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FORT WILKINS & COPPER HARBOR LIGHTHOUSE

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About Fort Wilkins and Copper Harbor Lighthouse, Copper Harbor

Fort WilkinsIn the mid 19th century, Fort Wilkins was a U.S. Army post on the northern frontier. Experience what life was like for the fort's residents and for the lightkeepers at nearby Copper Harbor Lighthouse.

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TRAVEL & TOUR INFO

• Fort Wilkins and Copper Harbor Lighthouse Visitor Information See our 2013 season dates and hours! Find location, admission and other information to help plan your visit to this historic site at the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula.

• Map of Fort Wilkins Buildings at the site are keyed to numbers on the map.


COMING EVENTS

• View the Online Calendar Events at all Michigan Historical Museum System Upper Peninsula sites.

• Fort Wilkins 1870: A Living History Experience Role-playing interpreters bring history to life at the 1844 fort. June 17 through August 16, 2013, at Fort Wilkins, Copper Harbor. 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., daily.

• Civil War Era Artillery Encampment The sights and sounds of the Civil War come to Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula. July 26 to 28, 2013, at Fort Wilkins, Copper Harbor. 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., daily.

EXHIBITS

• Copper Harbor Lighthouse Visit the lighthouse complex. See the 1848 keeper's dwelling, the 1866 lighthouse and the 1933 steel tower that houses the modern lighting apparatus.




Fort Wilkins Related Links
 •  The Civil War Gallery at the Michigan Historical Museum
 •  The Civil War Gallery - Kids' Activities
 •  The Civil War Gallery - Teacher Lesson Plans
 •  The Mining Gallery at the Michigan Historical Museum
 •  The Mining Gallery - Teacher Lesson Plans
 •  The Lakes and Land Gallery at the Michigan Historical Museum
 •  The Lakes and Land Gallery - Kids' Activities
 •  The Lakes and Land Gallery - Teacher Lesson Plans
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