July 23, 2010

July 23, 2010

From Munising, MI we drove west an hour for a short visit to the Michigan Iron Industry Museum. I thought the Upper Peninsula was primarily timberland but apparently its history is actually mining. At one time the UP produced most of the iron ore for the country especially when the "Soo" locks were built at Sault Ste Marie connecting Superior with the rest of the Great Lakes. Eventually the high-grade ore ran out and the industry moved around the corner to Minnesota. Afterwards we drove west to the Keweenaw Peninsula that sticks far out into Lake Superior.