Michigan Tech is located on the waterfront of Portage Lake and the Keweenaw Waterway that connects to east and west parts of Lake Superior. There is a 4.5 mile long walking and biking trail along the waterfront that leads to several nature trails outside of town.
This is a gallery of photos to take you on a stroll or skate or bike ride and see the surroundings. It presents only one facet of the area. These photos and video clips on this page were all just caught while bike riding in or near Houghton. Much more about Houghton can be found at the City of Houghton Michigan website. More about the region: Keweenaw Trails.
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 MV Mississagi 2014 |
 Great Lakes Cruise Ship at Houghton 2013 |
 View of Houghton Bridge 2013 |
 SV Stripes of Great Lakes 70s Association, premiere sailboat racing fleet on the Great Lakes |
 Houghton "boardwalk", there are many picnic tables along trail |
 New Portage Lake District Library on the waterfront |
 Houghton Michigan waterfront trail on the Keweenaw waterway, for biking, walking, skating |
 The Ranger III with the recently improved Quincy Smelter Site buildings across the channel |
 Portage Lake Vertical Lift Bridge |
 Privateer Lynx on Keweenaw Waterway |
 Grande Mariner at Houghton Dock |
 EPA Research Vessel Lake Guardian, the Ranger III in Houghton, Michigan |
 Houghton Bridge View Fall 2012 See our Flickr Photos |
 View of part of Keweenaw National Historic Park Dec 18, 2012 |
 Water front and Bridge Dec 18, 2012 |
 Sailboat Coaster II and the Portage Lake Aerial Lift Bridge |
 RV Agassiz and Portage Lake Bridge |
 Portage Lake Vertical Lift Bridge |
 Ranger III at dock, view of Quincy Smelter site |
 Portage Lake Bridge |
 Sailboat in Keweenaw Waterway by the Quincy Smelter |
 Portage Lake Vertical Lift Bridge |
 Portage Lake Vertical Lift Bridge |
 Portage Lake Bridge with Great Lakes Cruise Ship MV Yorktown |
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 Views of Michigan Tech and MV Ranger III 50th Anniversary Link to Isle Royale Nat'l Park |
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 Schooner Denis Sullivan and Brig Roald Amundsen visit Houghton |
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 Sailboat Racers take a break in Houghton |
 View of Houghton |
 Houghton Waterfront with RV Kiyi and MV Isle Royale Queen |
 Algosoo crusing by Houghton October 2011 |
 Algosoo approaching Portage Lake Lift Bridge October 2011 |
 Canadian Research Vessel Kelso |
 American Courage on the Keweenaw Waterway |
 MV American Courage on the Keweenaw Waterway June 2009 |
 MV American Courage on the Keweenaw Waterway June 2009 |
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 Portage Lake Bridge seen from Houghton County Marina |
 View on the Hancock side trail near the Ramada Inn |
 Houghton Waterfront |
 Houghton Rotary Club Picnic area with a place to dock boats and have dinner in town or a picnic |
 Houghton Raymond Kestner Waterfont Park with Huron Creek |
 Houghton Waterfront, many places to rest during a stroll |
 Houghton Raymond Kestner Waterfront Park and beach & shutes and ladders |
 Houghton boardwalk and docks |
 Cyclists on Houghton Waterfront |
 Houghton Waterfront, beach for launching canoes, kayaks |
 Michigan Tech research vessel RV Agassiz on Houghton Waterfront |
 Ranger III and Art & Music Fest on Deck |
 Houghton Lakeshore Trail Link to Youtube Video |
 Michigan Tech, part of campus in distance, Fall View from east |
 Trail in October, rollerblading in fall colors |
 Trail view of Dow Building along the trail |
 Houghton Lakeshore continues for several miles close to the water |
 Houghton Michigan waterfront trail on the Keweenaw waterway for walking |
 Houghton Lakeshore Trail--ski hill in distance: |
 Sunset View fromHoughton |
 Canoers and Michigan Tech campus |
 Schooner Denis Sullivan visits Houghton |
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 Houghton View from Bridge |
 Nara Nature Trail along Pilgrim River |
 Houghton Lakeshore Trail -- Pilgrim R. bridge |
 Nara Nature Trails -- one of two nature trails along Pilgrim River |
 Nature Trail along Pilgrim River |
 Nara Nature Trail along Pilgrim River |
 Boardwalk Nature Trail is on both sides of river |
 December View of first ice and the Houghton - Hancock Bridge |
 April View of MV Ranger III and Houghton Bridge |
 Nina visits the Keweenaw Waterway |
 Bridge Houghton |
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 Portage Lake Lift Bridge Houghton Youtube Video Link |
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 Passenger ship Grand Mariner |
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 Houghton View in Winter 2014 |
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 Official Michigan Tech Site Winter Carnival |
 View looking west from MEEM Building |
 US Coast Guard Neah Bay opens the channel to Lake Superior April 2009 |
 US Coast Guard Neah Bay |
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Modified August 4, 2015