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Houghton County, Michigan
Houghton County is a county located in the Upper peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 36,628.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/26/26061.html )〕 The county seat is Houghton.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The County was set off in 1843, organized in 1846 and reorganized in 1848. It is named for geologist Douglass Houghton.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University )〕
Houghton County is part of the Houghton, MI Micropolitan Statistical Area, which also includes Keweenaw County. Part of the county is sometimes locally called Copper Island.
==Geography==
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (33%) is water.
The Portage Lift Bridge crosses Portage Lake, connecting Hancock and Houghton, Michigan, by crossing over Portage Lake, which is part of the river and canal system that crosses the entire peninsula. The Portage Lift Bridge is the world's heaviest and widest double-decked vertical lift bridge. Its center span "lifts" to provide of clearance for ships. Since rail traffic was discontinued in the Keweenaw, the lower deck is used to accommodate snowmobile traffic in the winter. This is the only land based link between the north and south section of the Keweenaw peninsula, and is crucial.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Keweenaw Michigan field trip )〕
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