Copper Falls State Park

Copper Falls State Park in Ashland County, Wisconsin, centers on waterfalls carved by the Bad River and Tylers Forks through a rugged gorge near the Penokee-Gogebic Mineral Range. Its history reaches from ancient copper mining by Old Copper complex peoples to later mining efforts, logging, and failed farming that left the land eroded and fire-prone. Visitors were drawn to the falls by the early twentieth century, and Wisconsin created the park in 1929. Much of its character comes from New Deal construction by the Civilian Conservation Corps and Works Progress Administration, whose roads, trails, bridges, and buildings shaped it into a major recreation site later recognized on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

Morse, Wisconsin · United States