named and a major attraction. Together in such a short span of river makes the place the best place to see waterfalls in the US. Harbor features a beautiful suspension bridge, gorgeous picnic ground, amazing examples of Civilian Conservation Corps architecture and perhaps the most beautiful beach on the great lakes. Short drive from Copper Peak, where you can see three states and Canada. Needs to be on everyone's bucket list.
Wagner Falls in Michigan's Upper Peninsula | Jason Asselin
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Just off the road and a short distance from Munising, Michigan you will find Wagner Falls.. I could listen to this waterfall for hours, these soothing sounds of water falling could put me to sleep!
This waterfall sits just outside of the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.. Get out and explore Michigan's upper peninsula!
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Jack Pine Lodge, Manistique Mich.
We had a great stay at Jack Pine Lodge which was our basecamp for exploring the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Others used this campground to ride the ORV trails of the Hiawatha National Forest.
Full campground review is found here:
Upper Peninsula of Michigan | Wikipedia audio article
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Upper Peninsula of Michigan
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The Upper Peninsula (UP), also known as Upper Michigan, is the northern of the two major peninsulas that make up the U.S. state of Michigan. The peninsula is bounded on the north by Lake Superior, on the east by the St. Marys River, on the southeast by Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, and on the southwest by Wisconsin. Upper Peninsula counties also include nearby islands such as Grand, Drummond, Mackinac, and Bois Blanc, and more distant Isle Royale.
The Upper Peninsula contains 29% of the land area of Michigan but just 3% of its total population. Residents are frequently called Yoopers (derived from U.P.-ers) and have a strong regional identity. Large numbers of French Canadian, Finnish, Swedish, Cornish, and Italian immigrants came to the Upper Peninsula, especially the Keweenaw Peninsula, to work in the area's mines and lumber industry. The peninsula includes the only counties in the United States where a plurality of residents claim Finnish ancestry.The peninsula's largest cities are Marquette, Sault Ste. Marie, Escanaba, Menominee, Houghton, and Iron Mountain. The heavily forested land and long, harsh winters make it poorly suited for agriculture. The economy is based primarily on logging and tourism; mining was a major industry during a golden age from 1890 to 1920.
Upper Peninsula of Michigan | Wikipedia audio article
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Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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The Upper Peninsula (UP), also known as Upper Michigan, is the northern of the two major peninsulas that make up the U.S. state of Michigan. The peninsula is bounded on the north by Lake Superior, on the east by the St. Marys River, on the southeast by Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, and on the southwest by Wisconsin. Upper Peninsula counties also include nearby islands such as Grand, Drummond, Mackinac, and Bois Blanc, and more distant Isle Royale.
The Upper Peninsula contains 29% of the land area of Michigan but just 3% of its total population. Residents are frequently called Yoopers (derived from U.P.-ers) and have a strong regional identity. Large numbers of French Canadian, Finnish, Swedish, Cornish, and Italian immigrants came to the Upper Peninsula, especially the Keweenaw Peninsula, to work in the area's mines and lumber industry. The peninsula includes the only counties in the United States where a plurality of residents claim Finnish ancestry.The peninsula's largest cities are Marquette, Sault Ste. Marie, Escanaba, Menominee, Houghton, and Iron Mountain. The heavily forested land and long, harsh winters make it poorly suited for agriculture. The economy is based primarily on logging and tourism; mining was a major industry during a golden age from 1890 to 1920.