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State Completes Land Purchase From International Paper

HOUGHTON, MI-The state has capped a $12.5-million, 6,000-plus-acre land purchase in the Keweenaw Peninsula from a paper company. The land is undeveloped.

By Dan Heaton | Updated on September 11, 2003

HOUGHTON, MI-A paper company has agreed to sell almost 3,300 acres of uncleared land to the state of Michigan, capping a campaign to keep the Keewenaw Peninsula open to the public. The deal gives the state of Michigan possession of 3,266 scenic acres previously owned and logged by International Paper.

The purchase is the second in a two-step process begun in February 2002, when Michigan bought 3,009 adjacent acres. The total price for the two sections was $12.5 million.

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