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TV6 News Website feature	Brockway Mountain Drive - Voted best of the Seven Wonders of the UP! Brockway Mountain features the highest scenic roadway in the Midwest and has some of the best views in Upper Michigan, surrounded by miles of water, trees and sky. It's worth the drive to Copper Harbor and at more than 700 feet above Lake Superior, it's an ideal location to watch for raptors or take pictures.
TV-6 Website	Copper Harbor Familiarity Tour -June 21st - Their trolley took off from the Keweenaw Peninsula Chamber of Commerce in Houghton Monday morning and headed north for a day of entertainment and education. The jam-packed tour came compliments of the Copper Harbor Improvement Association, also known as C.H.I.A., which hosted a similar event last year. They know that businesses in the southern Keweenaw can help boost tourism up north. Visit the link at left to read more!
IMBA Website	The Copper Harbor Mountain Bike Trails were designated as one of five new IMBA (International Mountain Bicycling Association) EPIC Rides across the entire country in October 2009. Now one of only 48 such Epic's in the world, the Copper Harbor Trails are now considered by IMBA to be some of the best of the best! This is the first Epic Ride designation for any trails in the U.P., and only the second in the entire State (High Country Pathway). Visit the IMBA website using the link at left.
Silent Sports Magazine	Silent Sports Magazine Driving Human-powered Recreation in the Upper Midwest Part 1 of 2 When Wayne Fish invited me to join him for a weekend of mountain biking in Copper Harbor, Michigan, he promised a mountain biking experience rarely seen this side of the Rockies. So I checked out www.copperharbor.org and, sure enough, found the following: “Over 21 miles of sweet singletrack. The riding in Copper Harbor is REAL mountain biking and really does not compare with anywhere else in the Midwest.” Read more.....visit website linked at left.
Silent Sports Magazine	Silent Sports Magazine Driving Human-powered Recreation in the Upper Midwest Part 2 of 2 Last issue we looked at the unique trail system in Copper Harbor, Michigan, which featured trails that, at times, closely resembled tracks only found in more mountainous terrain. I’m talking primarily about long climbs and descents up to three miles. This month we’ll look at the present and future plans to upgrade this unique Upper Peninsula singletrack system. Read more.....visit website linked at left.
Wandering Educators Website	Wandering Educators A Global Community of Educators Sharing Travel Experiences Michigan's Small Town Treasures: Copper Harbor "Is there anyone who does not carry in his or her memory the picture of a beautiful sunset? We could debate the best spot to capture that ideal sunset or, better yet, travel to hundreds of exotic places for first hand comparisons. I have toasted Lake Michigan sunsets from the deck of the Bil-Mar in Grand Haven, relaxed to Maui sunsets from a condo patio, savored Panama sunsets from a hotel balcony, and was left speechless as I luxuriated in a sunset on the Isle of Capri that simply left. But no sunset has imprinted itself more indelibly in my mind’s photo album than one spent watching that golden orb slip into the watery horizon of Lake Superior from Brockway Mountain in Copper Harbor". Read more.....visit website linked at left.
	From MDOT: "The first road designated as a Scenic Heritage Route was the eighteen-mile segment of US-41 from Central to Copper Harbor in Keweenaw County in the Upper Peninsula. The uniqueness of this road is its forest and how the trees, some as close sas three feet from the edge of the pavement, form a complete canopy over most of the entire length of the Heritage Route. This road provides access to such recreational resources as Lake Superior beaches, Copper Harbor, Historic Fort Wilkins state park, hunting, fishing, and fall color touring." Southern end: Houghton - Northern end: Jct M-26 in Copper Harbor. Length: 47 miles. The Michigan Heritage Route Program, created by the Public Act 69 of 1993, is designed to identify, inventory, protect, enhance, and in some cases, promote state trunklines and adjacent land with distinctive or unique scenic, cultural, or historic qualities. The first 18 miles of the route were designated as a Scenic Heritage Route in 1994 from Central to Copper Harbor, then extended southwesterly to Mohawk in 2002 and then to Houghton in the spring of 2004.