Fort Wilkins Historic State Park
Fort Wilkins Historic State Park is a historic preservation and public recreation area operated by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources at Copper Harbor, Michigan.Photo: Pavel Trebukov, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Heritage site
- Description: park in Keweenaw County, Michigan, United States of America
- Also known as: “Fort Wilkins” and “Fort Wilkins State Park”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lake Fanny Hooe and Copper Harbor Light.
Lake Fanny Hooe
Lake
Photo: Fondycardinals, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lake Fanny Hooe is a 227-acre lake in Keweenaw County, Michigan. The Garden Brook connects Lake Fanny Hooe to Lake Superior, 800 feet to the north. The community of Copper Harbor lies to the north west side of the lake.
Copper Harbor Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Copper Harbor Light is a lighthouse located in the harbor of Copper Harbor, Michigan USA on the Keweenaw Peninsula of Upper Michigan inside Fort Wilkins Historic State Park. Copper Harbor Light is situated 3,200 feet northeast of Fort Wilkins Historic State Park.
Copper Harbor Cemetery
Cemetery
The Copper Harbor Cemetery is a cemetery located on US 41 west of M-26 in Copper Harbor, Michigan. It was listed as a Michigan State Historic Site on January 8, 1981. Copper Harbor Cemetery is situated 1½ miles west of Fort Wilkins Historic State Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Copper Harbor.
Copper Harbor
Photo: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Copper Harbor is the northernmost city in Michigan, in the Upper Peninsula. It is an all-season resort town in northeastern Keweenaw County with a permanent population of 110.
Fort Wilkins Historic State Park
- Categories: Michigan state park, park, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Grant Township, Keweenaw, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
47.46632° or 47° 27′ 59″ northLongitude
-87.86545° or 87° 51′ 56″ westOpen location code
86VJF48M+GROpenStreetMap ID
way 1161773216OpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritageWikidata ID
Q5472324
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Fort Wilkins Historic State Park” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fort Wilkins State Park”
- Japanese: “ウィルキンス砦州立歴史公園”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fanny Hoose Creek and Copper Harbor Rear Range Light.
Nearby Places
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