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Copper is what built the Keweenaw from remote forests to thriving cosmopolitan communities. Calumet, in the heart of the Copper Country, was 60,000 strong by 1890. When copper production declined, however, so did the copper-dependent economic structure of the Keweenaw. Now, the headquarters of the Keweenaw National Historical Park, Calumet is working not only to preserve its rich history and architecture but also to restore the vibrancy of the community through its Main Street Program. Calumet is French for pipe, referring to the Indian Peace Pipe. The entire downtown section of the community is on the National Register and contains many handsome sandstone mining era buildings. Beginning as a civil township in 1866, the village developed around the mines of the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company and was then composed mainly of the officers and employees. Gradually it composed of the surrounding communities of Laurium, Hecla and South Hecla, and in 1929, united with the incorporated village of Red Jacket under the name of Calumet. A calumet was the clay stone bowl of the Indian peace pipe. Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.
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Attractions
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Calumet Theatre, 340 Sixth Street, PO Box 167, Calumet, MI 49913, Phone: (906) 337-2610
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Coppertown USA Mining Museum, 25815 Red Jacket Road, Calumet, MI 49913, Phone: (906) 337-4354
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Keweenaw Heritage Center at St. Anne’s Church, Scott & 5th Streets, Calumet, MI 49913, Phone: (906) 337-4579
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Keweenaw National Historical Park, 200 Fifth Street, 2nd floor, PO Box 471, Calumet, MI 49913, Phone: (906) 337-3168
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Norwegian Lutheran Church, 338 7th Street, Calumet, MI 49913, Phone: (906) 337-3731
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Saint Paul The Apostle Church, 301 Eight Street, Calumet, MI 49913, Phone: (906) 377-2044
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Shute's Bar, 322 Sixth Street, Calumet, MI 49913, Phone: (906) 337-1998
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Upper Peninsula Fire Fighters Memorial Museum, P. O. Box 503, Calumet, MI 49913, Phone: (906) 337-4579
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Dining Out
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Calumet Pizzaworks, 318 Fifth Street, Calumet, MI 49913, Phone: (906) 337-2188
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Carmelitas, 618 Oak Street, Calumet, MI 49913, Phone: (906) 337-4025
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Evergreen Inn, 108 5th Street, Calumet, MI 49913, Phone: (906) 337-4700
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Holiday Hot Stuff Pizza, 56021 US Highway 41, Calumet, MI 49913, Phone: (906) 337-5952
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Jim's Pizza & Family Restaurant, 117 Sixth Street, Calumet, MI 49913, Phone: (906) 337-4440
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Michigan House Cafe & Brew Pub, 300 6th Street, Calumet, MI 49913, Phone: (906) 337-1910
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Shute's Bar, 322 Sixth Street, Calumet, MI 49913, Phone: (906) 337-1998
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The Summit Restaurant, 1501 Golf Course Road, Calumet, MI 49913, Phone: (906)337-3911
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Lodging
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AmericInn Lodge & Suites - Calumet, 56925 South Sixth Street, Calumet, MI 49913, Phone: (906) 337-6463
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Arcadian Motel, 51950 US-41, Calumet, MI 49913, Phone: (906) 482-0288
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Centennial Cottages & Gift Shop, 26950 No. 4 Road, Calumet, MI 49913, Phone: (906) 337-4730
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Elms Motel, 335 Sixth Street, Calumet, MI 49913, Phone: (906) 337-2620
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Evergreen Inn, 108 5th Street, Calumet, MI 49913, Phone: (906) 337-4700
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Hotel Michigan, 300 Sixth Street, Calumet, MI 49913, Phone: (906) 337-1910
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Tell Them You Found Then in Upper Peninsula Online
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North Shore Cottage, Waterworks Road, PO Box 467, Calumet, MI 49913, Phone: (906) 337-3127
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Northgate Motel, 57900 US-41, Calumet, MI 49913, Phone: (906) 337-1000
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Vic's Cabins, 58696 US Highway 41, Calumet, MI 49913, Phone: (906) 337-8427
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Outdoors
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Calumet Community Center Ice Rink, 110 Red Jacket Road, Calumet, MI 49913, Phone: (906) 337-2507
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Calumet Golf Club, 1501 Golf Course Road, Calumet, MI 49913, Phone: (906) 337-3911
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Keweenaw Water Trail, 56638 Calumet Avenue, Calumet, MI 49913, Phone: (906)337-4579
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Services
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Red Jacket Trolley Company, Fifth Street, Calumet, MI 49913, Phone: (906) 281-7897
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Shopping
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Centennial Cottages & Gift Shop, 26950 No. 4 Road, Calumet, MI 49913, Phone: (906) 337-4730
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