Top Attractions in Michigan's Upper Peninsula

Houghton and Hancock's huge lift bridge and towering Quincy Mine Hoist (quincymine.com) dominates Houghton and Hancock's Skyline (photo) on the Keweena Peninsula. Keweenaw.info

Marquette has a population of 19,600 and is the largest city in the state of UP. Come to the most popular Presque Isle Beach and enjoy a meal and afternoon at Washington Street. Travelmarquettemichigan.com

Calumet and Copper Harbor visit Calumet Theater (calumettheater.com), one of the 19th century buildings of the historic copper town. Snowmobiles will travel to the Copper Harbor along a 200-mile trail, and Copper Harbor is another former copper mine. Move along the scenic blockway mountain drive overlooking the copper port lighthouse in 1866 (keweenaw.info; copperharbor.org)

Suiccent. In this historic riverside town in 16630, Mary spent a weekend on boat trips and sea attractions. Let's find the beach, the legend of the shipwreck, the roaring waterfall. Sue historic sites have a museum boat, a historic tower and a historical river. Saultstemarie.com

Saint Ignace 's video at Ojibwa Cultural Museum (stignace.com) shows how Native American canoe canes of birch tree bark. Along the streets of Fort de Buade Indian Museum, look at more artifacts including weapons. Stignace.com

In the Newberry Tahquamenon Logging Museum, the area of ​​the wood era of the 19th century has been recorded, and photos and photographs depicting the lumber life are displayed. The bear wagma kept in the outdoor fence of Oswald's Bear Ranch (oswaldsbearranch.com; newberrytourism.com)

The Mackinac Strait is a natural and cultural treasure Michigan trusts for its inhabitants. The Strait connects Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, separating the upper and lower Michigan peninsula and the lower peninsula, creating a powerful water current that produces more than ten times the flow of Niagara Falls. Extreme winter weather conditions, which may include strong tidal currents in the strait, strong winds, and extremely cold ice sheets, make them ecologically sensitive and are swept from pipeline leaks or recover can do.

Also known as Michigan Upper Peninsula (UP) consists of two major northern peninsula of Michigan state. The northern part of the peninsula is the Superior Lake, the east is the St Mary River, the southwestern Wisconsin state Michigan Lake and the southeast of Lake Huron. In the Upper Peninsula, 29% of the land area of ​​Michigan occupies only 3% of the total population. Inhabitants are often called Yoopers (derived from "U.P.-ERS") and have strong regional characteristics. The majority of French Canadians, Finnish people, Swedes and Italians come to the Cornwall Peninsula, especially the Kiwi No Peninsula, the mining industry and the wood industry work in the area. Peninsula including the United States need only more residents than Finland's descending county

When the Michigan Territory was first established in 1805, it contained only the lower peninsula and the eastern part of the upper peninsula. In 1819 the area was extended to include the rest of the Upper Peninsula, all parts of Wisconsin, and the Minnesota (previously included in Indiana and Illinois). When Michigan prepared for the establishment of the country in the 1930s, the proposed border corresponded to the boundary of the original territory, and some suggestions abandoned the upper peninsular completely. At the same time, the area has a border dispute with Ohio in the fight against the Toledo war.

The territory of Wisconsin consists of the majority of the western part of Michigan. The two big peninsulas between the Great Lakes are still in Michigan; the peninsula above is included in exchange for abandonment of the territory area. The territory dismissed the original plan, but we plan to approve the plan on 14th December. Webster - Ashburton Convention established the border with the UK to the east of the Rocky Mountains. An information source also said that it slightly changed the ocean boundary between Michigan and Wisconsin. This treaty has settled on the northern border between Maine and New Hampshire, on the northeastern border of Wisconsin, and Sugar Island in Michigan.