Jump to content
Main menu
Main menu
move to sidebar
hide
Navigation
Main page
Recent changes
Random page
Help about MediaWiki
Special pages
Niidae Wiki
Search
Search
Appearance
Create account
Log in
Personal tools
Create account
Log in
Pages for logged out editors
learn more
Contributions
Talk
Editing
Eagle Harbor Township, Michigan
(section)
Page
Discussion
English
Read
Edit
View history
Tools
Tools
move to sidebar
hide
Actions
Read
Edit
View history
General
What links here
Related changes
Page information
Appearance
move to sidebar
hide
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
=== Communities === *'''Copper Falls''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] located within the township at {{coord|47|25|48|N|88|11|55|W}}.<ref>{{GNIS|623806|Copper Falls, Michigan}}</ref> The community was settled when the Copper Falls Mine began operating in 1846. The Arnold Mine soon absorbed the area. The Copper Falls Mine post office began operating on September 10, 1860. The post office was originally in [[Houghton County, Michigan|Houghton County]] to the south until it was transferred to Keweenaw County on September 16, 1861. The post office closed on February 15, 1916.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=133}} *'''[[Eagle Harbor, Michigan|Eagle Harbor]]''' is an unincorporated community and [[census-designated place]] located within the township at {{coord|47|27|30|N|88|09|44|W}}.<ref>{{GNIS|625075|Eagle Harbor, Michigan}}</ref> *'''Nepco Camp Number 7''' is an unincorporated community along the [[Montreal River (Michigan)|Montreal River]] within the township at {{coord|47|24|12|N|88|08|40|W}}.<ref>{{GNIS|1623524|Nepco Camp Number 7, Michigan}}</ref> *'''Windigo''' is an unincorporated community located at the southwestern end of [[Isle Royale National Park|Isle Royale]] at {{coord|47|54|43|N|89|09|24|W}}.<ref>{{GNIS|1617947|Windigo, Michigan}}</ref> It was settled around the Windigo Mine, which was an unsuccessful operation owned by the Wendigo Mining Company from 1890 to 1892. The name was derived from the [[Wendigo]], which was a mythological cannibal that was feared by the local Indians.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=607}} Windigo is now part of Isle Royale National Park and contains a visitor center, amenities, and seasonal tourism services.<ref>{{cite web|last=[[United States Department of the Interior|U.S. Department of the Interior]]|url=https://www.nps.gov/isro/planyourvisit/windigo.htm|title=Isle Royale: Windigo|date=2022|accessdate=December 7, 2022}}</ref>
Summary:
Please note that all contributions to Niidae Wiki may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see
Encyclopedia:Copyrights
for details).
Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Search
Search
Editing
Eagle Harbor Township, Michigan
(section)
Add topic