Going to the next big town, Houghton and Hancock

Moving out of the wilderness and on to the highway with a good road with a shoulder.

This area there is lake effect snow from the moisture picked up from Lake Superior due to the proximity.

I am entering the Keweenaw Peninsula which is an obvious protrusion into Lake Superior when you are looking at a US map.

From my map it looks like there is a channel across the peninsula that would allow ships and boats to go across. This bridge span goes up to allow the passage of taller vessels.

In research, I discovered that this is called the Keweenaw Waterway .  It was first dredged in 1860 and has a depth of 25 feet. Locally the area north is known as Copper Island because it is not connected to the Upper Peninsula.  Only way across is by US 41/ M-26.

The dark line across the lakes indicates the border with Canada. The island in the upper left is Isle Royal, a US national park.

Hancock is consistently noted as the 3rd snowiest city in the US by The Weather Channel.