Lower Pewabic
Lower Pewabic is a hamlet in Franklin Township, Houghton, Michigan. Lower Pewabic is situated nearby to the hamlet Arcadian, as well as near Paavola.Places of Interest
Highlights include Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw and Portage Lake Lift Bridge.
Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw
Museum
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The Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw in Houghton, Michigan, is a non-collecting museum that houses changing exhibits about local cultural and natural history. Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw is situated 2 miles south of Lower Pewabic.
Portage Lake Lift Bridge
Bridge
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The Portage Lake Lift Bridge connects the cities of Hancock and Houghton, in the US state of Michigan. It crosses Portage Lake, a portion of the waterway which cuts across the Keweenaw Peninsula with a canal linking the final several miles to Lake Superior to the northwest. Portage Lake Lift Bridge is situated 2 miles south of Lower Pewabic.
Houghton County Courthouse
Courthouse
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The Houghton County Courthouse is a government building located at 401 E. Houghton Street in Houghton, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1974 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Houghton County Courthouse is situated 2 miles south of Lower Pewabic.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Franklin Mine and Ripley.
Franklin Mine
Hamlet
Franklin Mine is a small unincorporated community in Houghton County, Michigan, United States. The area is on Quincy Hill, northeast of Hancock, and lying partially within Quincy Township and partially within Franklin Township.
Ripley
Hamlet
Ripley is a small, unincorporated community in Franklin Township situated upon a slope, just east of Hancock on M-26 and across the Portage Lake Canal from Houghton. Ripley is situated 2 miles south of Lower Pewabic.
Hancock
Town
Photo: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Houghton and Hancock are a pair of small towns in the Upper Peninsula of the state of Michigan, and home to Michigan Technological University and Finlandia University. Hancock is situated 2 miles southwest of Lower Pewabic.
Lower Pewabic
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Franklin Township, Houghton, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
47.15159° or 47° 9′ 6″ northLongitude
-88.5604° or 88° 33′ 37″ westElevation
1,115 feet (340 metres)Open location code
86VH5C2Q+JROpenStreetMap ID
node 153538963OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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