Around 1750, How many Native Americans (if any) spent the winter in the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan?
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Looks like this area might not have been settled:
There is also an ancient superstition concerning Keweenaw point which prevented the Indians from settling there. It was the general belief that the Evil Manitou resided there and the point does not appear to have been inhabited by the Indians but was only visited by them at certain times for the purpose of obtaining copper Then by ceremonious rites and offerings to the Evil Spirit permission was obtained from him by the priests to dig for copper.
and...
...It is not improbable that the scarcity of game in the wilderness on Keweenaw point may have added to the Indians aversion to settlement upon that peninsula but fish are abundant enough near its shores so that they could have lived there had they chosen to do so.
- from Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses ..., Volume 3, 1849
The above source has more information concerning the early explorations of this region, covering the Jesuits, French and British presences, and the Native Americans beliefs and legends concerning the copper deposits.
- ...more on the Manitou and use of copper in worship practices
- ...and a great map resource from the comment by TED
Another source mentions a wintering area that was used, located just south of the area shown on the OP's map:
As near as can be determined, these winter quarters of the Ottawas were in the vicinity of L'Anse at the head of Keweenaw Bay.
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