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SUPPORT FOR MOVING FORWARDQuincy Smelter, Franklin Township, Michigan
REUSE CONCEPT PLAN Quincy Smelting Works, Franklin Township, Michigan
EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThe Quincy Smelting Works has the potential to be a unique and significant regional destination – providing jobs, community pride, recreational opportunities and a catalyst for heritage tourism in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Co-locating Isle Royale National Park’s headquarters, maintenance and docking facilities on the Quincy Smelter property provides a strategic location just north of the Portage Canal to introduce visitors to the story of Michigan’s copper mining industry alongside the gateway to the scenic and rugged beauty of Isle Royale.
Locating Isle Royale National Park headquarters, maintenance and docking facilities on the Quincy Smelter property will:
• Provide Isle Royale with new facilities on Portage Lake that may not otherwise be possible, and
• Support the continued preservation and increase interpretation of a National Historic Landmark within Keweenaw National Historical Park.
STAKEHOLDER SUPPORTThe recommendation outlined in this proposal was developed over three years of extensive interagency and community collaboration. During this time, significant progress has been made to support future use for the Quincy Smelting Works. EPA has completed the cleanup of the site, and the National Park Service has conducted a value analysis of the proposal. In addition, a developer has been enlisted to determine feasibility, financing and cost implications of the recommended plan. The attached proposal has broad community support and has been endorsed by the Quincy Smelter Steering Committee.
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATIONSeveral steps are needed to transform the vision to reality:
• Determine optimal development, finance, and ownership structure to meet objectives of all parties and fund the project.
• Align Isle Royale’s programming needs with the layout of the Smelter buildings.
• Identify and pursue other funding for access and stabilization of the non Isle Royale portions of the site.
This proposal includes the background, the community goals and a recommended concept plan for moving forward.
Sponsored by EPA Region 5 Superfund Redevelopment Initiative October 26, 2011
Community Future Use Goals
• Preserve Quincy Smelter for public education and interpretation of park themes.
• Relocate Isle Royale’s headquarters and facilities to the site.
• Provide a regional destination for the Upper Peninsula’s heritage tourism economy.
• Integrate compatible uses to attract a diversity of visitors, generate a feeling of activity and provide for year-round use.
• Provide improved public waterfront access.
• Ensure the long-term economic sustainability and stewardship of the site.
BACKGROUNDThe Quincy Smelting Works is part of the Quincy Mining Company National Historic Landmark District within the boundary of Keweenaw National Historical Park (NHP). The site includes the copper smelting complex of the Quincy Mining Company – the most complete example of an early twentieth century copper smelter in the world. When the Keweenaw NHP was established in 1992, Congress recognized the Quincy Smelting Works as representing a key component of the story of copper mining on Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula.
The site is also part of the Torch Lake Superfund Site due to stamp sands deposited on site during copper mining industry operations. EPA Region 5 completed cleanup of the site in September 2011 and has simultaneously sponsored a multi-year reuse planning process to facilitate the restoration and reuse of the site.
Since 2008, the reuse planning process developed a foundation of interagency collaboration, held a community open house and working session, defined a community vision for the site and formed the Quincy Smelter Steering Committee. This process has resulted in broad stakeholder and interagency momentum around the vision of Quincy Smelter as a cultural heritage destination and the gateway to Isle Royale.
INVESTING IN THE REGION
Overhead rail trestles are one of the historic features at Quincy Smelter. Source: EPA.
Keweenaw Heritage Sites. Source: National Park Service
Ranger III ferry route to Isle Royale.
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North Country National Scenic Trail (approximate route)
Keweenaw Heritage Sites
Keweenaw National Historical Park was established to preserve and interpret the story of
the rise, domination and decline of the region’s copper mining industry. To achieve this, the
National Park Service and the park’s advisory commission partner with sites owned and oper-
ated by state and local governments, private businesses and nonprofit organizations. The
Keweenaw Heritage Sites program is an aspect of this partnership.
The Keweenaw Heritage Sites are places that contain significant cultural and/or natural
resources and make a unique contribution to the copper mining story. Embodying stories of
hardship, ingenuity, struggle and success, each site allows you to explore the role mining
played in people’s lives here and afar.
Adventure Mining CompanyA.E. Seamen Mineral MuseumCalumet TheatreChassell Heritage CenterCopper Range Historical MuseumCoppertown Mining MuseumDelaware Copper MineFinnish American Heritage Center at Finlandia University Fort Wilkins State ParkHanka HomsteadHoughton County Historical MuseumKeweenaw County Historical SocietyKeweenaw Heritage Center at St. Anne’sLaurium Manor Mansion ToursOld VictoriaOntonagon County Historical MuseumPorcupine Mountains Wilderness State ParkQuincy Mine & HoistU.P. Firefighters Memorial Museum
CONCEPT PLAN
PROPOSALThe Quincy/Isle Royale redevelopment proposal includes:
• Rehabilitating the historic Reverberatory Furnace building for reuse by Isle Royale National Park.
• Rehabilitating the historic dockside warehouse as a visitor welcome center and passenger waiting area.
• Building a dock and waterfront connection to the welcome center.
• Building a marine maintenance facility.
• Adding access and parking facilities.
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Below: Reverberatory Furnace Building (a) and Dockside Warehouse (b) slated for rehabilitation and reuse.
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SUPPORT FOR MOVING FORWARDQuincy Smelter, Franklin Township, Michigan
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThe Quincy Smelter Steering Committee is a collaborative group of individuals, organizations, and agencies working in support of Franklin Township’s revitalization efforts. Through cooperative planning, fundraising, education, and support we will return this facility to beneficial use in a way that both enhances the quality of life in our community and communicates the story of our copper mining heritage for future generations.
Executive MembersTom Baker, Park Ranger/Mgmt. Asst., National Park Service Glenn Ekdahl, Supervisor, Franklin Township – Co-ChairPhyllis Green, Superintendent, Isle Royale National ParkEd Jenich, Houghton County Board of CommissionersBill Laitila, Mayor, City of HancockScott MacInnes, Mayor, City of HoughtonMike Pflaum, Superintendent, National Park Service - Co-ChairScott See, Exec. Dir., Keweenaw NHP Advisory Commission - Co-Chair
General MembersGlenda Bierman, Manager, Quincy Mine Hoist Association Dallas Bond, former Executive Director, Keweenaw, Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Cynthia Cote, Director, Copper Country ArtsSteve DeLong, Landscape Architect, National Park ServiceKim Hoagland, Chair, Keweenaw NHP Advisory CommissionPhillip Johnson, President, Finlandia UniversityJohn Laitinen, Board Trustee, Franklin TownshipPat Martin, Chair, Department of Social Sciences, MTUPhil Musser, Executive Director, KEDAMeg Pachmayer, Planner, Western U.P. Planning and Development RegionBetsy Rossini, Isle Royale National ParkTim Scarlett, Graduate Program Director. Industrial Archeology, MTUMary Sears, Quincy Smelter AssociationJohn Slivon, Hancock City Council Member
Technical AdvisorsAmy Berglund, U.P. Regional Representative, Senator Carl LevinTom Bloom, SRI Coordinator, EPA Region 5Tom Casperson, State Senator (or designee)Sandra Clark, Director, Michigan Historical CenterRosita Clark-Moreno, Reuse Project Manager, EPA Region 5Scott Cornelius, Project Manager, MDEQBrian Conway, Michigan State Historic Preservation OfficerSteve DeLong, Landscape Architect, National Park ServiceJeremy Hosking, Regional Manager, Senator Debbie StabenowMatt Huuki, State Representative (or designee)Traci Jahnke, District Representative, Congressman Dan BenishekFlo McCormack, Grant Services Coordinator, Michigan Association of CountiesDave Novak, Community Involvement Coordinator, EPA Region 5Nefertiti Simmons, Remedial Project Manager, EPA Region 5U.P. Director, Governor Rick Snyder
For more information, contact:
Glenn EkdahlSupervisor, Franklin Township 906-369-1498 / [email protected]
Mike PflaumSuperintendent, National Park Service906-483-3020 / [email protected] Scott SeeExec. Dir., Keweenaw NHP Advisory Commission 906-483-3040 / [email protected]
Rosita ClarkSite Reuse Coordinator, EPA Region 5312-886-7251 / [email protected]