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Lighthouses |
Aids to Navigation, Lighthousers, Woody Plants, Trees, Water, Lakes |
Eagle Harbor Lighthouse [Early image of the lighthouse.] Scanned: February 19, 2007 |
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Boat Landing - Houghton |
Water, Lakes, Woody Plants, Trees, Locomotion, Boats and Boating |
Houghton will soon have a boat landing site. Shown above is part of the equipment working on the plot at Houghton beach near the golf course. The Michigan Department of Conservation is performing the work on their own property. They were given an easement on the site of 300 feet of beach frontage in 1955. The area is broad with the avenue shown being only one of the approaches. The other is to the left. [Photo showing a bulldozer and dump trucks at work on the new boat landing site.] Scanned: November 5, 2007 |
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Railroads - Copper Range |
Railroads, Cars, Water, Lakes, Woody Plants, Trees |
Theyve earned their rest. There are 25 railway cars in this string but not all are shown in the photo. The Copper Range wooden coal and copper ore cars have been in service since before World War No. 1. Now they have been put out to pasture near the slag pile of the one-time Michigan smelter. The cars were purchased without sideboards. To give them greater capacity the auxiliary planks were added. Many of the cars will still be used if the lines steel cars are too few. But most are on the way out. They were especially busy during the years when the Copper Range coal dock was in use. Many is the load of coal they carried for the Wolverine, Mohawk, Champion, Trimountain, Baltic and other mines. They have also transported coal to the Atlas Powder Co. [Photo of the retired cars sitting on tracks near the lake.] Scanned: November 21, 2007 |
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Lighthouses - Jacobsville |
Aids to Navigation, Lighthousers, Water, Lakes, Woody Plants, Trees |
The old Jacobsville Lighthouse . This was a valued beacon in days before 1913 when Jacobsville sandstone found outlets in scattered states of the union. Much of the redstone was shipped by boat and thousands of craft have used its beams to guide them to Portage Lake and the Keweenaw Waterway. The lighthouse is an attraction of Houghton County. [Good image of the lighthouse sitting on a hill with rickety steps leading to it.] Scanned: October 23, 2007 |
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Portage Lake |
Water, Lakes, Woody Plants, Trees, Buildings |
Overlooking Portage Lake from the Highlands - Hancock. [Panoramic view of Portage Lake and surrounding area.] Scanned: June 15, 2009 |
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Lake Fanny Hooe |
Water, Lakes, Persons, Woody Plants, Trees |
View of Lake Fanny-Hooe - Copper Harbor Scanned: June 15, 2009 |
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Presque Isle |
Water, Lakes, Woody Plants, Trees, Landforms |
Scene at Presque Isle [A rocky cliff with trees and Lake Superior] Scanned: June 16, 2009 |
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Presque Isle |
Water, Lakes, Woody Plants, Trees, Landforms |
The Cove at Presque Isle [A rock formation juts out into the lake.] Scanned: June 16, 2009 |
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Lakes - Mosquito Lake |
Water, Lakes, Woody Plants, Trees, |
Mosquito Lake Near Copper Harbor Scanned: June 16, 2009 |
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Keweenaw Point |
Water, Lakes, Landforms, Woody Plants, Trees |
Keweenaw Point Scanned: June 16, 2009 |