Historical Marker
Resort Industry
Historical marker location:
10 Lakeshore Drive, South Haven, Michigan
( Marker is on Lakeshore Drive, 0.1 miles west of North Shore Drive, on the right when traveling east.)
The Upper Peninsula of Michigan was once a major center for copper mining. The Keweenaw Peninsula was home to the largest concentration of copper mines in the world in the mid-19th century, and copper was an important natural resource for the state's economy.