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Commercial Fishing Museum

The Commercial Fishing Museum

In addition to photos of commercial fishing in the Keweenaw the museum has many related objects used locally including scales, net, ice cutting tools, etc.One of the first ships to arrive in Copper Harbor in the 1840’s arrived with two purposes. It was to drop off some of the early explorers looking for copper. But it also was to sail to neighboring Isle Royale to see if explorers who had been dropped there earlier had found a good site for commercial fishing. Thus began the related histories of copper mining and commercial fishing in the Keweenaw.

(Photo: In addition to photos of commercial fishing in the Keweenaw the museum has many related objects used locally including scales, net, ice cutting tools, etc.)

The Commercial Fishing Museum also has a continuously running DVD with movies of actual fishing in Lake Superior.The Keweenaw County Historical Society Commercial Fishing Museum is located on the grounds of the Eagle Harbor Lighthouse complex in Eagle Harbor, Michigan next to the Rental cottage and near the Eagle Harbor Lighthouse, the Maritime Museum, the Keweenaw History Museum and our Lake Superior observation deck. In it one can see many displays of commercial fishing activities in the Keweenaw and also displays of the many families that fished from one generation to the next. The many photographs in the museum put a human face on the rough and risky business of commercial fishing on Lake Superior.

(Photo: The Commercial Fishing Museum also has many photos and a continuously running DVD with movies of actual fishing in Lake Superior.)

Visiting The Commercial Fishing Museum at Eagle Harbor

Hours & Admission- The Commercial Fishing Museum is part of the Eagle  Harbor Lighthouse Complex and is open from mid-June to early October.  The 2022 closing date is expected to be October 9th.  Hours for June, September and October are 12-5 PM.  July and August hours are  10 AM-5 PM, Monday - Saturday and 12-5 PM on Sunday.  Admission $8.00. Children and KCHS members free. 

Location- The Commercial Fishing Museum is located in the Eagle Harbor Lighthouse Complex, located on Lighthouse Drive. GPS: N 47 27.579 W 88 09.562, Decimal Degrees: 47.459650, -88.159370

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Keweenaw Snowfall
We're still strapping on our snowshoes, but if we put an ear to the snow, we can hear the crocuses pecking at their shells. Long about mid-March, snow becomes a 4-letter word.

• Over 225 inches so far this year

• All-time historic high
1978-79 - 390.4 inches

• All-time historic low
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