Clarence J. Monette (January 13, 1935, Lake Linden - October 30, 2012, Calumet) was a prolific author and historian from Michigan's Copper Country, writing extensively on Copper Country history. He has published more than sixty books and has written numerous outdoor survival guides.
Clarence J. Monette was born on January 13, 1935, to a Peter and Isabelle (née Laverdiere) Monette in the village of Lake Linden, Houghton County, Michigan. Monette graduated from the Lake Linden-Hubbell High School in the year of 1953.
Monette is known to have served in the United States Army as a trained medical specialist and operating room and food specialist. He subsequently attended Suomi College in Hancock for a semester prior to transferring to the Michigan Technological University (MTU). He was an ROTC instructor at MTU from 1966 until his retirement in the year of 1988. Monette also conducted administrative and personnel work for the ROTC program. Throughout his lifetime, Monette wrote more than sixty Copper Country history books and a fair amount of outdoor survival guides.
Monette was an active member of quite a few groups inclusive of Post 90 of the American Legion, the Houghton County Historical Society, the Lake Linden Sportsman's Association, the Quincy Mine Hoist Association, the Keweenaw County Historical Society, the Copper Range Historical Society and the Isle Royale Natural History Association. Monette also served on the MTU Faculty Association. He was active with the Boy Scouts and served as a Scout Master for a number of years. In addition to the aforesaid, Monette was also a previous member of the Elks and the Lake LL-H Lions.
Cor-Ago, A Lake Linden Medicine CompanyA Copper Country Logger's TaleGregoryville - The History of a Hamlet Located Across from Lake Linden, MichiganWhite City - The History of an Early Copper Country Recreation AreaSome Copper Country Names and PlacesThe History of Lake Linden, MichiganThe History of Jacobsville and its Sandstone QuarriesThe History of Copper Harbor, MichiganThe History of Eagle Harbor, MichiganLake Linden's Yesterday - A Pictorial History, Volume IThe History of Eagle River, MichiganJoseph Bosch and the Bosch Brewing CompanyCopper Falls - Just A MemoryThe Calumet TheatreEarly Days in Mohawk, MichiganLake Linden's Yesterday - A Pictorial History, Volume IIThe Keweenaw WaterwayA Brief History of Ahmeek, MichiganAll About Mandan, MichiganHancock, Michigan, Remembered, Volume IThe Settling of Copper City, MichiganPainesdale, Michigan - Old and NewSome of the Best from C&H News - Views, Volume IHancock, Michigan, Remembered - Churches of Hancock, Volume IIOjibway, Michigan, A Forgotten VillageLaurium, Michigan's Early DaysDelaware, Michigan, Its HistoryLake Linden's Living History - 1985Some of the Best from C&H News - Views, Volume IIThe Gay, Michigan, StoryEarly Red Jacket and Calumet in Pictures, Volume ILake Linden's Disastrous Fire of 1887Phoenix, Michigan's StoryFreda, Michigan, End of the RoadHoughton in PicturesThe Copper Range RailroadLac La BelleTrimountain and its Copper MinesEarly Red Jacket and Calumet in Pictures, Volume IIUpper Peninsula's WolverineRedridge and its Steel DamThe Mineral Range RailroadWinona and the King Philip PropertiesAtlantic Mine: Photographs from the Harold H. Heikkinen CollectionSome of the Best from C&H News - Views, Volume IIIAllouez, New Allouez and BumbletownSome Fatal Accidents in the Atlantic, Baltic, Champion, Trimountain and Winona Copper MinesEarly South Range, Michigan, Volume ICentral Mine: A Ghost TownBaltic, MichiganKeweenaw Central Railroad and the Crestview ResortClifton and the Cliff MineDollar Bay, MichiganHoughton County's Streetcars and Electric Park