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Phoenix, Michigan
Downtown Phoenix along M-26
Downtown Phoenix along M-26
Phoenix, Michigan is located in Michigan
Phoenix, Michigan
Phoenix, Michigan
Location in Michigan
Phoenix, Michigan is located in the United States
Phoenix, Michigan
Phoenix, Michigan
Location in the United States
Country United States
State Michigan
County Keweenaw
Township Houghton
Elevation
975 ft (297 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)
49950 (Mohawk)
Area code(s) 906
GNIS feature ID 634768

Phoenix is an unincorporated community in Keweenaw County, Michigan, United States. Phoenix lies at the junction of M-26 and US 41, about two miles south of Eagle River, Michigan, near the shores of Lake Superior.

Copper

Phoenix was the site of the Phoenix Mine, one of the earliest copper mines in the Keweenaw Peninsula. The Phoenix Copper Mining Company's predecessor, the Lake Superior Copper Company, was the first active copper mine in the Copper Country, established in the early 1840s. The various shafts were worked for years, but never successfully.

Phoenix today

Few buildings remain. The Phoenix Store is the only functioning business in Phoenix, selling pop, beer, snacks, candy, toiletries and historical books about the area. There are two bars about a mile southwest of Phoenix along US-41. The Bammert Blacksmith Shop and the Church of the Assumption are two buildings dating back to the 1800s and are run by the Keweenaw County Historical Society.

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Sign on M-26
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