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Hidden : 9/23/2014

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You will be looking for a small, plastic container. The code word for the passport is printed on a laminate card inside of the geocache. There is a log sheet inside. Park by the middle set of interpretive signs along Brockway Mountain Drive.

Discover your connection to Upper Michigan’s Copper Country through heritage centers, museums, and outstanding recreational areas in this geo-trail developed by the Copper Country Trail National Byway. The Copper Country Trail National Byway is a 47-mile stretch of US-41 from Houghton to Copper Harbor in the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan that follows the underground copper lode that is basis of our exciting and turbulent history.

Geocaches have been hidden at 17 participating sites throughout the Keweenaw Peninsula. All of the sites on this geo-trail represent the rich cultural and natural mosaic that the Copper Country is. .

Copper Harbor Overlook

Any visit to the Keweenaw Peninsula would not be complete without going to Brockway Mountain Drive. At over one billion years old, this spectacular six mile ridge of conglomerate rock is an ancient alluvial fan. And at the beginning of the 20^th century, a landscape architect named Warren H. Manning suggested the concept of a scenic drive along the ridge. During The Great Depression, the Keweenaw County Road Commission took the lead in organizing such a project that would benefit the local community in a time of much hardship. Since its completion in 1933, Brockway Mountain Drive has stood as an enduring symbol that encompasses all the beauty that is the Keweenaw Peninsula.

In the spring, the Brockway Mountain Hawk Watch occurs to count and categorize the spring migration of birds of prey. Brockway Mountain is part of the Central Migration Flyway and has been recognized as an Important Bird Area by the National Audubon Society due to the number of birds of prey and other migrating birds that take that path.

Copper Country Trail National Byway has completed numerous projects to enhance visitor’s enjoyment of the drive. In 2012 the Copper Harbor Overlook was completed, and in 2013 interpretive signs were installed at three scenic stops along the drive.