Finlandia University Portage Campus
The former St. Joseph's Hospital, now renovated, has become a business incubator and studio space for Finlandia's design department, a cornerstone of its plans for repositioning itself for future decades as the Jutila Center for Global Business and Design. It has become a hub for creative energy, in addition to housing university offices and components of Michigan Tech's MTEC SmartZone.Big studio spaces are in the high-ceilinged rooms downstairs: Finlandia's ceramics and glass studio, the fiber and fashion studio, the woodworking and modeling shop and graphic design studio. Artists' and Finlandia studios welcome visitors; see directory.
The Kangus Cafe on campus specializes in catering but offers specialty sandwiches and salads and a daily $8.50 hot lunch special. There's also take-out and baked goods. Three tables look down the Keweenaw Waterway, especially beautiful early in the morning. Some old-timers come for lunch largely for the fun of seeing how their old hospital has changed. Many customers are Tech students from across the waterway. Open 8-3 Monday-Friday. 487-7455.
From West Quincy/M-20 west of the fork at Gino's, turn south onto 200 Michigan at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church. No smoking. Open year-round weekdays 8-5. Wheelchair-accessible. More parking on Water St. by the medical office building.
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POINTS OF INTEREST
Distant Drum. A delightful custom clothing shop inspired by trips abroad, her Ramsay roots, and annual trips to the Southwest ... more
M-26 Hancock to Lake Linden. A fascinating drive through the old copper processing region ... more
McLain State Park. Two miles of beautiful Lake Superior beach, a lighthouse pier, and 443 diverse acres provide wonderful beach and woodland walks, good birding, and stunning sunset views for campers and day visitors alike. ... more
North on US-41 Hancock to Copper Harbor. Past historic copper mining villages and ruins, majestic rock bluffs, a shady tunnel trees, this is one of Michigan's best known scenic drives ... more
Portage Waterway. The 21-mile stretch of water results from an ancient fracture of Keweenaw's spine of hard rock ... more
Temple Jacob. A jewell-like temple is perched prettily on a Hancock hillside, still in good shape decades after most of its congregation has moved elsewhere ... more
Downtown Hancock. Unlike many downtowns, Hancock's remains a one-stop business center with many useful shops, a department store, resale stores, arty specialty stores and galleries, a toy store, gun shop, home-owned bank, and bookstore with specialties in regional, the environment, and Scandinavia. ... more
Finlandia University/Finnish-American Heritage Center. Finlandia University (the U.P.'s only private college) and the associated Finnish-American Heritage Center form the U.S. epicenter of Finnish culture. They offer exhibits and lectures. ... more
Finlandia University Portage Campus. Hancock's big old hospital is now a hub of college activityk, including yoga, fitess, meditation studios and a cafe with a nice view of the waterway. ... more
Deja vu & Daily Brew Antiques and Collectibles. An imposing, fanciful Victorian house features Depression-era and cut glass as well as a coffee shop with wi-fi ... more
Keweenaw Co-op Natural Foods & Groceries. A great place to stop for picnic and camping provisions, with a tasty deli section, gourmet and international fare, unusual sauces and bulk foods, and an impressive selection of wines ... more
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