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Copper Island is a local name given to the northern part of the Keweenaw Peninsula (projecting northeastward into Lake Superior at the western end of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, United States of America), separated from the rest of the Keweenaw Peninsula by Portage Lake and the Keweenaw Waterway.〔 '' See also,'' (Portage Canal. )〕 == Geography == The area was "isolated" by dredging in 1859 and construction in the 1860s of a ship canal across an isthmus of the Keweenaw Peninsula from Portage Lake—on the east side of the Keweenaw Peninsula—to Lake Superior on the west. The ship canal is wide and deep. The resulting "island" was called ''Kuparisaari'' (meaning "Copper Island") by Finnish,〔(Michigan Technical University, Kupperisian "Copper Island". )〕 Irish,〔(New York University, ''From the Emerald Isle to the Copper Isle''. )〕 and French/French Canadian〔(DuLong,John P., Ph.D., ''French-Canadian Genealogical Research in Houghton County, Michigan: Tracing French Canadians in Michigan's Copper Country )〕 settlers in the area. However, neither the United States Geological Survey nor the state of Michigan identify this area as an island or use this name. Isle Royale is the largest naturally isolated island in Lake Superior; considered as an island, Copper Island would be the largest, with an area of around 554 square miles. It has a population around 21,500.
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