Keweenaw Waterway

Keweenaw Waterway with Portage Lake in center, 2010. Photo by Doc Searles

The Keweenaw Waterway is a partly natural, partly artificial waterway which cuts across the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan; it separates Copper Island from the mainland. Parts of the waterway are variously known as the Keweenaw Waterway, Portage Canal, Portage Lake Canal, Portage River, Lily Pond, Torch Lake, and Portage Lake. The waterway connects to Lake Superior at its north and south entries (upper and lower portage entry lighthouses), with sections known as Portage Lake and Torch Lake in between. The primary tributary to Portage Lake is the Sturgeon River.

The Keweenaw Waterway in winter, looking west toward the Portage Lake Lift Bridge.
Frozen Keweenaw Waterway at night.
North end of the Keweenaw Waterway on Lake Superior
The rock jetty at the north entrance separating Lake Superior on the left from the calmer waters of the Waterway on the right

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