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Geology

Cross-section of the Lake Superior basin showing the tilted strata of volcanic rock that form both the Keweenaw Peninsula and Isle Royale

The oldest and largest lava flow known on Earth is located on the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan. This volcanic activity produced the only strata on Earth where large scale economically recoverable 97 percent pure native copper is found.

Much of the Native copper found in the Keweenaw comes in either the form of "Native" Copper, which has a lacy consistency, or "Float" Copper, which is found as a solid chunk. The Float copper was created from the glacial movements through the Great Lakes region compacting the naturally forming Native Copper into heavy nuggets. Some of these nuggets can be found in the size of weighing many tons. Copper Ore is then conglomerate stone which copper is laced though out, filling any voids that had once existed.

The Keweenaw Peninsula and Isle Royale, formed by the Midcontinent Rift System, are the only sites 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.

History

The Keweenaw's rich deposits of copper (and some silver) were extracted on an industrial scale beginning around the middle of the 19th century. The industry grew through the latter part of the century and employed thousands of people well into the 20th century. Hard rock mining in the region ceased in 1967 though copper sulfide deposits continued for some time after in Ontonogan. This vigorous industry created a need for educated mining professionals and directly led in 1885 to the founding of the Michigan Mining School (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton. Although MTU discontinued its undergraduate mining engineering program in 2006, the university continues to offer engineering degrees in a variety of other disciplines.

Running concurrently with the mining boom in the Keweenaw was the white pine lumber boom. Trees were cut for timbers for mine shafts, to heat the communities around the large copper mines, and to help build a growing nation. Much of the logging at the time was done in winter due to the ease of operability with the snow. Due to the indiscriminant logging practices at that time, the forest of the Keweenaw looks much different today than 100 years ago.

For detailed information on the region's mineralogical history, see the virtual tour of the peninsula written by the Mineralogical Society of America, found in exterior links on this page. Information on the geological formations of the region are also detailed.

From 1964-1971, the University of Michigan cooperated with NASA and the U.S. Navy to run the Keweenaw Rocket launch site.

Communities

A partial list of towns in the Keweenaw Peninsula:

Ahmeek

Atlantic Mine

Bete Grise

Calumet

Chassell

Copper Harbor

Delaware

Dodgeville

Dollar Bay

Dreamland

Eagle Harbor

Eagle River

Freda

Gay

Hancock

Houghton

Hubbell

Hurontown

Lac La Belle

Lake Linden

Lake Medora, Michigan

Laurium

Little Betsy

Mandan

Mason

Mohawk

Osceola

Painesdale

Pelkie

Phoenix

Quincy

Redridge

Ripley

South Range

Tapiola

Toivola

Wyoming (Helltown)

See also

Keweenaw National Historical Park

Thimbleberry

References

^ Exploring the North page on Houghton

^ Public Law 102-543 (Oct. 27, 1992); 106 STAT. 3569

Further reading

Burt, Williams A., and Hubbard, Bela Reports on the Mineral Region of Lake Superior (Buffalo: L. Danforth, 1846), 113 pages.*

Krause, David J. The Making of a Mining District: Keweenaw Native Copper 1500-1870 (1992).

Thurner, Arthur W. Strangers and Sojourners - A History of Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula (Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.: Wayne State University Press, 1994) ISBN 0814323960.

External links

Keweenaw Convention & Visitors Bureau

Keweenaw Peninsula Chamber of Commerce

Home of Pasty Central

Keweenaw Rocket Site

Keweenaw Rocket Site history

Copper Country Explorer

Keweenaw Free Guide

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Touring Tipperary, Ireland (part of)

I spent a pleasant few days in County Tipperary in June (09). East divided into the North Tipperary Tipperary (where the local vehicle registration is TN) and Tipperary South (where the vehicle registration is TS). It is in the province of Munster and has good road and rail from Dublin. (Approximately less than 2 hours drive from Dublin.

The county is located in the central region and borders the counties of Waterford, South Kilkenny, Laois and Offaly, east, north from Galway and Cork, Limerick and Clare in the west.

Although my wife was taking a course of four days in Tipperary Institute Thurles Tipperary North needed to find housing Dogs allowed. There are several Hotels in Ireland who are "pets, but to investigate this in the Internet, most seem to be in the west of Ireland. We stayed in one of these in June in Renvyle in Connemara. Ultimately I found Ashleypark House, near Nenagh on a website that lists B & B accommodation that is pet friendly.

Although they have a very informative website full of information and superb photos, I used the old way of contacting them - Telephone to solve our booking system. They have a small apartment adjacent property and renovated cottage gardeners can be hired for rental or a mixture of supermarkets and eat in the main house.

We traveled to Dublin on a warm sun Thursday afternoon using the new system of tolls on the M50 and N4, M4, M6, and through the famous Tullamore Dew Irish Whiskey Tullamore. We found the house after asking a couple of locals, although it is well signposted from the N52 road and the AA route planner directions were good.

Ashleypark House is located on 76 acres of woods, gardens and a lake with two inputs, two flags of the gate length of about 1 km. He is a former farmhouse dating from the 18 was restored by its owners current. It is full of character and also provide accommodation and breakfast is excellent four course dinner with wine.

The first night we were in a room with a view to a new lawn covered terrace which houses peacocks and roosters. Since not darken until almost eleven times this year and becomes the light just after 3, these birds do not sleep much and you are calling from just after 3.30 and are noisy. Sean the owner exceptionally active 80 + Home resident suggested moving to a room at the front of the house has a view over the lake and much quieter. This was the fourth President Mary McAleese stay a few years ago. What an honor for our dog of Irish descent sleep in the same room as the president had asleep!

The house was very well that cost about 100 € per person per night for bed (with bathroom), breakfast Full Irish, a dinner with four course dinner with coffee or tea and that included wine. The wine prices range from 22 € to 30 € the bottle on average (and we found a very good in red € 25 a bottle).

Every day, I had to take my wife in Thurles (40 + km) and in exchange for a full Irish breakfast and a tour with my mother who came with us and the dog Joss. The first day we explored the region - Tipperary Lakeside District Lough Derg Shannon. Lough Derg is the largest lake on the River Shannon. Although not a device of the lake, you can drive different villages around him. Taking a visit to the new building "Cottage pub Ballycommon a factory shop was also a great day. The area was Full of new construction of many large properties with electric doors that illustrate the richness of Ireland in recent years.

On the second day we went shopping in Nenagh. Nenagh Midlands is a very prosperous city Ireland. Not only seemed to be a store that has closed and the city has a central monitoring of their ancestors, a cinema, a modern shopping complex in the city and many traditional businesses in the city. There are some stores who for years have been described as "windows." These establishments are in 2 / 3 floors and gentlemen and ladies clothing, fabric furnishings, furniture, etc. A summer Gough O'Keefe Naughton and curtains shop and each shop is well stocked and well fulfilled.

After shopping we moved to Limerick, driving in the outskirts of town is now similar to a large city Ireland, where the output of inner cities are full of retail stores in the United Kingdom. The city is not large and, unfortunately, is a reputation in recent years for gang activity. This seems to be family members of a band of gang members to attack others. This should not delay visitors of the city has many beautiful streets and a large stage.

Shannon crossed again and moved to Co Clare and stopped Bunratty Castle. This beautiful old castle that has a popular village "next to him is well worth a visit." d was then twenty years before that date does not go through the city. They hold a medieval banquet in the castle. Bunratty now has a bypass, but it was well designed and certainly do not miss the bifurcation of the main N18. Limerick Bunratty and within walking distance of Shannon Airport.

It is a popular place for spend the holidays with a great development of rental properties managed by the dream "of Ireland" undertaking they have many properties jmlvillas.com site. We parked outside which is one of Durty Nelly's most famous pubs in Ireland.

After coffee in the complex craft airy shop we moved to the small roads, following signs to Sixmilebridge. It is a small picturesque village with a bar by a stream that has a miniature version of the tavern next to the Duck called "Inn". Depending on the costs the recent British Parliament of the series, when a member asked for the participation fee by the floating duck house on the island, I could not resist taking some pictures of the floating duck pub. "

Then follow the signs for Knappogue Castle. I remember going there a was during the visit to Ireland with members of the family for over thirty years for a medieval banquet. The most popular, even in Bunratty has been reserved what we had to Knappogue, not so much the tourist route. On Saturday in June which was deserted, the weather at that time had changed to rain, but opinions have said they still have these banquets and weddings there.

The next objective is to drive through Limerick and Thurles Nenagh take the road would be off the road. You need a card with people through the signaling Thurles deliberately not until about 30 km away. Although rain has been a boost through the quaint villages, most of which have a store, a pub and the church. Somewhat as the previous day was a great number of houses built in recent years and the property, old and new are in very good condition. No doubt the owners would be working in Limerick.

Wherever he was going to be in a remote city or town, there are hundreds of photos posters of candidates in local elections and elections to the Irish Parliament held in Ireland on Friday. Visiting Ireland again a few weeks after the event, something was missing with all the lampposts and telegraph poles revealed when these posters were. Was more like when the decorations Christmas took to the twelfth night only with the odd poster slip through the net transfer.

Before joining the Institute Tipperary, Thurles drove around him, but it was raining you have a very good idea of the city. The city is a thriving full of shops, pubs and restaurants.

Sunday was the last day of hiking and as we were in Tipperary could not miss the opportunity to visit another Tipperary same. The day was warm and sunny to extinguish the family Nenagh Thurles road down a very bumpy road at some point become a route only road with grass in the center, rather similar in width to these properties as home Ashleypark House. The worrying factor is that there were not many places to pass, and, fortunately, there was traffic coming the other way.

The car was very low in petrol and picturesque villages had no gas stations. We Tipperary outside without incident and updates of the tank car.

Tipperary is very similar to Thurles, Nenagh and local towns. After looking around, we propose Thurles again this time along the road through Cashel, one of the most spectacular sights of Ireland and one of the most popular. It is home of the iconic Rock of Cashel.

Monday was the day to leave the house Ashleypark a place that was so peaceful. There is a rowing boat available for customers in the lake and lots of walks and the bonus is that they accept dogs.

There are so many people traveling with dogs in Ireland, which seems very strange that no longer stores Pets. Perhaps the economy has been so good for so long they have had full employment without encouraging people with pets. Now that the levels of tourism will be lower and fewer visitors from Great Britain because of the high cost ferry crossing the Irish Sea (as opposed to going to France) and the weakness of sterling against the euro, the hotels have to watch your market and restrictions they impose.

Ashleypark house is listed with "Spain hiding" 30 here the same kind of housing in locations around Ireland. In addition Ashleypark House was one house advertising other pets that allows and if so, stating that "Kennels and stables available. "It is unfortunate that others are not pets, we will be looking for another area in the next visit year.

It appears that prices in general should be revised to attract more custom. Discovered in a hotel in Malahide, near Dublin on another day a pint of Kilkenny cost € 4.90, which is higher than the same brand in the South of France. Pint beer back in my local pub in England will cost around £ 3.00 so it is necessary to examine the costs to attract industry major tourist attraction.

About Dublin, we went through and Roscrea N7 before negotiating the number of M50 again, paying the fee at this time local Spar shop rather than online.

After visiting Ireland during the past 35 years, it was really great to go to Tipperary for the first time and managed to cover a large part of the county, whether North Tipperary! It is a very prosperous place to visit and get a great reception and the prices seem to be much, much better than the value of Dublin.

About the Author

Philip Suter is a Director of jml Property Services; http://www.jmlproperty.co.uk a UK based company offering Insurance products on line at http://www.irishpropertyinsurance.com and a holiday home advertising service and management training within the UK. He is a very experienced property consultant with over 30 years work in the Residential letting business in the UK and served on the National Council of ARLA. He is a Fellow of the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) and a Member of The association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA)