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==Transportation== === Major highways === * {{jct|US|41|state=MI}} passes just outside village limits, and serves as a primarily southwest–northeast route on [[Copper Island]]. The highway can be used to access [[Hancock, Michigan|Hancock]] and [[Houghton, Michigan|Houghton]] about {{Convert|10|mi|km}} to the southwest, and further on to cities like [[Marquette, Michigan|Marquette]] and [[Escanaba, Michigan|Escanaba]]. Immediately southeast of Calumet is an intersection with [[M-26 (Michigan highway)|M-26]], which can be used to access [[Laurium, Michigan|Laurium]] and [[Lake Linden, Michigan|Lake Linden]]. * {{jct|M|203|state=MI}} passes immediately north of the village. The route is a primarily recreational route, providing access to [[McLain State Park]] and the [[Keweenaw Waterway]] between Calumet and Hancock. ===Airport=== [[Houghton County Memorial Airport]] (KCMX), largely in nearby Oneco, serves Calumet, Houghton County and the surrounding communities. === Train === Calumet was host to a number of railroad routes, including: * The [[Copper Range Railroad]] traveled through Calumet and continued northeast to the [[stamp mill]]s at [[Gay, Michigan|Gay]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Calumet: Copper Country Metropolis|last=Engel|first=Dave|publisher=River City Memoirs|year=2002|isbn=0-9722292-0-5|location=Rudolph, Wisconsin}}</ref> * The [[Hecla & Torch Lake Railroad]], which carried ore from the mines in the village off to the stamp mills in [[Lake Linden, Michigan|Lake Linden]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=A Guide to Michigan's Historic Keweenaw Copper District: Photographs, Maps, and Tours of the Keweenaw—Past and Present|last=Molloy|first=Lawrence J.|year=2011|publisher=Great Lakes GeoScience |isbn=978-0-979-1772-1-7}}</ref> * The [[Mineral Range Railroad]] also operated here.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
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