The Keweenaw Peninsula is gorgeous, especially in leaf-peeping season, which is why we stopped by in late September a year ago. Lots of maples, oaks, white birch and aspen among the pines, and that makes for dazzling stuff once the weather cools a little.
But what differentiates the Keweenaw from, say, Door County (aside from the lack of fish boils and two-seater Jacuzzis) is that this was never just a place for summer cottages and resorts and gentle farms.
Before seasonal visitors began making their claims, this was Copper Country. Dreams happened in this place: Some died here, some moved on, some adjusted to lessened expectations.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/travel/15379973.htm
Posted by Dave at August 29, 2006 07:45 AM