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Welcome!
Click for detailed map. Keweenaw County is Michigan's northernmost county, and its smallest (in population). The county comprises the upper half of the beautiful Keweenaw Peninsula, that beckoning finger of land that sticks out into Lake Superior.
It is a region rich in history as well as natural beauty. Copper mining is a major historical theme, but commercial fishing, lumbering, maritime and life-saving history, and various ethnic stories are notable, too.
The Keweenaw County Historical Society, established in 1981, is a group of volunteers who work hard and take pleasure in commemorating and sharing that history.
Our several museum sites are open from June to October. Check out our publications; visit this site for frequent updates; or maybe you'd like to become a member and receive our award-winning quarterly newsletter, "The Superior Signal." Welcome!
The picture in our Web banner is of the Eagle Harbor Light Station, on the shore of Lake Superior. This property is owned by the Keweenaw County Historical Society and is the site of its major museums. The lighthouse was built in 1871 and the light is still operated by the Coast Guard. The white building with red roof to the right was the fog signal building and now houses a maritime museum. The other two buildings were assistant lightkeepers' dwellings. The white building now houses a commercial fishing museum and the Society archives, and the brown building is available to Society members in the summer as a holiday cottage. (Photo: Ole Kristensen)
Pronounce Keweenaw: KEY-win-awe
