626 



CENSUS STATISTICS : MICHIGAN. 

 Mamifactoi'ies of wood in Michigan, cfc. — Continned. 



Manufacturer using rvood in part as their matprial, as reported iy the Michigan census of 



1874. 



Establishments incidentally employing forest products. 



Keweenaw County. — These notes apply as well to Houghton and 

 Ontonagon Counties, which, together, form Keweenaw Point, a remark- 

 able headland on the south side of Lake Superior, embracing the " cop- 

 per district" of Lake Superior — being surrounded on every side, excejit 

 a narrow isthmus, by water, whose temperature averages about 40° 

 Fahrenheit, and at times in winter frozen to a great depth. The climate 

 is cold and severe. The first snow usually falls in September or Oc- 



