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• Adventures in History: How the Sun Compass was Critical to UP Mining

  • When
    9 Jul 2025
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    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Eagle Harbor Community Center (Schoolhouse)

  Among the KCHS collections is an unassuming surveying instrument in a wooden box called a solar compass. Who was its inventor, William Burt, and how did he come to invent an instrument used to fulfill Thomas Jefferson's dream of westward expansion? Learn how the solar compass relates to U.P. history. Join Mark Montgomery as he shares insights from his paper presented to the North American Sundial Society in December 2023.

  Admission $5.00

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• Blessing of the Animals

  • When
    20 Jul 2025
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    1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Phoenix Church

  Stop by the Phoenix Church between 1:30 and 3:30 on July 20 and bring a friend, a four-footed friend. Or it could be a winged friend, etc. There will be a pastor available to offer a blessing for you and your friend for a long and healthy life together. In the past we’ve blessed dogs, cats, birds, skunks, ferrets, etc.  Who knows what type of “friends” will show up this year.

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• 119th Annual Central Church Reunion

  • When
    27 Jul 2025
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    9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Central Church

  What began in 1907 as a worship service for people who once lived in Central Mine and left when the mine closed, continues today, 116 years later. This non-denominational service blends a worship experience with a touch of the history of Central and how important the church was to these early pioneers. Come and experience worship by sitting in the same pews the miners sat in when Central was an active community. There will be services at 9:00 and 11:00 AM.

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• National Lighthouse Day 3rd Annual Ice Cream Social

  • When
    7 Aug 2025
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    1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Eagle Harbor Light Station

  Join us at the Eagle Harbor Lighthouse complex as we celebrate the Eagle Harbor Lighthouse and summer with ice cream.

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• Adventures in History: Hubbell Heros Flying Against The Odds Over Europe During WWII

  • When
    13 Aug 2025
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    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Schoolhouse

  Join us to hear the exciting tale of how two local boys, grandsons of Calumet & Hecla's CEO James MacNaughton, became heavy bomber pilots after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

  Admission- $5

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• Phoenix Church Open House

  • When
    17 Aug 2025
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    1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Phoenix Church

  Join us for the annual Open House of the Phoenix Church on Sunday August 17, 2025 from 1-4 p.m.
  
  This is the only time to see artifacts from 31 churches, active and inactive, being displayed.
  
  Come inside and experience the contents in the nave, behind the altar and the balcony.
  
  Items are labeled for identification. There are beautiful and unusual religious objects such as: vestments, prayer books in various languages, hand woven Easter palms, paintings, statues, certificates and a baptismal font.
  
  There is a video with history of the church, a wedding and surrounding area from films in the 1930s and ‘40s.

  Free Admission
  

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• Annual Phoenix Church Memorial Mass

  • When
    7 Sep 2025
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    1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Phoenix Church

  Although the church at Phoenix was decommissioned many years ago, the liturgy of the Mass still rings out inside the building once a year.  We invite all of you to take part in this annual Memorial Mass to worship in this historic building and to remember all who made the Keweenaw a special place.

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• Adventures in History: Cider Making at Central

  • When
    27 Sep 2025
  • Location
    Central

  Come and make your own cider from heritage apples at Central. You provide the apples and the containers; we provide the old time cider presses. Bring your own apples or come and pick apples from one of the many heritage trees remaining at Central. Pack a picnic and enjoy it with fresh cider in a historical ghost town.

  Fee: $6.00 ($5.00 members)

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