Keweenaw National Historical Park Visitor Study: Summer 2004

Le, Yen; Forist, Brian; Hollenhorst, Steven

This report describes the results of a visitor study at Keweenaw National Historical Park that consists of 17 Cooperating Sites scattered around the Keweenaw Peninsula in Michigan. These sites, which are owned and operated by state and local governments, private businesses, and non-profit organizations, work with the National Park Service (NPS) to preserve the history and heritage of copper mining. The 17 Cooperating Sites include: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum Calumet Theater Copper Range Historical Museum Coppertown, USA Delaware Mine Fort Wilkins State Park Hanka Homestead Houghton County Historical Museum Keweenaw Convention and Visitors Bureau Keweenaw County Historical Museum Keweenaw Heritage Center at St. Anne’s Laurium Manor Inn McLain State Park Old Victoria Porcupine Mountains Wilderness Sate Park Quincy Mine Hoist and Underground Mine Upper Peninsula Firefighters’ Memorial Museum This visitor study was conducted from July 24 - August 1, 2004 by the National Park Service (NPS) Visitor Services Project (VSP), a part of the Park Studies Unit at the University of Idaho.The report is organized into four sections. The Methods section discusses the procedures and limitations of the study. The Results section provides summary information for each question in the questionnaire and includes a summary of visitor comments. An Additional Analysis section is included to help managers request additional analyses. The final section includes a copy of the Questionnaire. The separate appendix includes comment summaries and visitors' unedited comments.