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 Company
A Copper Country Logger's Tale
Gregoryville - The History of a Hamlet Located Across from Lake Linden, Michigan
White City - The History of an Early Copper Country Recreation Area
Some Copper Country Names and Places
The History of Lake Linden, Michigan
The History of Jacobsville and its Sandstone Quarries
The History of Copper Harbor, Michigan
The History of Eagle Harbor, Michigan
Lake Linden's Yesterday - A Pictorial History, Volume I
The History of Eagle River, Michigan
Joseph Bosch and the Bosch Brewing Company
Copper Falls - Just A Memory
The Calumet Theatre
Early Days in Mohawk, Michigan
Lake Linden's Yesterday - A Pictorial History, Volume II
The Keweenaw Waterway
A Brief History of Ahmeek, Michigan
All About Mandan, Michigan
Hancock, Michigan, Remembered, Volume I
The Settling of Copper City, Michigan
Painesdale, Michigan - Old and New
Some of the Best from C&H News - Views, Volume I
Hancock, Michigan, Remembered - Churches of Hancock, Volume II
Ojibway, Michigan, A Forgotten Village
Laurium, Michigan's Early Days
Delaware, Michigan, Its History
Lake Linden's Living History - 1985
Some of the Best from C&H News - Views, Volume II
The Gay, Michigan, Story
Early Red Jacket and Calumet in Pictures, Volume I
Lake Linden's Disastrous Fire of 1887
Phoenix, Michigan's Story
Freda, Michigan, End of the Road
Houghton in Pictures
The Copper Range Railroad
Lac La Belle
Trimountain and its Copper Mines
Early Red Jacket and Calumet in Pictures, Volume II
Upper Peninsula's Wolverine
Redridge and its Steel Dam
The Mineral Range Railroad
Winona and the King Philip Properties
Atlantic Mine: Photographs from the Harold H. Heikkinen Collection
Some of the Best from C&H News - Views, Volume III
Allouez, New Allouez and Bumbletown
Some Fatal Accidents in the Atlantic, Baltic, Champion, Trimountain and Winona Copper Mines
Early South Range, Michigan, Volume I
Central Mine: A Ghost Town
Baltic, Michigan
Keweenaw Central Railroad and the Crestview Resort
Clifton and the Cliff Mine
Dollar Bay, Michigan
Houghton County's Streetcars and Electric Park
