Copper Harbor

Copper Harbor 4th of July Fireworks

This year’s fireworks display at Copper Harbor was awesome. I mean, normally they are great. The fireworks have a great backdrop (Lake Superior), after all. But this year, they had so many fireworks. At one point, everyone thought the display was over and yells of approval echoed across the town. [...]

A Path to Beauty

Whenever I describe the Keweenaw to people, I always end up saying the same thing, “It’s beautiful.” The area has so much beauty - it’s almost as if every path you take leads you to it.

This path here is from Esrey Park on M-26 on the way to Copper Harbor. You walk up [...]

Unusual Trees at Esrey Park

I have been to Esrey Park multiple times. It’s a natural stop to make on our way to Copper Harbor. Maybe it’s because I’m so excited to go up the stone steps to get a higher view of Lake Superior - I’m not sure. But I have never really noticed the following [...]

The Invasion of the Black Flies

On Saturday, we spent the day along the western side of the Keweenaw peninsula with our end destination being Copper Harbor. We know that June can be a bad month for black flies (or biting flies as they are also called). Every year we forget exactly how bad they can be.
Our stops along [...]

Welcome to Copper Country Scrapbook

For over two years now, my husband has been documenting his explorations of the Copper Country with his historically-based blog, Copper Country Explorer. Not too long ago, I decided that I wanted to blog about the area as well with the focus being our life and our ventures out and about - basically a scrapbook of our life living in the Keweenaw.

Seeing as this is my first post here at Copper Country Scrapbook, I thought I would start with a little background about the beginning of my relationship with the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan.