Francophone Labour and Migrations in and out of the Industrial Keweenaw Peninsula
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-11-2025
Department
Department of Social Sciences
Abstract
This study builds on previous scholarship on French-Canadian migration in Michigan during the industrial period to analyse how Francophone labour changed over time in one of the earliest and largest mining regions in the United States. This study analyses a sample of Francophones in Michigan’s Houghton and Keweenaw Counties classified from the U.S. Census between 1870 and 1940. The sample features multiple subcategories to allow for nuanced definitions of Francophones and French Canadians, which facilitate an examination of changing occupations across two generations, as well as out-migration at the beginning of deindustrialization. Overall findings indicate that Francophones gained skills within the region’s copper mining industry, which some transferred to other industrial regions over time.
Publication Title
Recherches sociographiques
Recommended Citation
Scarlett, S.,
Lafreniere, D.,
&
Spikberg, G. A.
(2025).
Francophone Labour and Migrations in and out of the Industrial Keweenaw Peninsula.
Recherches sociographiques,
65(2-3), 445-475.
http://doi.org/10.7202/1116252ar
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/michigantech-p2/1756