Keweenaw Gear Works is a tribute to the Keweenaw Peninsula, located in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The outer strip is a nod to Agate Beach, which really is that rust red color. Other colors on the vessel represent copper, the early source of the Upper Peninsula’s wealth. Gears represent the mines and industry that attracted immigrants to the area. Tourism is now the main source of income in the Keweenaw, but remnants of its past are still visible today.