Northwest Michigan Tourism
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Caledonia Mine - Ontonagon, Michigan
Caledonia Mine - Ontonagon, Michigan
Situated on the south shore of Lake Superior are the Porcupine Mountains. Here you will be able to play miner for a day if you want to at the Caledonia Mine. You can spend the day digging your way through a pile of ore and search for native copper, silver, datolite, quartz, feldspar, calcite and epidotic. With that many different minerals to find you will probably come out with a number of different specimens. You can have your own private pile to work with. It is a great time for couples, families or groups. The times are between 9 am and 1 pm EST.
1839 Courthouse Square - Berrien Springs, Michigan
1839 Courthouse Square - Berrien Springs, Michigan
The courthouse that sits in this small town has a long historical line of information about the settling of this area of the state that is still available for research in the Berrien County Historical Association archives.
The building, which had gone from being a courthouse to being a dance hall, the first campus for nearby Andrew's University, a community center, militia drill hall, church, and finally, low income apartments is now totally restored to the grandeur that was once common for this facility. The square contains Michigan’s oldest courthouse as part of the Midwest's most complete surviving mid-nineteenth century county government complex. Inside the building today is the home of a county museum and archives and serves as headquarters for the Berrien County Historical Association. The original buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places’
Soo Locks - Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
Soo Locks - Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
The Soo Locks Visitor Center will give you a start in understanding how the locks, which are 150 years old and still working, function to allow for ships to travel between Lake Superior and the rest of the Great Lakes. These locks are more accessible than the Panama Canal.
All of the attractions at the Soo Locks are free of charge. There are the observations platforms to watch the 1,000 foot freighters and other ships of the Great Lakes go from one lake to the other. There is the Visitor Center with informational displays and video presentations along with vessel arrival information (and really important there are CLEAN restrooms!) You can enjoy the shaded park land with their benches, beautiful gardens, additional informative displays and during the summer enjoy the free concerts every week.
