Hello, hivers! Welcome to my travels!
A couple of days ago, we decided to take a day trip to the Keweenaw Peninsula in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.We wanted to go up to Copper Harbor and Brockway Mountain, which is near Copper harbor. It was supposed to be in the mid 80s F where we live in Iron Mountain, but only about 72 up in Copper Harbor. We like to go to Copper Harbor and Brockway Mountain at least once every summer.
Copper Harbor is where U.S. Highway 41 starts, from there, it runs south all the way to southern Florida. Highway 41 runs down the center of the Keweenaw Peninsula to Houghton and then to Baraga and Lanse, and from there south through Crystal Falls and Iron Mountain, and then continuing south through Wisconsin.
Once you get to Copper Harbor, you can also drive along the north shore of the Keweenaw Peninsula on state highway 26, which takes you through Eagle Harbor and Eagle River, and to Phoenix where it rejoins U.S. 41. Brockway Mountain Road is basically a side road to M-26, going up to the top of the mountain where there's a place to park and several signs that give information about the mountain and it's surroundings. On a good clear day, you can see Isle Royal along the horizon from the top of Brockway.
I took a couple of pictures while we were up at the top of Brockway. The first is a view out across Lake superior from the top.
There's a Great Lakes ore freighter out there in the picture, but it's hard to see because it's so far out. I enlarged the part of the picture with the ship and tried to make a bit less fuzzy to better see the ship. If you look close, you can see the outline of the ship.
I also took a couple pictures of the wild roses that are blooming right now at the top of the mountain.
After you leave Brockway Mountain, the first town you come to going west is Eagle Harbor. Usually we just drive through on our way back, but I wanted to stop and check out the lighthouse there.
Eagle Harbor has an operating light house that has been there in one form or another since the 1800s. It sits on the rock formation on the west end of the little bay where the town of Eagle Harbor is located. The town was established as an early shipping point for copper and lumber out, and coal and supplies in for the local copper mines in the mid 1800s.
There is public parking and a small museum building for the public who might be interested in the local history. This is a view of the lighthouse from by the parking lot.
You can walk out to the edge of the rock formation to get a better view of the lighthouse.
This is part of the rock formation that comes out of the lake by the lighthouse, looking the other way.
There's a lot of rock ridges either near the surface or sticking out of the water near the shore, which makes the area hazardous to boats, especially on a windy day where the wind might push the boat onto the rocks.
That was all the pictures that I took before we left the area to start our journey back home.
That's all I have for this post, I hope you enjoyed seeing the pictures!
