Quincy Smelter Association

05/06/2022

Once you pull up copper from a mine, how do you turn it into something you can actually work with? For Michigan's Quincy Mine, the magic happened at the Quin...

04/20/2022

Historic preservation is a major force in shaping the American landscape. Each year millions of Americans flock to historical sites to experience places that authentically represent the past. Michael Broadway and Joslin Brown examine some of the unique challenges surrounding Keweenaw National Histor...

08/29/2020

Copper Country’s infrastructure took a heavy damage during the 2018 Father’s Day flooding. Among the repairs still being made are those to Redridge’s historic steel dam. Stan Vitton, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Michigan Technological University, is a key member of the...

08/15/2020

The world’s longest steel dam, at Redridge, isn’t even registered as a dam anymore. Its outlet pipes are as open as they will get, and six large holes have

07/16/2020

As COVID-19 restrictions continue to lift, state and provincial parks fill with visitors eager to get outside.

06/18/2020

SMELTER TOUR INFORMATION FOR 2020

HANCOCK – Tours will be commencing at Quincy Mine on Monday, June 15, and at the Smelter on Tuesday, June 16. Like everyone else, we have watched events unfol

06/18/2020

Work by the Ontonagon County Road Commission to replace culverts along a portion of South Boundary Road is expected to delay or reroute motorists over the first two days of the camping season at Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park.

06/11/2020

HOUGHTON — Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Michigan Safe Start plan, and local public health

06/04/2020

As Michigan moves to Stage 4 of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s MI Safe Start plan, the Department of Natural Resources has determined official opening dates for state park and state forest campgrounds, state harbors and other DNR-managed outdoor spaces – just in time for the summer season.

05/28/2020

Standing as a silent guard at the very top of the Upper Peninsula, the Copper Harbor Lighthouse once guided vessels traveling in Lake Superior to safe harbor.

05/22/2020

UP OPENING FOR BUSINESS GRADUALLY

LANSING — The Upper Peninsula will partially reopen effective Friday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced at a press conference Monday. The loosening of res

05/22/2020

Photo courtesy of Gloria and Steve Westcott A moose spotted on High Point Rd in Hancock Sunday by local residents Gloria and Steve Westcott.