Welcome to the Keweenaw Towns and Cities - Houghton and Hancock application. This is an interactive application where you can explore what the cities of Houghton and Hancock and the surrounding area looked like in the past through the use of historical maps and photographs. This application will show you the approximate location or focal point where the photograph was taken and the viewing area in which it covers.
Photos in this application are from the Michigan Tech Archives and Histoircal maps are from the Keweenaw Time Traveler Project.
Swipe left or right or press the left or right arrows to view photographs. The map will automatically update with a corresponding historical map and viewshed for each photograph.
Use the opacity slider to see what this location looks like today.