The Civil Works Administration (CWA) was established as part of the New Deal program to help alleviate unemployment in the United States during the Great Depression. It was a short-lived job creation program (manual-labor) that lasted for 5 months, ending March 31, 1934. The program helped employ 4 million people over 5 months, at a cost of $200 million dollars a month.
A four-season historic wilderness resort at the top of the Keweenaw, est. in 1934