Keweenaw County, Michigan

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county county in Michigan

Keweenaw County, Michigan is the northernmost county in the state, encompassing much of the Keweenaw Peninsula and known for its rugged Lake Superior shoreline, historic copper mining heritage, and remote natural beauty.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Keweenaw County, Michigan canonical	24
Keweenaw County	17
Keweenaw County Historical Society	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T387709 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Keweenaw County, Michigan
Context triple: [Upper Peninsula of Michigan, contains, Keweenaw County, Michigan]

A. Gogebic County, Michigan
Gogebic County, Michigan is a sparsely populated county in the western Upper Peninsula known for its forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation near the Wisconsin border.
B. Houghton County, Michigan
Houghton County, Michigan is a rural county in the Keweenaw Peninsula region of Michigan known for its historic copper mining heritage, Lake Superior shoreline, and home to Michigan Technological University in the city of Houghton.
C. Chippewa County, Michigan
Chippewa County, Michigan is a large, sparsely populated county in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula known for Sault Ste. Marie, its border with Canada, and its significant natural and maritime heritage.
D. Marquette County, Michigan
Marquette County, Michigan is a large county in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula known for its Lake Superior shoreline, extensive forests, and the city of Marquette as its principal urban and economic center.
E. Grand Traverse County, Michigan
Grand Traverse County, Michigan is a county in the northwestern Lower Peninsula known for its seat, Traverse City, and its tourism, wineries, and scenic Lake Michigan shoreline.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Keweenaw County, Michigan
Target entity description: Keweenaw County, Michigan is the northernmost county in the state, encompassing much of the Keweenaw Peninsula and known for its rugged Lake Superior shoreline, historic copper mining heritage, and remote natural beauty.

A. Gogebic County, Michigan
Gogebic County, Michigan is a sparsely populated county in the western Upper Peninsula known for its forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation near the Wisconsin border.
B. Houghton County, Michigan
Houghton County, Michigan is a rural county in the Keweenaw Peninsula region of Michigan known for its historic copper mining heritage, Lake Superior shoreline, and home to Michigan Technological University in the city of Houghton.
C. Chippewa County, Michigan
Chippewa County, Michigan is a large, sparsely populated county in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula known for Sault Ste. Marie, its border with Canada, and its significant natural and maritime heritage.
D. Marquette County, Michigan
Marquette County, Michigan is a large county in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula known for its Lake Superior shoreline, extensive forests, and the city of Marquette as its principal urban and economic center.
E. Grand Traverse County, Michigan
Grand Traverse County, Michigan is a county in the northwestern Lower Peninsula known for its seat, Traverse City, and its tourism, wineries, and scenic Lake Michigan shoreline.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	county ⓘ county in Michigan ⓘ
borderedBy	Lake Superior ⓘ
climateInfluencedBy	Lake Superior ⓘ
contains	Ahmeek, Michigan ⓘ Allouez Township, Michigan ⓘ Copper Harbor, Michigan ⓘ Eagle Harbor Township, Michigan ⓘ linked to: Eagle Harbor, Michigan Eagle Harbor, Michigan ⓘ Eagle River, Michigan ⓘ Fort Wilkins Historic State Park ⓘ Houghton Township, Michigan ⓘ Isle Royale National Park (administrative headquarters) ⓘ linked to: Isle Royale Keweenaw National Historical Park (portions) ⓘ linked to: Keweenaw National Historical Park Sherman Township, Michigan ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
governmentType	county government ⓘ
hasAreaFeature	forests ⓘ lighthouses ⓘ rocky shoreline ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	remote ⓘ scenic ⓘ sparsely populated ⓘ
hasCountySeat	Eagle River, Michigan ⓘ
hasCurrentEconomicBase	outdoor recreation ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasHistoricEconomicBase	mining ⓘ
hasHistoricFeature	19th-century mining ruins ⓘ historic mining towns ⓘ
hasLargestCommunity	Eagle River, Michigan ⓘ Mohawk, Michigan ⓘ
hasTourismActivity	boating ⓘ hiking ⓘ outdoor recreation ⓘ snowmobiling ⓘ
historicalIndustry	copper mining ⓘ
isNorthernmostCountyOf	Michigan ⓘ
knownFor	historic copper mining ⓘ remote natural beauty ⓘ rugged Lake Superior shoreline ⓘ
locatedIn	Keweenaw Peninsula ⓘ Upper Peninsula of Michigan ⓘ
namedAfter	Keweenaw Bay ⓘ Keweenaw Peninsula ⓘ
partOf	Keweenaw Peninsula region ⓘ linked to: Keweenaw Peninsula
state	Michigan ⓘ linked to: Michigan (most of state)
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

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Referenced by (42)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Upper Peninsula of Michigan → contains → Keweenaw County, Michigan ⓘ

Keweenaw National Historical Park → locatedIn → Keweenaw County, Michigan ⓘ

Keweenaw National Historical Park → hasPartnerSite → Keweenaw County Historical Society ⓘ