Copper Country Railroads

North Country Railroads

Once the Copper Country was crisscrossed with tracks. Now the tracks of the DSS&A only reach a little beyond Baraga. All the tracks north of Houghton have now been removed. However, there are still some traces of the railroads that once operated in the Copper Country. It is not too difficult to travel along the roadbeds since they are now used in the winter for snow mobiling. This page lists the railroads that I have found operating at one time or another in the Copper Country, which consists of Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon Counties. Many of these were short lines operated by local mining and logging companies. However, there where a few major lines operating in the Copper Country, including the Chicago and Northwestern and the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific (the Milwaukee Road) railroads. In addition, there were some paper railroads that were planned but never built. Now, only the Wisconsin Central is active in some portions of Copper Country.

List of Copper Country Railroads

	Adventure Mining Co.
	Alexander, Trueman
	Anderson, C. L.
	Anderson, R. E.
	Allouez Mining Co.
	Amygdaloid Mining Co.
	Arnold and Eagle Harbor
	Atlantic and Lake Superior
	Baraga Lumber Co.
	Belt Copper Mines
	Bennet and Brown Lumber Co.
	Bergland Lumber Co.
	Brunswick-Ewen Lumber Co.
	Butters, Marshall, Lumber Co.
	Calderwood Lumber Co.
	Calumet and Hecla Co.
	Chicago and Northwestern
	Chicago and Northwestern Transportation
	Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul
	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific
	Conglomerate Mining Co.
	Copper Falls Mining Co.
	Copper Range Railroad
	Dehaas, N. N., and Co.
	Delatrie and Anderson Lumber Co.
	Diamond Lumber Co.
	Dollar Bay Lumber Co.
	Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic
	Ford [Motor Co.] Railroad
	Franklin Mining Co.
	Frost Shingle Co.
	Globe Tram Railway
	Greenwood Lumber Co.
	Hancock and Calumet Railroad
	Hebard, Charles S., et al.
	Hecla and Torch Lake Railroad [Calumet and Hecla Mining Co.]
	Holt Lumber Co.
	Houghton, Chassell, and Southwestern
	Houghton County Street
	Houghton County Traction
	Houghton Lumber Co.
	Iron Range and Huron Bay Railroad
	Island Mining Co.
	Isle Royale Mining Co.
	Keweenaw Central Railroad
	Lac La Belle and Calumet Railroad
	Lake Linden and Eastern Railroad
	Lake Mining Co.
	Lake Superior Lumber Co.
	Marquette, Houghton, and Ontonagon Railroad
	McMillan, C. V., Lumber Co.
	Menasha Woodenware Co.
	Mercer Delatrie Lumber Co.
	Milwaukee and Northern
	Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western
	Mineral Range
	Mohawk [Mining Co.] and Traverse Bay
	Northland Lumber Co.
	Northwest Copper Co.
	Ontonagon
	Ontonagon and Brule River
	Ontonogan [sic] Fibre Co.
	Pampa Land Co.
	Portage Lake Mining Co.
	Rockland Mining Co.
	Quincy and Torch Lake [Quincy Mining Co.]
	Quincy Mining Co.
	Sawyer, Goodman Co.
	Soo Line
	Spies-Thompson Lumber Co.
	Stearns and Culver Lumber Co.
	Stratton, D. A.
	Thompson and Wells Co.
	Trout Creek Lumber Co.
	Trap Rock Valley
	Union Bay and Nonesuch
	Weidman and Son Lumber Co.
	Wisconsin Central, Ltd.
	Wolverine Mining Co.

Sources: Meints (1992) and Mailer (1985c, 85).

Eventually, I hope to add short summaries of each of these railroads. Meanwhile, you can check the sources I used to compile this list to learn more about these railroads.

This page, and all contents, are Copyright © 1997 by John P. DuLong, Berkley, MI. Created 3 January 1997. Last modified 19 October 1997.