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The Keweenaw has a lot to experience and you’re invited to head outdoors this Memorial Day weekend to do just that.
Experience the Keweenaw is organized by the Portage Health Foundation and the Copper Harbor Trails Club and includes the annual Ride The Keweenaw event.
Executive Director of the Portage Health Foundation Kevin Store says this began with the decision to repurpose their fund at the Keweenaw Community Foundation into a community health and recreation fund.
“Part of the conversation that we had with the Copper Harbor Trails Club, because they had such a successful event Ride The Keweenaw, which has been incorporated into this, was really how do we get people outdoors and enjoying all the outdoor resources we have in a way that helps promote physical activity,” Store said.
Activities are design to get people out to enjoy our area’s natural resources and to get the local communities involved in promoting outdoor activity.
Store said, “And the finally was to find a way to help with our local economy by promoting the eco-outdoor tourism opportunities that exist. So, out of that came this Experience the Keweenaw weekend.”
Outdoor events include biking, paddling and hiking.
An event schedule can be found at http://www.experiencethekeweenaw.com/
