Copper Country Curling | Curling in a Historic Calumet Mine Building


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A historic drill house from the Upper Peninsula copper mining days turned into a curling rink. Calumet, Michigan is the center of the copper boom and today, locals have found interesting ways of preserving the historic buildings and creating fun, sporting opportunities. And I have no business being on a sheet of ice.

Story from a 2019 episode of "Discovering"

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