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A Great Event for Portage
Lake--Superior and Portage United--Opening of the
Portage Lake and Lake Superior Ship Canal
An 1870 New York Times article
announcing the opening of the canal.
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Annual Meeting of the
Michigan Association of Surveyors and Civil
Engineers – 1893
A brief history of the canal begins on page 83.
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Annual Report of the
Secretary of War – 1902
A brief history of the canal begins on page 2621.
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Annual Report, Volume 2, New
York State Engineer and Surveyor – 1906
A brief history of the canal begins on page 1420.
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Around the Shores of Lake
Superior: A Guide to Historic Sites
A brief history of the canal is on page 273.
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Beyond
the Boundaries : Life and Landscape at the Lake
Superior Copper Mines, 1840-1875
A brief history of the canal begins on page 34.
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Bulletin
of the Northern and Northwestern Lake
Survey - 1914
A brief history and description is on page 53.
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Chronicling America
A set of historical newspaper articles which make
reference to the canal.
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Congressional Edition, Volume
7972 – 1922
A brief history, description proposal for
improvements begins on page 29.
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Congressional Serial Set –
1891
A series of reports relating to the canal begins on page
1.
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Decisions of the Interior
Department in Public Land Cases – 1870
An Act regarding the granting of land to fund
construction of the canal begins on page 139.
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Digital Public Library of
America
Links to historical photos and documents.
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General History – 1899
A history of the canal begins on page 257.
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Hollowed Ground: Copper
Mining and Community Building on Lake Superior,
1840s-1990s
A brief history of the canal begins on page 33.
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Iron Ore Transport on the
Great Lakes: The Development of a Delivery System to
Feed American Industry
A brief history begins on page 99.
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Keweenaw Peninsula
A brief description and history of
the region, referencing the waterway.
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Keweenaw Waterway
A description and history of the
waterway. Current photos and links to related sites.
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Keweenaw Waterway
A brief description and history of the
waterway.
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Keweenaw Waterway
Includes a brief history, map and current photo.
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Keweenaw Waterway 
A
brief history of the canal. Historical and
current photos.
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"Lost Lights" - Portage Lake Ship Canal
Light Station 1874
A history of the waterway and its
lighthouses. Historical photos.
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Michigan Encyclopedia
A brief history and description is on page 445.
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Portage Lake and Lake Superior Ship
Canal
A brief history of the canal.
Historical photographs.
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Portage Lake, Mich. U.S. Ship Canal
A historical postcard of the canal.
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Portage Lake Bridge History
A history of the bridges built
across the waterway. Historical photos.
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Portage
Lake and
Lake Superior Ship Canal
A
brief history of the canal. Historical
photos.
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Portage Lake Ship Canal
A historical postcard of the canal
at Hancock.
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Portage Lake Ship Canal Life Saving
Station
Historical photographs of the
Station
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Prospectus: Lake Superior
ship, canal, railroad and iron company – 1871
A Deed of Trust for the Lake Superior Ship Canal,
Railroad and Iron Company begins on page 49.
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Sailing on the Great Lakes
and Rivers of America – 1874
A brief description is on page 167.
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Strangers and Sojourners: A
History of Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula
A brief history begins on page 81.
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The Great Lakes, Or Inland
Seas of America
A brief history is on page 123.
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The Keweenaw Waterway, Then
and Now
An article begins on page 3 of the American Canal
Society newsletter.
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The Miscellaneous Documents
of the House of Representatives – 1865
Joint Resolutions to grant lands to fund construction of
the canal begins on page 27.
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The River and Harbor Bill
An 1887 New York Times article about
federal legislation considering the U.S. government
purchase of the Portage Lake Canal.
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