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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p class="note">Main articles: <a href="/facts/Timeline_of_Michigan_history/sexSnx07">Timeline of Michigan history</a> and <a href="/facts/History_of_Michigan/MJbNmEVA">History of Michigan</a></p> <p>The first known inhabitants of the Upper Peninsula were tribes speaking <a href="/facts/Algonquian_languages/q1d12Dh2">Algonquian languages</a>, specifically the Algonquian branches of <a href="/facts/Ojibwe_language/VRcmuBLS">Ojibwe</a> and <a href="/facts/Menominee_language/Gr00ulXB">Menominee</a>. They arrived roughly around 800 C.E. and subsisted chiefly from fishing. Early tribes included the <a href="/facts/Menominee/htLpPaPA">Menominee</a>, <a href="/facts/Odawa/QMakd7XX">Odawa</a>, <a href="/facts/Ojibwe/XJWRD3dN">Ojibwe</a>, <a href="/facts/Noquet/7APf1fqR">Nocquet</a>, and <a href="/facts/Potawatomi/gSnlHkyG">Potawatomi</a>. <a href="/facts/%25C3%2589tienne_Br%25C3%25BBl%25C3%25A9/dTtDLDoa">Étienne Brûlé</a> of France was probably the first European to visit the peninsula, crossing the <a href="/facts/St._Marys_River_(Michigan%25E2%2580%2593Ontario)/PABpWlvg">St. Marys River</a> around 1620 in search of a route to the Far East.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> <a href="/facts/French_colonization_of_the_Americas/3HPcbRVb">French colonists</a> laid claim to the land in the 17th century, establishing missions and <a href="/facts/North_American_fur_trade/dV7wguIu">fur trading</a> posts such as <a href="/facts/Sault_Ste._Marie%2c_Michigan/xTkb7tqa">Sault Ste. Marie</a> and <a href="/facts/St._Ignace%2c_Michigan/M2yXdE8n">St. Ignace</a>. Following the end of the <a href="/facts/French_and_Indian_War/K44TukVy">French and Indian War</a> (part of the <a href="/facts/Seven_Years%2527_War/fVDINs8P">Seven Years' War</a>) in 1763, the territory was ceded to <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain/5yBEtQIt">Great Britain</a>. Sault Ste. Marie is the oldest European settlement in Michigan and the site of Native American settlements for centuries. </p><p><a href="/facts/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas/LG2r6wXm">American Indian</a> tribes formerly allied with the French were dissatisfied with the British occupation, which brought new territorial policies. Whereas the French cultivated alliances among the Indians, the British postwar approach was to treat the tribes as conquered peoples. In 1763, tribes united in <a href="/facts/Pontiac%2527s_War/V524jMlH">Pontiac's Rebellion</a> to try to drive the British from the area. American Indians captured <a href="/facts/Fort_Michilimackinac/MAa2rsor">Fort Michilimackinac</a>, at present-day <a href="/facts/Mackinaw_City%2c_Michigan/WqXctujJ">Mackinaw City</a>, then the principal fort of the British in the <a href="/facts/Michilimackinac/MpBC0lW0">Michilimackinac</a> region, as well as others and killed hundreds of British. In 1764, they began negotiations with the British, resulting in temporary peace and changes in objectionable British policies. </p><p>Although the Upper Peninsula nominally became United States territory with the 1783 <a href="/facts/Treaty_of_Paris_(1783)/PRu5PJj4">Treaty of Paris</a>, the British did not give up control until 1797 under terms of the <a href="/facts/Jay_Treaty/W9skFeRu">Jay Treaty</a>. As an American territory, the Upper Peninsula was still dominated by the fur trade. <a href="/facts/John_Jacob_Astor/J8CLqr1T">John Jacob Astor</a> founded the <a href="/facts/American_Fur_Company/3kMpQfdR">American Fur Company</a> on <a href="/facts/Mackinac_Island/zh40xzle">Mackinac Island</a> in 1808; however, the industry began to decline in the 1830s as beaver and other game were overhunted.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p><p>When the <a href="/facts/Michigan_Territory/GkyDgqCH">Michigan Territory</a> was first established in 1805, it included only the <a href="/facts/Lower_Peninsula_of_Michigan/MbuYmGml">Lower Peninsula</a> and the eastern portion of the Upper Peninsula. In 1819, the territory was expanded to include the remainder of the Upper Peninsula, all of what later became <a href="/facts/Wisconsin/XvyqH6vN">Wisconsin</a>, and part of <a href="/facts/Minnesota/ncgVuC4Q">Minnesota</a> (previously included in the <a href="/facts/Indiana_Territory/b4bAGqrp">Indiana</a> and <a href="/facts/Illinois_Territory/LzspJ3vD">Illinois</a> Territories). When Michigan applied for statehood in the 1830s, the proposal corresponded to the original territorial boundaries. However, there was an armed conflict known as the <a href="/facts/Toledo_War/f4y3aY2G">Toledo War</a> with the state of Ohio over the location of their mutual border. Meanwhile, the people of Michigan approved a constitution in May 1835 and elected state officials in late autumn 1835. Although the state government was not yet recognized by the <a href="/facts/United_States_Congress/mJlU46K7">United States Congress</a>, the territorial government effectively ceased to exist. President <a href="/facts/Andrew_Jackson/MjlxPRzk">Andrew Jackson</a>'s government offered the remainder of the Upper Peninsula to Michigan if it would cede the Toledo Strip to Ohio. A constitutional convention of the state legislature refused, but a second convention, hastily convened by Governor <a href="/facts/Stevens_T._Mason/Mn43yA27">Stevens Thomson Mason</a>, consisting primarily of his supporters, agreed in December 1836 to the deal. In January 1837, the U.S. Congress admitted Michigan as a state of the Union. </p> <p>At the time, Michigan was considered the losing party in the compromise. The land in the Upper Peninsula was described in a federal report as a "sterile region on the shores of Lake Superior destined by soil and climate to remain forever a wilderness."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> This belief changed when rich mineral deposits (primarily copper and iron) were discovered in the 1840s. The Upper Peninsula's mines produced more mineral wealth than the <a href="/facts/California_Gold_Rush/7avsegzA">California Gold Rush</a>, especially after shipping was improved by the opening of the <a href="/facts/Soo_Locks/4pmVPKhY">Soo Locks</a> in 1855 and docks in <a href="/facts/Marquette%2c_Michigan/RhfJVPVS">Marquette</a> in 1859. The Upper Peninsula supplied 90% of America's copper by the 1860s. It was the nation's largest supplier of iron ore by the 1890s, and production continued to a peak in the 1920s but sharply declined shortly afterward. The last copper mine closed in 1995, although the majority of mines had closed decades before. Some iron mining continues near Marquette.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> The <a href="/facts/Eagle_Mine_(Michigan)/yAtcXNVa">Eagle Mine</a>, a nickel-copper mine, opened in 2014.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p><p>Thousands of Americans and immigrants moved to the area during the mining boom, prompting the federal government to create <a href="/facts/Fort_Wilkins_Historic_State_Park/TUngVMjQ">Fort Wilkins</a> near <a href="/facts/Copper_Harbor%2c_Michigan/MMewgKVk">Copper Harbor</a> to maintain order. The first wave were the <a href="/facts/Cornish_people/zxGlI9jK">Cornish</a> from Great Britain, with centuries of mining experience; followed by Irish, <a href="/facts/Germans/F7mBCrJ4">Germans</a>, and <a href="/facts/French_Canadian/CfYF8yXT">French Canadians</a>. During the 1890s, <a href="/facts/Finnish_people/6rVmdljT">Finnish</a> immigrants began settling there in large numbers, forming the population plurality in the northwestern portion of the peninsula. In the early 20th century, 75% of the population was foreign-born.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p><p>From 1861 to 1865, 90,000 Michigan men fought in the <a href="/facts/American_Civil_War/A9FT3ksD">American Civil War</a>, including 1,209 from the Upper Peninsula. <a href="/facts/Houghton_County%2c_Michigan/gsAtA4d1">Houghton County</a> contributed 460 soldiers, while <a href="/facts/Marquette_County%2c_Michigan/exQge7vo">Marquette County</a> sent 265.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="geography">Geography</h2> <p>Including extensive parts of the Great Lakes, the Upper Peninsula contains about 36,139 square miles (93,600 km2) of total area. Of that, about 16,378 square miles (42,420 km2) is its land area,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> about 29% of the state. It is bounded on the north by <a href="/facts/Lake_Superior/o6hh85hD">Lake Superior</a>, on the east by <a href="/facts/St._Marys_River_(Michigan%25E2%2580%2593Ontario)/PABpWlvg">St. Marys River</a>, on the south by the <a href="/facts/Niagara_Escarpment/IKKUBLeC">Niagara Escarpment</a>, <a href="/facts/Lake_Michigan/t5ynSsvY">Lake Michigan</a> and <a href="/facts/Lake_Huron/DojTfGs2">Lake Huron</a>, and on the west by <a href="/facts/Wisconsin/XvyqH6vN">Wisconsin</a> and (counting the water border on Lake Superior) by <a href="/facts/Minnesota/ncgVuC4Q">Minnesota</a>. It has about 1,700 miles (2,700 km) of continuous shoreline with the <a href="/facts/Great_Lakes/Fd7pDkPX">Great Lakes</a>. There are about 4,300 inland lakes, the largest of which is <a href="/facts/Lake_Gogebic/eT2GV8NA">Lake Gogebic</a>, and 12,000 miles (19,000 km) of streams.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> Its lowest elevation is along the shoreline of Lake Huron and Lake Michigan, averaging 577 feet (176 m) above sea level.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> Its highest elevation is <a href="/facts/Mount_Arvon/qEEGyNPL">Mount Arvon</a>, at 1,979 feet (603 m).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> </p><p>Michigan's Upper Peninsula is bounded on land by Wisconsin to the southwest and west; and in territorial waters by Minnesota to the west, <a href="/facts/Ontario/HUkxk5Rf">Ontario</a> to the west, north and east, and the <a href="/facts/Door_Peninsula/wEhxjkuE">Door Peninsula</a> of Wisconsin extends into <a href="/facts/Lake_Michigan/t5ynSsvY">Lake Michigan</a> east of the western Upper Peninsula. </p><p>Five Michigan Upper Peninsula counties include nearby major islands: <a href="/facts/Mackinac_Island/zh40xzle">Mackinac Island</a>, <a href="/facts/Round_Island_(Michigan)/MvAKHUIu">Round Island</a> and <a href="/facts/Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan)/CbarXfMf">Bois Blanc Island</a> in Lake Huron are in <a href="/facts/Mackinac_County%2c_Michigan/ufE28nGc">Mackinac County</a>; <a href="/facts/Sugar_Island_(Michigan)/5xvlrM1P">Sugar Island</a> and <a href="/facts/Neebish_Island/NRkpeRfV">Neebish Island</a> in the <a href="/facts/St._Marys_River_(Michigan%25E2%2580%2593Ontario)/PABpWlvg">St. Marys River</a>, and <a href="/facts/Drummond_Island/7XhUfPRj">Drummond Island</a> in Lake Huron are in <a href="/facts/Chippewa_County%2c_Michigan/ysqjTkul">Chippewa County</a>; <a href="/facts/Grand_Island_(Michigan)/gwgG0e5t">Grand Island</a> is in <a href="/facts/Alger_County%2c_Michigan/uJyB0xuM">Alger County</a>; <a href="/facts/Summer_Island/bkaeAVaT">Summer Island</a> is <a href="/facts/Delta_County%2c_Michigan/D0xYkT2X">Delta County</a>; and <a href="/facts/Isle_Royale/VmPGSjWK">Isle Royale</a> is part of <a href="/facts/Keweenaw_County%2c_Michigan/mkjDzRUX">Keweenaw County</a>.The peninsula is divided between the flat, swampy areas in the east, part of the <a href="/facts/Great_Lakes_region/TBaC5hc3">Great Lakes Plain</a>, and the steeper, more rugged western half, called the <a href="/facts/Superior_Upland/Uofcay76">Superior Upland</a>, part of the <a href="/facts/Canadian_Shield/TklzY7Ln">Canadian Shield</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> The rock in the western portion is the result of volcanic eruptions and is estimated to be at least 3.5 billion years old (much older than the eastern portion) and contains the region's ore resources. <a href="/facts/Banded_iron_formation/b1eA2yAk">Banded-iron formations</a> were deposited 2 billion years ago; this is the <a href="/facts/Animikie_Group/3Y6sISfY">Marquette Range Supergroup</a>. A considerable amount of <a href="/facts/Bedrock/mn9WCgtX">bedrock</a> is visible. Mount Arvon is within the <a href="/facts/Huron_Mountains/LIPCcUEb">Huron Mountains</a>, located in Marquette and Baraga counties. The <a href="/facts/Porcupine_Mountains/u3vDvytG">Porcupine Mountains</a> are located in the extreme northwest of the peninsula. All of the higher areas are the remnants of ancient peaks, worn down over millions of years by erosion and glaciers.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> </p><p>The <a href="/facts/Keweenaw_Peninsula/zsyr5SRY">Keweenaw Peninsula</a> is the northernmost part of the peninsula (not counting Isle Royale, which is politically part of the UP). It projects into Lake Superior and was the site of the first copper boom in the United States, part of a larger region of the peninsula called the <a href="/facts/Copper_Country/cGmxrQ2C">Copper Country</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Copper_Island/RlMU9spN">Copper Island</a> is its northernmost section. About one-third of the peninsula is government-owned recreational forest land today, including the <a href="/facts/Ottawa_National_Forest/52XGRLP6">Ottawa National Forest</a> and <a href="/facts/Hiawatha_National_Forest/FLqhc7cd">Hiawatha National Forest</a>. Although heavily logged in the 19th century, the majority of the land was forested with mature trees by the 1970s.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> </p><p>There was a boundary dispute over the border with Wisconsin. The northwesternmost portion of the border follows a line from <a href="/facts/Lac_Vieux_Desert/FUEsJJpY">Lac Vieux Desert</a> to the headwaters of the <a href="/facts/Montreal_River_(Wisconsin%25E2%2580%2593Michigan)/Xsl7FCEN">Montreal River</a>. An 1847 survey established the east branch of the Montreal River as the border. However, the 1908 revision of the <a href="/facts/Constitution_of_Michigan/PaY8LoBk">Constitution of Michigan</a> specified that the west branch of the Montreal River was the proper border, which would have placed an additional 360 square miles of land on the Michigan side of the border.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> A 1926 Supreme Court decision awarded this tract of land to Wisconsin.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> </p> <p class="note">Further information: <a href="/facts/Protected_areas_of_Michigan/TQ1F13Dn">Protected areas of Michigan</a></p> <h3>Wildlife</h3> <p>The Upper Peninsula contains a large variety of wildlife. Some of the mammals found in the UP include <a href="/facts/Shrew/FqIA64gX">shrews</a>, <a href="/facts/Mole_(animal)/tunKPGPu">moles</a>, mice, <a href="/facts/White-tailed_deer/Y8FXTnhj">white-tailed deer</a>, <a href="/facts/Moose/JDlB909Q">moose</a>, <a href="/facts/American_black_bear/lezPKsnd">black bears</a>, <a href="/facts/Cougar/bIzW7fPk">cougar</a>, <a href="/facts/Gray_fox/2jGKen0P">gray</a> and <a href="/facts/Red_fox/sJCRHyt8">red foxes</a>, <a href="/facts/Wolf/1n3ADMPP">wolves</a>, <a href="/facts/North_American_river_otter/WDeLahKj">river otters</a>, <a href="/facts/Martens/8h68nhIA">martens</a>, <a href="/facts/Fisher_(animal)/A8mhduQ9">fishers</a>, <a href="/facts/Muskrat/weM7BNA3">muskrats</a>, <a href="/facts/Bobcat/8xkRLsIu">bobcats</a>, <a href="/facts/Coyote/RXpwhVfb">coyotes</a>, <a href="/facts/Snowshoe_hare/uWDsuFWM">snowshoe hares</a>, <a href="/facts/Eastern_cottontail/oSR1u0h6">cotton-tail rabbits</a>, <a href="/facts/Porcupine/uv39498A">porcupines</a>, <a href="/facts/Chipmunk/jzARJNK6">chipmunks</a>, squirrels, <a href="/facts/Raccoon/BREQAMnp">raccoons</a>, <a href="/facts/Opossum/UEhq5mkq">opossum</a> and bats. There is a large variety of birds, including hawks, osprey, owls, gulls, hummingbirds, chickadees, <a href="/facts/American_robin/7qL16gSR">robins</a> (the state bird), woodpeckers, warblers, and bald eagles. In terms of reptiles and <a href="/facts/Amphibians/r2BleD2W">amphibians</a>, the UP has common <a href="/facts/Garter_snake/g7BvKgsY">garter snakes</a>, <a href="/facts/Storeria/YJ1L0FLM">red bellied snakes</a>, <a href="/facts/Pine_snake/XSvLkHpQ">pine snakes</a>, <a href="/facts/Northern_water_snake/s1UzRyuP">northern water snakes</a>, <a href="/facts/Storeria/YJ1L0FLM">brown snakes</a>, <a href="/facts/Common_garter_snake/A5BFMjTq">eastern garter snakes</a>, <a href="/facts/Pantherophis_gloydi/aPQ1zmCV">eastern fox snakes</a>, <a href="/facts/Thamnophis_saurita_saurita/2wbohVJ5">eastern ribbon back snakes</a>, <a href="/facts/Opheodrys/Sks0CKC9">green snakes</a>, <a href="/facts/Northern_ringneck_snake/rur4orcd">northern ringneck snakes</a>, <a href="/facts/Milk_snake/td3jtDEz">eastern milk snakes</a> (Mackinac and Marquette counties) and <a href="/facts/Heterodon_platirhinos/jH0uWuDu">eastern hognose snakes</a> (Menominee County only), plus <a href="/facts/Snapping_turtle/JsKDEvTB">snapping turtles</a>, <a href="/facts/Wood_turtle/6pb3BRNC">wood turtles</a>, and <a href="/facts/Painted_turtle/nlU3EGnT">painted turtles</a> (the state reptile), <a href="/facts/Rana_clamitans/Lb3KMu75">green frogs</a>, <a href="/facts/American_bullfrog/oV8ImgMo">bullfrogs</a>, <a href="/facts/Northern_leopard_frog/QGv7Fm71">northern leopard frogs</a>, and <a href="/facts/Salamander/5pKurkwV">salamanders</a>. Lakes and rivers contain many fish such as <a href="/facts/Walleye/tpjJEWpQ">walleye</a>, <a href="/facts/Muskellunge/p4gupYz1">muskie</a>, <a href="/facts/Northern_pike/bsFor2k0">northern pike</a>, <a href="/facts/Trout/ptMf8sS2">trout</a>, <a href="/facts/Salmon/7kUsoqVN">salmon</a>, <a href="/facts/Bullhead_catfish/vJTqI3hF">bullhead catfish</a>, and bass. Invasive species like the alewife and sea lamprey can be found in the Great Lakes. The UP also contains many shellfish, such as <a href="/facts/Clam/5BB6vVl7">clams</a>, aquatic snails, and <a href="/facts/Crayfish/aXYaXaV8">crayfish</a>. The <a href="/facts/American_Bird_Conservancy/NNgmeuXS">American Bird Conservancy</a> and the <a href="/facts/National_Audubon_Society/wgnqxlPU">National Audubon Society</a> have designated several locations as internationally <a href="/facts/Important_Bird_Area/lNzQytd9">Important Bird Areas</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a> </p> <p>After being nearly <a href="/facts/Local_extinction/DbRYtFPq">extirpated</a> from the <a href="/facts/Conterminous_United_States/yx414G7a">conterminous United States</a>, <a href="/facts/Gray_wolf/ed7IVbIf">gray wolves</a> survived in the remote northeastern corner of Minnesota and Ontario. The <a href="/facts/Repopulation_of_wolves_in_Midwestern_United_States/8q5at2y9">repopulation of wolves in this region</a> has occurred naturally as they have expanded their territory after they were protected under the federal <a href="/facts/Endangered_Species_Act_of_1973/voufDnBj">Endangered Species Act</a> in 1978.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a> Michigan Department of Natural Resources's principal goals set in 2008 included maintaining a viable wolf population, facilitating wolf-related benefits, minimizing wolf-related conflicts and conducting "science-based and socially acceptable management of wolves".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a> Michigan removed wolves from the state's list of threatened and endangered species in 2009 having reached the recovery goal of 200 for five consecutive years in 2004.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a> In 2012, FWS issued a rule that classified and delisted a sub-species called the Western Great Lakes wolves under the federal Endangered Species Act. Michigan had a legal wolf hunt in 2013.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a> Wolves were returned to the list of federally threatened species in December 2014 as a result of a court ruling. The Department of Natural Resources found that an equilibrium has been achieved between the available habitat and the number of this predators the region can support.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a> The department supports delisting as wolves have met and exceeded the biological recovery goals that would necessitate protection.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a> </p><p>There is significant discussion and studies over the presence of <a href="/facts/Eastern_cougar/3EzeNesg">eastern cougars</a> in the UP.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a> Historically, the last of the species, or subspecies, was extirpated near <a href="/facts/Newberry%2c_Michigan/8xwQuCAY">Newberry</a> in 1906, although there have been sightings of the creatures over the years since.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a> These reports increased in number over the first decade of the 21st century. The <a href="/facts/Michigan_Department_of_Natural_Resources_and_Environment/NCuX42AQ">Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment</a> (DNRE)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a> formed a four-person team to investigate sightings in the state. The biologists with the DNRE currently do not believe that there is a breeding population anywhere in the state, rather that the sighted animals are visitors to the state.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a> As late as January 2007, the DNRE's official position was that no cougars lived in Michigan.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a> Several residents in the state disagree with both current and previous positions on the part of the DNRE.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a> Researchers at <a href="/facts/Central_Michigan_University/H1MmaSYd">Central Michigan University</a> and the Michigan Wildlife Conservancy in 2006 published the findings of a study using DNA analysis of fecal samples taken in the Upper and Lower peninsulas that showed the presence of cougars at the time.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a> These results were disputed in a second journal article in 2007 by other researchers from <a href="/facts/Eastern_Michigan_University/oAzbGxr9">Eastern Michigan University</a> and the <a href="/facts/U.S._Forest_Service/NRzYYHhc">U.S. Forest Service</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a> A citizen's group, the Michigan Citizens for Cougar Recognition (MCCR), independently tracked sightings and in 2009 listed Delta County as the location with the greatest number of reports in the state.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37"><sup>37</sup></a> The DNRE verified five sets of tracks and two trail camera photos in Delta, Chippewa, Marquette, and Menominee counties since 2008.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38"><sup>38</sup></a> DNRE officials acknowledge that there are cougars in the UP, but not elsewhere in the state. Critics of the DNRE's position on the species, including the founder of the MCCR, say that the department is attempting to "avoid paying for a cougar management program".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39"><sup>39</sup></a> In March 2025 the DNR released a statement that two cougar cubs were verified to be living in an undisclosed area of Ontonagon County, the first time cougar cubs have been verified the Western Great Lakes in over 100 years. The presence of the cubs, estimated via photographic evidence to be around seven weeks old, is in contrast to previous sightings which are thought to be transient adult animals and not representative of resident or breeding populations.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40"><sup>40</sup></a> </p><p>There also many <a href="/facts/Invasive_species/Ya1v6RGx">invasive species</a> that are primarily brought in the <a href="/facts/Ballast_tank/81uzPcrE">ballast</a> water of foreign ships, usually from the ocean bordering northeastern Asia. This water is dumped directly into the Great Lakes, depositing a variety of fresh and salt water fish and invertebrates, most notably the <a href="/facts/Zebra_mussel/4wTbAMSV">zebra mussel</a>, <i>Dreissena polymorpha</i>. There are also many plant species that have been transported to the Great Lakes, including purple loosestrife, <i><a href="/facts/Lythrum_salicaria/4y2y7y5n">Lythrum salicaria</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41"><sup>41</sup></a> and <i><a href="/facts/Phragmites_australis/3BjdHC0t">Phragmites australis</a></i>, both of which are considered to be a threat to native <a href="/facts/Aquatic_plant/Tr1rlK49">hydrophyte</a> wetland plants.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:42" href="#fn:42"><sup>42</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:43" href="#fn:43"><sup>43</sup></a> The <a href="/facts/Emerald_ash_borer/RTUwGtMN">emerald ash borer</a> was first reported in the UP at <a href="/facts/Brimley_State_Park/unFHVkls">Brimley State Park</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:44" href="#fn:44"><sup>44</sup></a> and is considered to be a serious ecological threat to the habitat and economy. </p> <h3>Climate</h3> <p>The Upper Peninsula has a <a href="/facts/Humid_continental_climate/m5J175oK">humid continental climate</a> (<i>Dfb</i> in the <a href="/facts/K%25C3%25B6ppen_climate_classification/VDcr86hF">Köppen climate classification</a> system). The Great Lakes have a great effect on the larger part of the peninsula. Winters tend to be long, cold, and snowy for most of the peninsula, and because of its northern latitude, the daylight hours are short—around 8 hours between sunrise and sunset in the winter. Lake Superior has the greatest effect on the area, especially the northern and western parts. <a href="/facts/Lake-effect_snow/UHeegk1o">Lake-effect snow</a> causes many areas to get in excess of 100–250 inches (2.5–6.4 m) of snow per year—especially in the Keweenaw Peninsula and Gogebic County, and to a lesser extent Baraga, Marquette and Alger counties, making the western UP a prominent part of the <a href="/facts/Midwestern_United_States/VanHjkw2">midwestern</a> <a href="/facts/Snowbelt/aEUkRcCF">snowbelt</a>. </p><p>Records of 390 inches (9.9 m) of snow or more have been set in many communities in this area.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:45" href="#fn:45"><sup>45</sup></a> The Keweenaw Peninsula averages more snowfall than any other location east of the <a href="/facts/Mississippi_River/RduarPzj">Mississippi River</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:46" href="#fn:46"><sup>46</sup></a> Because of the howling storms across Lake Superior, which cause dramatic amounts of precipitation, it has been said that the lake-effect snow makes the Keweenaw Peninsula the snowiest place east of the <a href="/facts/Rocky_Mountains/rDc3cU0E">Rockies</a>. <a href="/facts/Herman%2c_Michigan/m8fPl9h6">Herman</a> averages 236 inches (5.99 m) of snow every year.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:47" href="#fn:47"><sup>47</sup></a> Lake-effect snow can cause blinding <a href="/facts/Whiteout_(weather)/19UCWKTI">whiteouts</a> in just minutes, and some storms can last for days. <a href="/facts/Hancock%2c_Michigan/CHpVt4dT">Hancock</a> is found frequently on lists of the snowiest cities in America.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:48" href="#fn:48"><sup>48</sup></a> </p><p>The <a href="/facts/Banana_belt/rvkhEauR">banana belt</a> along the Wisconsin border has a more continental climate since most of its weather does not arrive from the lakes. Summers tend to be warmer and winter nights much colder. Coastal communities have temperatures tempered by the Great Lakes. In summer, it might be 10 °F (5.6 °C) cooler at lakeside than it is inland, and the opposite effect is seen in winter. The area of the Upper Peninsula north of <a href="/facts/Green_Bay_(Lake_Michigan)/FIJfXje4">Green Bay</a> through Menominee and Escanaba (and extending west to Iron River) does not have the extreme weather and precipitation found to the north.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:49" href="#fn:49"><sup>49</sup></a> The coldest temperature officially recorded in the Upper Peninsula was −48 °F (−44 °C) in Humboldt in January 1915.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:50" href="#fn:50"><sup>50</sup></a> </p> <h3>Time zones</h3> <p>Like the entire Lower Peninsula, most of the Upper Peninsula is within the <a href="/facts/Eastern_Time_Zone/jP4S8j1V">Eastern Time Zone</a>. However, the four counties bordering Wisconsin are in the <a href="/facts/Central_Time_Zone/5UBgAgqS">Central Time Zone</a>. In 1967, when the <a href="/facts/Uniform_Time_Act/5aCCeWYe">Uniform Time Act</a> came into effect, the Upper Peninsula went under year-round Central Standard Time, with no <a href="/facts/Daylight_saving_time/bEWvB1Rt">daylight saving time</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:51" href="#fn:51"><sup>51</sup></a> In 1973, the majority of the peninsula switched to Eastern Standard Time;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:52" href="#fn:52"><sup>52</sup></a> only the four western border counties of <a href="/facts/Gogebic_County%2c_Michigan/SHJxWV51">Gogebic</a>, <a href="/facts/Iron_County%2c_Michigan/EeedeQVS">Iron</a>, <a href="/facts/Dickinson_County%2c_Michigan/YClzlEYj">Dickinson</a>, and <a href="/facts/Menominee_County%2c_Michigan/egWU6jTF">Menominee</a> continue to observe Central Standard Time. Daylight saving time is observed peninsula-wide. </p> <h2 id="demographics">Demographics</h2> <p>The Upper Peninsula remains a predominantly rural region. As of the <a href="/facts/2020_United_States_census/dTEm5TRr">2020 census</a> the region had a population of 301,608, just more than 3% of Michigan's total population and a decline of 3.2% from 2010.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:53" href="#fn:53"><sup>53</sup></a> </p><p>According to the <a href="/facts/United_States_2010_Census/RoYVI17A">2010 census</a>, 103,211 people live in the 12 towns of at least 4,000 people, covering 96.5 square miles (250 km2). A total of 116,548 people live in the 18 towns and villages of at least 2,000 people, which cover 108.5 square miles (281 km2)—less than 1% of the peninsula's land area. </p> <table><tbody><tr><td>Cities and villages of the Upper Peninsula<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:54" href="#fn:54"><sup>54</sup></a><table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">City</th><th scope="col">Population</th><th scope="col">Area(sq mi)</th><th scope="col">Area(km2)</th></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Marquette%2c_Michigan/RhfJVPVS">Marquette</a></th><td>20,629</td><td>11.4</td><td>30</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Sault_Ste._Marie%2c_Michigan/xTkb7tqa">Sault Ste. Marie</a></th><td>13,337</td><td>14.8</td><td>38</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Escanaba/k6jaY0M2">Escanaba</a></th><td>12,450</td><td>12.7</td><td>33</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Menominee%2c_Michigan/63rLTCar">Menominee</a></th><td>8,488</td><td>5.2</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Houghton%2c_Michigan/29aeyqea">Houghton</a></th><td>8,386</td><td>4.3</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Iron_Mountain%2c_Michigan/cCxY3z6H">Iron Mountain</a></th><td>7,518</td><td>7.2</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Ishpeming%2c_Michigan/BNuIgEAp">Ishpeming</a></th><td>6,140</td><td>8.7</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Gladstone%2c_Michigan/qQ0uHRBM">Gladstone</a></th><td>5,257</td><td>5.0</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Kingsford%2c_Michigan/GgKFjDxt">Kingsford</a></th><td>5,139</td><td>4.3</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Ironwood%2c_Michigan/WhX85X8W">Ironwood</a></th><td>5,045</td><td>6.6</td><td>17</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Negaunee%2c_Michigan/2S4MTVwg">Negaunee</a></th><td>4,627</td><td>13.8</td><td>36</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Hancock%2c_Michigan/CHpVt4dT">Hancock</a></th><td>4,501</td><td>2.5</td><td>6.5</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Iron_River%2c_Michigan/W1RklpdA">Iron River</a></th><td>3,007</td><td>3.5</td><td>9.1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Norway%2c_Michigan/j3EjN6rN">Norway</a></th><td>2,840</td><td>8.8</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Manistique%2c_Michigan/VPu8wymj">Manistique</a></th><td>2,828</td><td>3.2</td><td>8.3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/St._Ignace%2c_Michigan/M2yXdE8n">St. Ignace</a></th><td>2,306</td><td>2.7</td><td>7.0</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Munising%2c_Michigan/PfcQpFdN">Munising</a></th><td>1,986</td><td>5.4</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Baraga%2c_Michigan/hRb4oTzP">Baraga</a></th><td>1,883</td><td>2.2</td><td>5.7</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/L%2527Anse%2c_Michigan/4mFa2F5k">L'Anse</a></th><td>1,874</td><td>2.6</td><td>6.7</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Laurium%2c_Michigan/G4o6aAGK">Laurium</a></th><td>1,864</td><td>0.65</td><td>1.7</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Bessemer%2c_Michigan/vpAs71bp">Bessemer</a></th><td>1,805</td><td>5.5</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Wakefield%2c_Michigan/XrLL3vHC">Wakefield</a></th><td>1,702</td><td>8.4</td><td>22</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Crystal_Falls%2c_Michigan/ukjNAruF">Crystal Falls</a></th><td>1,598</td><td>3.64</td><td>9.4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Newberry%2c_Michigan/8xwQuCAY">Newberry</a></th><td>1,446</td><td>0.98</td><td>2.5</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Ontonagon%2c_Michigan/Dh1MUzcz">Ontonagon</a></th><td>1,285</td><td>3.84</td><td>9.9</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Lake_Linden%2c_Michigan/NW4RtF4u">Lake Linden</a></th><td>1,014</td><td>0.9</td><td>2.3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Stephenson%2c_Michigan/WmI0Xcb4">Stephenson</a></th><td>816</td><td>1.08</td><td>2.8</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Caspian%2c_Michigan/B3Fz8vrX">Caspian</a></th><td>805</td><td>1.43</td><td>3.7</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/South_Range%2c_Michigan/lk6mL7HT">South Range</a></th><td>750</td><td>0.36</td><td>0.93</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Calumet%2c_Michigan/5SHLL7pW">Calumet</a></th><td>621</td><td>0.2</td><td>0.52</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Mackinac_Island%2c_Michigan/M8t9E90m">Mackinac Island</a></th><td>583</td><td>18.84</td><td>48.8</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Powers%2c_Michigan/r5SNREVy">Powers</a></th><td>381</td><td>0.99</td><td>2.6</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Gaastra%2c_Michigan/YV7I4KU8">Gaastra</a></th><td>316</td><td>1.64</td><td>4.2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Daggett%2c_Michigan/g1mhcFrh">Daggett</a></th><td>201</td><td>1.12</td><td>2.9</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Copper_City%2c_Michigan/jj0GuISd">Copper City</a></th><td>187</td><td>0.08</td><td>0.21</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Carney%2c_Michigan/qCFn5xh4">Carney</a></th><td>179</td><td>1.37</td><td>3.5</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Ahmeek%2c_Michigan/jWKcDBUm">Ahmeek</a></th><td>127</td><td>0.06</td><td>0.16</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Alpha%2c_Michigan/rjvxlmBg">Alpha</a></th><td>126</td><td>0.99</td><td>2.6</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Total</th><td>134,428</td><td>96.5</td><td>250</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td>Upper Peninsula land area and population density by county (2010)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:55" href="#fn:55"><sup>55</sup></a><table><tbody><tr><th scope="col" rowspan="2">County</th><th scope="col" rowspan="2">Population</th><th scope="col" colspan="2">Land area</th><th scope="col" colspan="2">Population density</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">sq mi</th><th scope="col">km2</th><th scope="col">persq mi</th><th scope="col">perkm2</th></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Alger_County/uJyB0xuM">Alger</a></th><td>8,842</td><td>915</td><td>2,370</td><td>10.5</td><td>4.1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Baraga_County/v9YPqu2U">Baraga</a></th><td>8,158</td><td>898</td><td>2,330</td><td>9.8</td><td>3.8</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Chippewa_County%2c_Michigan/ysqjTkul">Chippewa</a></th><td>36,785</td><td>1,558</td><td>4,040</td><td>24.7</td><td>9.5</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Delta_County%2c_Michigan/D0xYkT2X">Delta</a></th><td>36,903</td><td>1,171</td><td>3,030</td><td>31.6</td><td>12.2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Dickinson_County%2c_Michigan/YClzlEYj">Dickinson</a></th><td>25,947</td><td>761</td><td>1,970</td><td>34.4</td><td>13.3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Gogebic_County/SHJxWV51">Gogebic</a></th><td>14,380</td><td>1,101</td><td>2,850</td><td>14.9</td><td>5.8</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Houghton_County/gsAtA4d1">Houghton</a></th><td>37,361</td><td>1,009</td><td>2,610</td><td>36.3</td><td>14.0</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Iron_County%2c_Michigan/EeedeQVS">Iron</a></th><td>11,631</td><td>1,166</td><td>3,020</td><td>10.1</td><td>3.9</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Keweenaw_County/mkjDzRUX">Keweenaw</a></th><td>2,046</td><td>540</td><td>1,400</td><td>4.0</td><td>1.5</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Luce_County/z19bvSPP">Luce</a></th><td>5,339</td><td>899</td><td>2,330</td><td>7.3</td><td>2.8</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Mackinac_County/ufE28nGc">Mackinac</a></th><td>10,834</td><td>1,021</td><td>2,640</td><td>10.8</td><td>4.2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Marquette_County%2c_Michigan/exQge7vo">Marquette</a></th><td>66,017</td><td>1,808</td><td>4,680</td><td>37.1</td><td>14.3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Menominee_County%2c_Michigan/egWU6jTF">Menominee</a></th><td>23,502</td><td>1,044</td><td>2,700</td><td>23.0</td><td>8.9</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Ontonagon_County/uSTHCz1V">Ontonagon</a></th><td>5,816</td><td>1,311</td><td>3,400</td><td>5.1</td><td>2.0</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Schoolcraft_County/tTK3baw8">Schoolcraft</a></th><td>8,047</td><td>1,171</td><td>3,030</td><td>7.2</td><td>2.8</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Total</th><td>301,608</td><td>16,377</td><td>42,420</td><td>19.0</td><td>7.3</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Federal censuses indicate that the population of the Upper Peninsula grew throughout the 19th century as European settlers moved into the region, then boomed around the turn of the century, and experienced gradual decline overall during most of the 20th century.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:56" href="#fn:56"><sup>56</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:57" href="#fn:57"><sup>57</sup></a> The decline was uneven, however: the population in the largest cities – Marquette, Sault Ste Marie, and Escanaba – grew somewhat, while smaller cities and non-urban areas have generally declined in population. The six westernmost counties experienced the largest decrease, from a 1920 population of 153,674 to a 2020 population of 79,392. Many <a href="/facts/List_of_ghost_towns_in_Michigan/9r8PzYcP">ghost towns exist in the region</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:58" href="#fn:58"><sup>58</sup></a> </p><p>A "" indicates an increase in population from the previous census, and a "" indicates a decrease in population from the previous census. </p> Population by census year of the Upper Peninsula by county<table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">County</th><th scope="col">1830</th><th scope="col">1840</th><th scope="col">1850</th><th scope="col">1860</th><th scope="col">1870</th><th scope="col">1880</th><th scope="col">1890</th><th scope="col">1900</th><th scope="col">1910</th><th scope="col">1920</th><th scope="col">1930</th><th scope="col">1940</th><th scope="col">1950</th><th scope="col">1960</th><th scope="col">1970</th><th scope="col">1980</th><th scope="col">1990</th><th scope="col">2000</th><th scope="col">2010</th><th>2020</th></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Alger_County/uJyB0xuM">Alger</a></th><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>1,238</td><td>5,868</td><td>7,675</td><td>9,983</td><td>9,327</td><td>10,167</td><td>10,007</td><td>9,250</td><td>8,568</td><td>9,225</td><td>8,972</td><td>9,862</td><td>9,601</td><td>8,842</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Baraga_County/v9YPqu2U">Baraga</a></th><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>1,804</td><td>3,036</td><td>4,320</td><td>6,125</td><td>7,662</td><td>9,168</td><td>9,356</td><td>8,037</td><td>7,151</td><td>7,789</td><td>8,484</td><td>7,954</td><td>8,735</td><td>8,860</td><td>8,158</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Chippewa_County%2c_Michigan/ysqjTkul">Chippewa</a></th><td>626</td><td>534</td><td>898</td><td>1,603</td><td>1,689</td><td>5,248</td><td>12,018</td><td>21,338</td><td>24,472</td><td>24,818</td><td>25,047</td><td>27,807</td><td>29,206</td><td>32,655</td><td>32,412</td><td>29,029</td><td>34,604</td><td>38,543</td><td>38,520</td><td>36,785</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Delta_County%2c_Michigan/D0xYkT2X">Delta</a></th><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>1,172</td><td>2,542</td><td>6,812</td><td>15,330</td><td>23,881</td><td>30,108</td><td>30,909</td><td>32,280</td><td>34,037</td><td>32,913</td><td>34,298</td><td>35,924</td><td>38,947</td><td>37,780</td><td>38,520</td><td>37,069</td><td>36,903</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Dickinson_County%2c_Michigan/YClzlEYj">Dickinson</a></th><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>17,890</td><td>20,524</td><td>19,456</td><td>29,941</td><td>28,731</td><td>24,844</td><td>23,917</td><td>23,753</td><td>25,341</td><td>26,831</td><td>27,427</td><td>26,168</td><td>25,947</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Gogebic_County/SHJxWV51">Gogebic</a></th><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>13,166</td><td>16,738</td><td>23,333</td><td>33,225</td><td>31,577</td><td>31,797</td><td>27,053</td><td>24,370</td><td>20,676</td><td>19,686</td><td>18,052</td><td>17,370</td><td>16,427</td><td>14,380</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Houghton_County/gsAtA4d1">Houghton</a></th><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>708</td><td>9,234</td><td>13,879</td><td>22,473</td><td>35,389</td><td>66,063</td><td>88,098</td><td>71,930</td><td>52,851</td><td>47,631</td><td>39,771</td><td>34,654</td><td>34,652</td><td>37,872</td><td>35,446</td><td>36,016</td><td>36,628</td><td>37,361</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Iron_County%2c_Michigan/EeedeQVS">Iron</a></th><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>4,432</td><td>8,990</td><td>15,164</td><td>22,107</td><td>20,805</td><td>20,243</td><td>17,692</td><td>17,184</td><td>13,813</td><td>13,635</td><td>13,175</td><td>13,138</td><td>11,817</td><td>11,631</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Keweenaw_County/mkjDzRUX">Keweenaw</a></th><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>4,205</td><td>4,270</td><td>2,894</td><td>3,217</td><td>7,156</td><td>6,322</td><td>5,076</td><td>4,004</td><td>2,918</td><td>2,417</td><td>2,264</td><td>1,963</td><td>1,701</td><td>2,301</td><td>2,156</td><td>2,046</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Luce_County/z19bvSPP">Luce</a></th><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>2,455</td><td>2,983</td><td>4,004</td><td>6,149</td><td>6,528</td><td>7,423</td><td>8,147</td><td>7,827</td><td>6,789</td><td>6,659</td><td>5,763</td><td>7,024</td><td>6,631</td><td>5,339</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Mackinac_County/ufE28nGc">Mackinac</a></th><td>877</td><td>923</td><td>3,598</td><td>1,938</td><td>1,716</td><td>2,902</td><td>7,830</td><td>7,703</td><td>9,249</td><td>8,026</td><td>8,783</td><td>9,438</td><td>9,287</td><td>10,853</td><td>9,660</td><td>10,178</td><td>10,674</td><td>11,943</td><td>11,113</td><td>10,834</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Marquette_County%2c_Michigan/exQge7vo">Marquette</a></th><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>136</td><td>2,821</td><td>15,033</td><td>25,394</td><td>39,521</td><td>41,239</td><td>46,739</td><td>45,786</td><td>44,076</td><td>47,144</td><td>47,654</td><td>56,154</td><td>64,686</td><td>74,101</td><td>70,887</td><td>64,634</td><td>67,077</td><td>66,017</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Menominee_County%2c_Michigan/egWU6jTF">Menominee</a></th><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>1,791</td><td>11,987</td><td>33,639</td><td>27,046</td><td>25,648</td><td>23,778</td><td>23,652</td><td>24,883</td><td>25,299</td><td>24,685</td><td>24,587</td><td>26,201</td><td>24,920</td><td>25,109</td><td>24,029</td><td>23,502</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Ontonagon_County/uSTHCz1V">Ontonagon</a></th><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>389</td><td>4,568</td><td>2,845</td><td>2,565</td><td>3,756</td><td>6,197</td><td>8,650</td><td>12,428</td><td>11,114</td><td>11,359</td><td>10,282</td><td>10,584</td><td>10,548</td><td>9,861</td><td>8,854</td><td>7,818</td><td>6,780</td><td>5,816</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Schoolcraft_County/tTK3baw8">Schoolcraft</a></th><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>16</td><td>78</td><td>—</td><td>1,575</td><td>5,818</td><td>7,889</td><td>8,681</td><td>9,977</td><td>8,451</td><td>9,524</td><td>9,148</td><td>8,953</td><td>8,226</td><td>8,575</td><td>8,302</td><td>8,903</td><td>8,485</td><td>8,047</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Total</th><td>1,503</td><td>1,457</td><td>5,745</td><td>21,414</td><td>43,700</td><td>85,030</td><td>180,522</td><td>261,362</td><td>325,626</td><td>332,556</td><td>318,676</td><td>323,544</td><td>302,258</td><td>304,952</td><td>304,347</td><td>319,757</td><td>313,915</td><td>317,213</td><td>311,361</td><td>301,608</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="education">Education</h2> <p>The Upper Peninsula of Michigan has three state universities (<a href="/facts/Lake_Superior_State_University/qHzISoNy">Lake Superior State University</a> in Sault Ste. Marie, <a href="/facts/Michigan_Technological_University/xtGKYofo">Michigan Technological University</a> in Houghton, and <a href="/facts/Northern_Michigan_University/Fkp18HFj">Northern Michigan University</a> in Marquette) and five community colleges (<a href="/facts/Bay_Mills_Community_College/udLYsWeL">Bay Mills Community College</a> in Brimley, <a href="/facts/Bay_de_Noc_Community_College/flPDzn2K">Bay de Noc Community College</a> in Escanaba and Iron Mountain, <a href="/facts/Gogebic_Community_College/pAVS6JXF">Gogebic Community College</a> in Ironwood, and <a href="/facts/Keweenaw_Bay_Ojibwa_Community_College/pdhT8DXj">Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College</a> in Baraga). </p> <h2 id="culture">Culture</h2> <p>Early settlers included multiple waves of people from <a href="/facts/Nordic_countries/uaqX7z81">Nordic countries</a>, and people of Finnish ancestry make up 16% of the peninsula's population. The <a href="/facts/Finnish_sauna/jlCLgHEb">Finnish sauna</a> and the concept of <i><a href="/facts/Sisu/KFnATUdR">sisu</a></i> have been adopted widely by residents of the Upper Peninsula. The television program <i><a href="/facts/WLUC-TV/V28sdKBT">Finland Calling</a></i> was for a long period the only Finnish-language television broadcast in the United States; it aired on Marquette station <a href="/facts/WLUC-TV/V28sdKBT">WLUC-TV</a> from March 25, 1962, until March 29, 2015.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:59" href="#fn:59"><sup>59</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Finlandia_University/N0Gc4n7o">Finlandia University</a>, America's only college with Finnish roots, was located in Hancock, but has shut down as of spring 2023.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:60" href="#fn:60"><sup>60</sup></a> Street signs in Hancock appear in English and Finnish to celebrate this heritage. </p><p>Other sizable ethnic communities in the Upper Peninsula include <a href="/facts/French_Canadian/CfYF8yXT">French-Canadian</a>, German, <a href="/facts/Cornish_people/zxGlI9jK">Cornish</a>, Italian, and <a href="/facts/Ojibwe_people/XJWRD3dN">Ojibwe</a> ancestry. </p><p>People from the Upper Peninsula <a href="/facts/Yooper_dialect/BQEBFlvv">speak a dialect</a> influenced by Scandinavian and French-Canadian speech. A popular bumper sticker, a parody of the "Say YES to Michigan" slogan promoted by state tourism officials, shows an outline of the Upper Peninsula and the slogan, "Say ya to da UP, eh!" The dialect and culture are captured in many songs by <a href="/facts/Da_Yoopers/SquthUaC">Da Yoopers</a>, a comedy music and skit troupe from <a href="/facts/Ishpeming%2c_Michigan/BNuIgEAp">Ishpeming</a>. </p><p>The Keweenaw Peninsula is home to several ski areas. <a href="/facts/Mont_Ripley/fY7Mmms5">Mont Ripley</a>, just outside Houghton, is popular among students of <a href="/facts/Michigan_Technological_University/xtGKYofo">Michigan Technological University</a> (the university actually owns the ski hill). Further up the peninsula in the small town of <a href="/facts/Lac_La_Belle%2c_Michigan/98y5eclx">Lac La Belle</a> is <a href="/facts/Mount_Bohemia/cdvoyGx8">Mt. Bohemia</a>. A skiing purist's resort, Bohemia is a self-proclaimed "experts only" mountain, and it does not <a href="/facts/Snow_grooming/kflwuu5o">groom</a> its heavily <a href="/facts/Glade_skiing/YfGazXHn">gladed</a> slopes.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:61" href="#fn:61"><sup>61</sup></a> Other ski areas are Pine Mountain located in Iron Mountain, Norway Mountain in the town of the same name, and the <a href="/facts/Porcupine_Mountains_Ski_Area/LxAcF5PU">Porcupine Mountains Ski Area</a> located in Ontonagon. </p><p>Houghton is where professional ice hockey was first started in 1904.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:62" href="#fn:62"><sup>62</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:63" href="#fn:63"><sup>63</sup></a> </p> <h3>Regional identity</h3> <p>As of 2018, the western Upper Peninsula is home to about 173,887 people, while the eastern Upper Peninsula is home to about 133,499 people, a total of 307,386—only about 3% of the state's population—living in almost one-third of the state's land area.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:64" href="#fn:64"><sup>64</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:65" href="#fn:65"><sup>65</sup></a> Residents are known as Yoopers (from "UP-ers"), and many consider themselves Yoopers before they consider themselves <a href="/facts/Michigander/eXetf7mn">Michiganders</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:66" href="#fn:66"><sup>66</sup></a> (People living in the Lower Peninsula are commonly called "<a href="/facts/Troll/hlD7PCSI">trolls</a>" by Upper Peninsula residents, as they live "<a href="/facts/Three_Billy_Goats_Gruff/uD9PrfEJ">Under the Bridge</a>".) This <a href="/facts/Regionalism_(politics)/KLQ7Kq32">regionalism</a> is not only a result of the physical separation of the two peninsulas, but also the history of the state. </p><p>Residents of the western Upper Peninsula take on some of the cultural identities of both Wisconsin and Michigan. In terms of sports fandom, residents may support Detroit professional teams or those of Wisconsin—particularly the <a href="/facts/Green_Bay_Packers/XyqYSaTY">Green Bay Packers</a>. This is a result of both proximity and the broadcast and print media of the area. The four counties that border Wisconsin are also in the Central Time Zone, unlike the rest of Michigan, which is on Eastern time. In some cases, commercial cartographers draw incorrect maps that inadvertently annex the Upper Peninsula into Wisconsin.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:67" href="#fn:67"><sup>67</sup></a> </p> <h3>Cuisine</h3> <p class="note">See also: <a href="/facts/Cuisine_of_Michigan/xaXb3Ubc">Cuisine of Michigan</a></p> <p>The Upper Peninsula has a distinctive local cuisine. The <a href="/facts/Pasty/h84zSRcn">pasty</a> (pronounced "pass-tee"), a kind of meat turnover originally brought to the region by Cornish miners, is popular among locals and tourists alike. Pasty varieties include chicken, venison, pork, hamburger, and pizza, all of which many restaurants serve.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:68" href="#fn:68"><sup>68</sup></a> Many restaurants serve potato sausage and <i><a href="/facts/Cudighi/TszglhG2">cudighi</a></i>, a spicy <a href="/facts/Italian_cuisine/cPxxBQj3">Italian</a> meat. </p><p>Finnish immigrants contributed <i><a href="/facts/Pulla/a8Hg2MV5">nisu</a></i>, a <a href="/facts/Cardamom/P6c7X8fk">cardamom</a>-flavored sweet bread; <i><a href="/facts/Limppu/46jbpQ1X">limppu</a></i>, an <a href="/facts/Eastern_Finland/xNfIA748">Eastern Finnish</a> rye bread; <i><a href="/facts/Pannukakku/v9LJhSno">pannukakku</a></i>, a variant on the pancake with a custard flavor; <i><a href="/facts/Viili/2wuSaRJ0">viili</a></i> (sometimes spelled "fellia"), a stretchy, fermented Finnish milk; and <i><a href="/facts/Rusk/DG9xwguq">korppu</a></i>, hard slices of toasted cinnamon bread, traditionally dipped in coffee. Some Finnish foods such as <i>juusto</i> (squeaky cheese, essentially a <a href="/facts/Cheese_curd/5pzWXmVb">cheese curd</a>, like <a href="/facts/Leip%25C3%25A4juusto/v63ppv5W">Leipäjuusto</a>) and <i>saunamakkara</i> (a ring-bologna sausage) have become so ubiquitous in Upper Peninsula cuisine that they are now commonly found in most grocery stores and supermarkets. </p><p><a href="/facts/Maple_syrup/wm7P1fFM">Maple syrup</a> is a highly prized local delicacy.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:69" href="#fn:69"><sup>69</sup></a> Fresh Great Lakes fish, such as the <a href="/facts/Lake_trout/FYqfavNA">lake trout</a>, <a href="/facts/Coregonus/euySxhMP">whitefish</a>, and (in the spring) <a href="/facts/Smelts/Y7mxsbMv">smelt</a> are widely eaten. There is minimal concern about contamination of fish from Lake Superior waters.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:70" href="#fn:70"><sup>70</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Smoking_(food)/S9UuKMSg">Smoked</a> fish is also popular. <a href="/facts/Thimbleberry/J820Fl98">Thimbleberry</a> jam and <a href="/facts/Chokecherry/Xn5n9oGU">chokecherry</a> jelly are a treat.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:71" href="#fn:71"><sup>71</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="economy">Economy</h2> <h3>Industries</h3> <p class="note">See also: <a href="/facts/Copper_mining_in_Michigan/Ajm4Unb9">Copper mining in Michigan</a></p> <p>The Upper Peninsula is rich in mineral deposits, including iron, copper, nickel, and silver. Small amounts of gold have also been discovered and mined. In the 19th century, mining dominated the economy, and the UP became home to many isolated <a href="/facts/Company_town/fcQbCyrI">company towns</a>. For many years, mines in the Keweenaw Peninsula were the world's largest producers of copper. The mines began declining as early as 1913, with most closing temporarily during the <a href="/facts/Great_Depression/5K13wcg0">Great Depression</a>. Mines reopened during <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a>, but almost all quickly closed after the war ended. The last copper mine in the <a href="/facts/Copper_Country/cGmxrQ2C">Copper Country</a> was the <a href="/facts/White_Pine_mine/Ajm4Unb9">White Pine mine</a>, which closed in 1995. Marquette County sits along the <a href="/facts/Marquette_Iron_Range/tFk4FT7b">Marquette Iron Range</a>, which sent out a significant portion of the iron ore mined in the United States for many years.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:72" href="#fn:72"><sup>72</sup></a> As of 2020, Marquette County is home to one remaining iron ore mine and one nickel and copper mine.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:73" href="#fn:73"><sup>73</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:74" href="#fn:74"><sup>74</sup></a> </p><p>From approximately 1870 to 1915, about 32 quarries mined <a href="/facts/Jacobsville_Sandstone/6hmkxCVe">Jacobsville Sandstone</a> in the Upper Peninsula, particularly near Marquette and the community of <a href="/facts/Jacobsville%2c_Michigan/47R8aycG">Jacobsville</a>. The sandstone was used in many buildings, both locally and around the United States.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:75" href="#fn:75"><sup>75</sup></a> </p><p>Since logging of <a href="/facts/Eastern_White_Pine/bWl73Ehe">white pine</a> began in the 1880s, timber has been an important industry.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:76" href="#fn:76"><sup>76</sup></a> Stands of <a href="/facts/Tsuga/3MKCMYYy">hemlock</a> and <a href="/facts/Hardwood/KQT6MN8W">hardwood</a> in the western reaches of the forest experienced larger scale selection-cutting beginning in the mid-20th century. Because of the highly seasonal climate and the short growing season, agriculture is limited in the Upper Peninsula, though potatoes, <a href="/facts/Garden_strawberry/M4oa6zJ9">strawberries</a> and a few other small fruits are grown. </p><p>Tourism has become the main industry in recent decades. In 2005, ShermanTravel, LLC listed the Upper Peninsula as #10 in its assessment of all travel destinations worldwide.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:77" href="#fn:77"><sup>77</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:78" href="#fn:78"><sup>78</sup></a> The peninsula has extensive coastline on the Great Lakes, large tracts of state and national forests, <a href="/facts/Thuja_occidentalis/VKkCfJkI">cedar</a> swamps, more than 150 waterfalls, and low population densities. Because of the skiing, camping, boating, fishing, snowmobiling, hunting, and hiking opportunities, many Lower Peninsula and Wisconsin families spend their vacations in the UP, and tourists visit from Detroit, Chicago, <a href="/facts/Grand_Rapids%2c_Michigan/R5xJsxsd">Grand Rapids</a>, <a href="/facts/Milwaukee/Ucx5PVHn">Milwaukee</a>, and other metropolitan areas. The opening of the <a href="/facts/Mackinac_Bridge/K18g5dpX">Mackinac Bridge</a> in 1957 (see below) has made the Upper Peninsula easily accessible to tourists from the Lower Peninsula and southeast of Michigan, and has helped make the UP a year-round tourist destination. </p><p>During the <a href="/facts/Cold_War/spJdJQ3q">Cold War</a>, the U.P. was home to two <a href="/facts/United_States_Air_Force/7MxWBYlc">U.S. Air Force</a> bases, <a href="/facts/Kincheloe_Air_Force_Base/WMaCRDSv">Kincheloe</a> south of <a href="/facts/Sault_Ste._Marie%2c_Michigan/xTkb7tqa">Sault Ste. Marie</a>, and <a href="/facts/K._I._Sawyer_Air_Force_Base/NM4BK1Cx">K.I. Sawyer</a>, south of <a href="/facts/Marquette%2c_Michigan/RhfJVPVS">Marquette</a>. Both were bases of the <a href="/facts/Strategic_Air_Command/Qp0Y5xpB">Strategic Air Command</a> (SAC), with <a href="/facts/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress/uIXzSmPy">B-52H</a> <a href="/facts/Strategic_bomber/g0PWamDC">bombers</a>; Kincheloe closed in 1977, and Sawyer in 1995. </p><p>In 2004, <a href="/facts/Microbrewery/olIC7Gcq">microbreweries</a> began opening across the Upper Peninsula; 14 opened by 2014, and 23 by 2019.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:79" href="#fn:79"><sup>79</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:80" href="#fn:80"><sup>80</sup></a> In 2019, their annual economic impact totaled $346 million.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:81" href="#fn:81"><sup>81</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:82" href="#fn:82"><sup>82</sup></a> As of 2018, three of Michigan's fifty largest breweries were in the Upper Peninsula: <a href="/facts/Keweenaw_Brewing_Company/VM9MNLMH">Keweenaw Brewing Company</a>, <a href="/facts/Blackrocks_Brewery/swWQ40wV">Blackrocks Brewery</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Ore_Dock_Brewing_Company/SJVGxpA9">Ore Dock Brewing Company</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:83" href="#fn:83"><sup>83</sup></a> </p> <h3>Media</h3> <p class="note">See also: <a href="/facts/List_of_newspapers_in_Michigan/MnMGKq4C">List of newspapers in Michigan</a> and <a href="/facts/List_of_radio_stations_in_Michigan/pGANmPfe">List of radio stations in Michigan</a></p> <p>There are five daily <a href="/facts/Newspapers/q4waJGVL">newspapers</a> published in the Upper Peninsula, <i><a href="/facts/The_Mining_Journal/3zTgCRAI">The Mining Journal</a></i> in <a href="/facts/Marquette%2c_Michigan/RhfJVPVS">Marquette</a>, <i><a href="/facts/The_Daily_Mining_Gazette/YwKFYbEm">The Daily Mining Gazette</a></i> in <a href="/facts/Houghton%2c_Michigan/29aeyqea">Houghton</a>, <i>The Daily News</i> in <a href="/facts/Iron_Mountain%2c_Michigan/cCxY3z6H">Iron Mountain</a>, the <a href="/facts/Daily_Press_(Michigan)/aQXa2nBp"><i>Daily Press</i></a> in <a href="/facts/Escanaba%2c_Michigan/k6jaY0M2">Escanaba</a>, and <a href="/facts/The_Evening_News_(Sault_Ste._Marie)/6FBmfCRq"><i>The Evening News</i></a> in <a href="/facts/Sault_Ste._Marie%2c_Michigan/xTkb7tqa">Sault Ste. Marine</a>. All but <i>The Evening News</i> are owned by <a href="/facts/Ogden_Newspapers/HJCtTBBq">Ogden Newspapers</a>, with the former being owned by <a href="/facts/Gannett/CmTzA9FX">Gannett</a>. <i>The Mining Journal</i>, is the only daily newspaper that publishes a Sunday edition, which is distributed, with the exception of Chippewa and eastern Mackinac counties, across the entire UP (the other six days are distributed in its local area only). Additional, there are monlthly<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:84" href="#fn:84"><sup>84</sup></a> and student<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:85" href="#fn:85"><sup>85</sup></a> publications serving the region. </p><p>The Upper Peninsula is home to eight <a href="/facts/Television_stations/yXVVqqbx">television stations</a>, 15 <a href="/facts/AM_broadcasting/oS0rn1lg">AM broadcasting</a> stations, and 90 <a href="/facts/FM_broadcasting/TpKl3FJv">FM broadcasting</a> stations.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:86" href="#fn:86"><sup>86</sup></a> Most of the UP lies within the Marquette <a href="/facts/List_of_television_stations_in_North_America_by_media_market/dLrsXrNY">media market</a>. The eastern three counties of the peninsula are in the Cadillac-Traverse City market, while <a href="/facts/Gogebic_County%2c_Michigan/SHJxWV51">Gogebic County</a> in the western UP is served by stations in the <a href="/facts/Media_in_Duluth%2c_Minnesota/nnw8k2Ts">Duluth</a> market, and <a href="/facts/Menominee_County%2c_Michigan/egWU6jTF">Menominee County</a> in the southern UP is served by stations from the <a href="/facts/Green_Bay%2c_Wisconsin/ymPzJ8We">Green Bay</a> region. The peninsula's oldest television station is <a href="/facts/WLUC-TV/V28sdKBT">WLUC-TV</a> in <a href="/facts/Negaunee_Township%2c_Michigan/NrGvmRvp">Negaunee Township</a>, while the UP's longest continually operated radio station is <a href="/facts/WCCY/aCDx2YFK">WCCY</a> in Houghton. Most of the region's radio signals originate from the population centers of Sault Ste. Marie, Escanaba, Marquette, or Houghton.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:87" href="#fn:87"><sup>87</sup></a> Due to the vast and sparsely populated geography of the UP, many of the FM stations operate at maximum <a href="/facts/Effective_radiated_power/tjnmEd03">effective radiated power</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:88" href="#fn:88"><sup>88</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="government">Government</h2> <p>There are 15 counties in the Upper Peninsula. </p><p>State prisons are located in <a href="/facts/Baraga%2c_Michigan/hRb4oTzP">Baraga</a>, <a href="/facts/Marquette_Branch_Prison/7vgqaSx2">Marquette</a>, <a href="/facts/Munising%2c_Michigan/PfcQpFdN">Munising</a>, <a href="/facts/Newberry%2c_Michigan/8xwQuCAY">Newberry</a>, and <a href="/facts/Kincheloe%2c_Michigan/Y2GJUyBk">Kincheloe</a>. </p> <h3>Politics</h3> Upper Peninsula vote by party in presidential elections <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:89" href="#fn:89"><sup>89</sup></a><table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th><a href="/facts/Republican_Party_(United_States)/XXM1EVPr">REP</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Democratic_Party_(United_States)/MNe3nDrL">DEM</a></th><th>Others</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/g70dUqvC">2024</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:90" href="#fn:90"><sup>90</sup></a></td><td>58.75% <i>101,383</i></td><td>39.67% <i>68,453</i></td><td>1.58% <i>2,730</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/4Y4ansFk">2020</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:91" href="#fn:91"><sup>91</sup></a></td><td>57.34% <i>95,351</i></td><td>41.04% <i>68,249</i></td><td>1.62% <i>2,695</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/pdwtkQ5I">2016</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:92" href="#fn:92"><sup>92</sup></a></td><td>56.40% <i>82,018</i></td><td>37.77% <i>54,923</i></td><td>5.83% <i>8,476</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/n6Ggu6sj">2012</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:93" href="#fn:93"><sup>93</sup></a></td><td>50.80% <i>73,529</i></td><td>47.49% <i>68,747</i></td><td>1.71% <i>2,477</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/dutjF2nW">2008</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:94" href="#fn:94"><sup>94</sup></a></td><td>46.12% <i>69,647</i></td><td>51.82% <i>78,257</i></td><td>2.06% <i>3,108</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/2070Bdyu">2004</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:95" href="#fn:95"><sup>95</sup></a></td><td>51.52% <i>78,276</i></td><td>47.31% <i>71,888</i></td><td>1.17% <i>1,781</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/mC6UyqKX">2000</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:96" href="#fn:96"><sup>96</sup></a></td><td>50.61% <i>70,256</i></td><td>45.95% <i>63,791</i></td><td>3.43% <i>4,768</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/Te1b1MnQ">1996</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:97" href="#fn:97"><sup>97</sup></a></td><td>36.75% <i>48,134</i></td><td>51.05% <i>66,856</i></td><td>12.20% <i>15,974</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/fsFqobHq">1992</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:98" href="#fn:98"><sup>98</sup></a></td><td>33.37% <i>47,447</i></td><td>46.46% <i>66,060</i></td><td>20.18% <i>28,695</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/3jmJhHNm">1988</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:99" href="#fn:99"><sup>99</sup></a></td><td>47.86% <i>63,151</i></td><td>51.65% <i>68,152</i></td><td>0.49% <i>645</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/VQoThJFt">1984</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:100" href="#fn:100"><sup>100</sup></a></td><td>54.07% <i>75,591</i></td><td>45.56% <i>63,695</i></td><td>0.37% <i>516</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/sRqJxg1X">1980</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:101" href="#fn:101"><sup>101</sup></a></td><td>47.78% <i>71,025</i></td><td>44.12% <i>65,579</i></td><td>8.10% <i>12,046</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/tWX9J3By">1976</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:102" href="#fn:102"><sup>102</sup></a></td><td>48.04% <i>67,596</i></td><td>50.70% <i>71,338</i></td><td>1.25% <i>1,762</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/CueSAAxl">1972</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:103" href="#fn:103"><sup>103</sup></a></td><td>54.08% <i>72,967</i></td><td>44.23% <i>59,670</i></td><td>1.69% <i>2,279</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/3oVmdl8K">1968</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:104" href="#fn:104"><sup>104</sup></a></td><td>44.75% <i>55,070</i></td><td>50.26% <i>61,858</i></td><td>4.99% <i>6,141</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/sBExnhpp">1964</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:105" href="#fn:105"><sup>105</sup></a></td><td>32.40% <i>41,267</i></td><td>67.46% <i>85,923</i></td><td>0.14% <i>183</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/BBqyW2Vj">1960</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:106" href="#fn:106"><sup>106</sup></a></td><td>48.05% <i>64,764</i></td><td>51.76% <i>69,765</i></td><td>0.19% <i>252</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/531jgETd">1956</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:107" href="#fn:107"><sup>107</sup></a></td><td>58.72% <i>77,576</i></td><td>41.12% <i>54,326</i></td><td>0.17% <i>219</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/BEFAUDMc">1952</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:108" href="#fn:108"><sup>108</sup></a></td><td>55.09% <i>74,639</i></td><td>44.45% <i>60,230</i></td><td>0.46% <i>625</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/M0eYpy72">1948</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:109" href="#fn:109"><sup>109</sup></a></td><td>47.28% <i>58,346</i></td><td>48.46% <i>59,801</i></td><td>4.27% <i>5,265</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/PRv0A2x2">1944</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:110" href="#fn:110"><sup>110</sup></a></td><td>45.63% <i>58,704</i></td><td>53.88% <i>69,310</i></td><td>0.49% <i>630</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/9nyjJxsu">1940</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:111" href="#fn:111"><sup>111</sup></a></td><td>46.14% <i>69.164</i></td><td>53.26% <i>79.835</i></td><td>0.67% <i>1,003</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/D74NN7Wy">1936</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:112" href="#fn:112"><sup>112</sup></a></td><td>39.21% <i>54,153</i></td><td>58.78% <i>81,176</i></td><td>2.02% <i>2,784</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/ELlGyplk">1932</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:113" href="#fn:113"><sup>113</sup></a></td><td>48.73% <i>61,473</i></td><td>47.57% <i>60,012</i></td><td>3.71% <i>4,677</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/8KfNJqH3">1928</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:114" href="#fn:114"><sup>114</sup></a></td><td>61.53% <i>65,913</i></td><td>37.04% <i>39.677</i></td><td>1.44% <i>1,542</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/ullD35s7">1924</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:115" href="#fn:115"><sup>115</sup></a></td><td>68.51% <i>61,396</i></td><td>8.10% <i>7,261</i></td><td>23.39% <i>20,964</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/X6a3acIu">1920</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:116" href="#fn:116"><sup>116</sup></a></td><td>74.50% <i>61,475</i></td><td>19.24% <i>15,876</i></td><td>6.27% <i>5,171</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/XX5CR0Yy">1916</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:117" href="#fn:117"><sup>117</sup></a></td><td>59.51% <i>34,269</i></td><td>35.31% <i>20,333</i></td><td>5.17% <i>2,979</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1912_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/rAet1unq">1912</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:118" href="#fn:118"><sup>118</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:119" href="#fn:119"><sup>119</sup></a></td><td>31.41% <i>15,825</i></td><td>19.46% <i>9,803</i></td><td>49.14% <i>24,757</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1908_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/P4TPwVUu">1908</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:120" href="#fn:120"><sup>120</sup></a></td><td>72.69% <i>37,194</i></td><td>21.12% <i>10,805</i></td><td>6.20% <i>3,170</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1904_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/6GENjNto">1904</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:121" href="#fn:121"><sup>121</sup></a></td><td>79.83% <i>37,400</i></td><td>14.87% <i>6,965</i></td><td>5.31% <i>2,486</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1900_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/fmFcfgxa">1900</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:122" href="#fn:122"><sup>122</sup></a></td><td>73.00% <i>34,180</i></td><td>24.31% <i>11,382</i></td><td>2.69% <i>1,258</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1896_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/Tk1HDrr0">1896</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:123" href="#fn:123"><sup>123</sup></a></td><td>68.39% <i>29,591</i></td><td>28.65% <i>12,397</i></td><td>2.95% <i>1,278</i></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>During most of the "<a href="/facts/System_of_1896/jxbN9sgY">System of 1896</a>", the Upper Peninsula was overwhelmingly Republican even by the standards of Michigan during this era. Some of its counties would often vote for the Republican candidate by among the widest margins in the nation. However, the region's politics began shifting in <a href="/facts/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/ullD35s7">1924</a>, when the Upper Peninsula was the strongest region in Michigan for the insurgent candidacy of <a href="/facts/Progressive_Party_(United_States%2c_1924%25E2%2580%25931934)/8bD1LcJY">Progressive</a> <a href="/facts/Robert_M._La_Follette/CBc67cQz">Robert M. La Follette</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:124" href="#fn:124"><sup>124</sup></a> After the <a href="/facts/Great_Depression/5K13wcg0">Great Depression</a> and as the <a href="/facts/New_Deal/R33TXQFB">New Deal</a> era progressed, the Upper Peninsula became more Democratic than the state as a whole, voting that way when the state did not in <a href="/facts/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/9nyjJxsu">1940</a>, <a href="/facts/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/M0eYpy72">1948</a>, <a href="/facts/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/tWX9J3By">1976</a>, and <a href="/facts/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/3jmJhHNm">1988</a>. However, the region would move back to Republicans in the 21st century, voting for the GOP candidate every time except in <a href="/facts/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/dutjF2nW">2008</a>, when <a href="/facts/Barack_Obama/76wUMgL1">Barack Obama</a> was able to carry it in his landslide victory in Michigan, though by much less than the state as a whole. The UP did not vote for his re-election in <a href="/facts/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/n6Ggu6sj">2012</a> while the state did, and it further shifted to the Republican Party during the ascendancy of <a href="/facts/Donald_Trump/pqqKY21P">Donald Trump</a>, where his victory in the UP was vital in flipping the state red in <a href="/facts/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/pdwtkQ5I">2016</a>. It voted Republican once more in <a href="/facts/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/4Y4ansFk">2020</a> and <a href="/facts/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan/g70dUqvC">2024</a>, Trump had the best performance for a Republican there in nearly a century in where Michigan flipped red again in 2024. </p> 2012 presidential election<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:125" href="#fn:125"><sup>125</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:126" href="#fn:126"><sup>126</sup></a><table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">County</th><th scope="col">Registered voters</th><th scope="col">Votes cast</th><th scope="col">Romney/Ryan</th><th scope="col">Obama/Biden</th><th scope="col">Result</th></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Alger_County/uJyB0xuM">Alger</a></th><td>4,671</td><td>4,618</td><td>2,330</td><td>2,212</td><td>REP</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Baraga_County/v9YPqu2U">Baraga</a></th><td>3,540</td><td>3,490</td><td>1,866</td><td>1,574</td><td>REP</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Chippewa_County%2c_Michigan/ysqjTkul">Chippewa</a></th><td>15,790</td><td>15,564</td><td>8,278</td><td>7,100</td><td>REP</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Delta_County%2c_Michigan/D0xYkT2X">Delta</a></th><td>18,968</td><td>18,050</td><td>9,534</td><td>8,330</td><td>REP</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Dickinson_County%2c_Michigan/YClzlEYj">Dickinson</a></th><td>12,950</td><td>12,810</td><td>7,688</td><td>4,952</td><td>REP</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Gogebic_County/SHJxWV51">Gogebic</a></th><td>7,689</td><td>7,576</td><td>3,444</td><td>4,058</td><td>DEM</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Houghton_County/gsAtA4d1">Houghton</a></th><td>15,477</td><td>15,282</td><td>8,196</td><td>6,801</td><td>REP</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Iron_County%2c_Michigan/EeedeQVS">Iron</a></th><td>6,065</td><td>5,988</td><td>3,224</td><td>2,687</td><td>REP</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Keweenaw_County/mkjDzRUX">Keweenaw</a></th><td>1,411</td><td>1,392</td><td>774</td><td>582</td><td>REP</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Luce_County/z19bvSPP">Luce</a></th><td>3,401</td><td>2,596</td><td>1,580</td><td>991</td><td>REP</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Mackinac_County/ufE28nGc">Mackinac</a></th><td>6,170</td><td>6,099</td><td>3,397</td><td>2,652</td><td>REP</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Marquette_County%2c_Michigan/exQge7vo">Marquette</a></th><td>32,551</td><td>32,194</td><td>13,606</td><td>18,115</td><td>DEM</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Menominee_County%2c_Michigan/egWU6jTF">Menominee</a></th><td>11,043</td><td>10,923</td><td>5,564</td><td>5,242</td><td>REP</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Ontonagon_County/uSTHCz1V">Ontonagon</a></th><td>3,599</td><td>3,539</td><td>1,906</td><td>1,586</td><td>REP</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Schoolcraft_County/tTK3baw8">Schoolcraft</a></th><td>4,104</td><td>4,048</td><td>2,142</td><td>1,865</td><td>REP</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Total</th><td>147,429</td><td>144,168</td><td>73,529</td><td>70,639</td><td>REP</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>All counties in the UP are part of <a href="/facts/Michigan%2527s_1st_congressional_district/JsN8P3DL">Michigan's 1st congressional district</a>. <a href="/facts/Jack_Bergman/xbQJFtqu">Jack Bergman</a>, a Republican, has been the <a href="/facts/United_States_House_of_Representatives/cdBPb9pY">U.S. representative</a> for this district since January 2017. </p><p>In Michigan's 2010 <a href="/facts/Michigan_gubernatorial_election%2c_2010/zIQhCbht">gubernatorial election</a> Republican <a href="/facts/Rick_Snyder/t3MsPdtd">Rick Snyder</a> carried every UP county but one, Gogebic, on his way to victory over his Democratic opponent, <a href="/facts/Virg_Bernero/7kg7p2ls">Virg Bernero</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:127" href="#fn:127"><sup>127</sup></a> </p> <h3>Proposed statehood</h3> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/Superior_(proposed_U.S._state)/75Ft8y6L">Superior (proposed U.S. state)</a></p> <p>Due to the geographic separation and perceived cultural and political differences from the Lower Peninsula, at various times there have been proposals for the Upper Peninsula to <a href="/facts/Secession/GLRUtM8m">secede</a> from Michigan as a <a href="/facts/51st_state/h8rEdLkz">51st state</a> named <i>Superior</i>, sometimes including portions of northern Wisconsin and/or the northern <a href="/facts/Lower_Peninsula/MbuYmGml">Lower Peninsula</a>. Several prominent legislators, including the region's long-serving state representative <a href="/facts/Dominic_Jacobetti/vBYGC3JL">Dominic Jacobetti</a>, attempted unsuccessfully to gain passage of such a bill in the 1970s.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:128" href="#fn:128"><sup>128</sup></a> It would be the least populous state in the union, and as stronger connections to the rest of Michigan have developed since completion of the <a href="/facts/Mackinac_Bridge/K18g5dpX">Mackinac Bridge</a> in the 1950s, the proposal has remained largely dormant since the 1970s.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:129" href="#fn:129"><sup>129</sup></a> </p> <h3>Notable attractions</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Adventure_Mine/0v7xbKVk">Adventure Mine</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Agate_Falls/HLDSdL69">Agate Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Au_Sable_Light_Station/a4oC7Vct">Au Sable Light Station</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Black_River_National_Forest_Scenic_Byway/C0WtKzHw">Black River National Forest Scenic Byway</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bond_Falls/VmKG1maj">Bond Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Brockway_Mountain_Drive/cBSpraC9">Brockway Mountain Drive</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/The_Calumet_Theatre/JeDpsUUY">Calumet Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Calumet_Downtown_Historic_District/NJaF3JVg">Calumet Downtown Historic District</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Castle_Rock_(Michigan)/XISENqCl">Castle Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Copper_Harbor%2c_Michigan/MMewgKVk">Copper Harbor</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Copper_Peak/UuMU4nPt">Copper Peak</a>, <a href="/facts/Ironwood_Township%2c_Michigan/qRm5j1lk">Ironwood Township</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/DeYoung_Family_Zoo/7QsfoeYt">DeYoung Family Zoo</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Fayette_Historic_State_Park/vACbjE78">Fayette Historic State Park</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Fort_Mackinac/rdo6nJmY">Fort Mackinac</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Fort_Wilkins_Historic_State_Park/TUngVMjQ">Fort Wilkins Historic State Park</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Garlyn_Zoo/XMEpxVyP">Garlyn Zoo</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Grand_Hotel_(Mackinac_Island)/GrYuxmoW">Grand Hotel (Mackinac Island)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Grand_Island_National_Recreation_Area/K4qL388S">Grand Island National Recreation Area</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Grand_Sable_Dunes/6wF4BzTC">Grand Sable Dunes</a></li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Great_Lakes_Shipwreck_Museum/pX2Bg6Tb">Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Iron_Mountain_Iron_Mine/c9FVXFay">Iron Mountain Iron Mine</a> – <a href="/facts/Vulcan%2c_Michigan/c9FVXFay">Vulcan</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Isle_Royale_National_Park/SlcLYXqj">Isle Royale National Park</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Keweenaw_National_Historical_Park/0CvHBQ4q">Keweenaw National Historical Park</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Keweenaw_Waterway/CjMpfDgz">Keweenaw Waterway</a> and <a href="/facts/Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge/bH49lcsY">Portage Lake Lift Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Kitch-iti-kipi/hCFRnDU8">Kitch-iti-kipi</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Lake_Superior/o6hh85hD">Lake Superior</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Lake_Superior_State_University/qHzISoNy">Lake Superior State University</a>, Lakers</li> <li><a href="/facts/Laughing_Whitefish_Falls_Scenic_Site/mEpXQsVs">Laughing Whitefish Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mackinac_Bridge/K18g5dpX">Mackinac Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mackinac_Island/zh40xzle">Mackinac Island</a></li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Marquette_Harbor_Light/NDMtDG9s">Marquette Lighthouse</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Marquette_Mountain/4y4vW9w8">Marquette Mountain</a> Ski Resort</li> <li><a href="/facts/Michigan_Iron_Industry_Museum/pfkqmlSJ">Michigan Iron Industry Museum</a> – <a href="/facts/Negaunee%2c_Michigan/2S4MTVwg">Negaunee</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Michigan_Technological_University/xtGKYofo">Michigan Technological University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mount_Bohemia/cdvoyGx8">Mount Bohemia</a> ski center (with the highest vertical drop, 900 feet (270 m), in the Midwest)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Munising_Falls/GBMxkADk">Munising Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/National_Ski_Hall_of_Fame/XN351T6X">National Ski Hall of Fame</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Northern_Michigan_University/Fkp18HFj">Northern Michigan University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ore_dock/YH4vqt8R">Marquette Ore Dock</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Paulding_Light/ugUJzhDP">Paulding Light</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Pictured_Rocks_National_Lakeshore/6wF4BzTC">Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Pine_Mountain_ski_jump/IUkFfx23">Pine Mountain ski jump</a> in <a href="/facts/Iron_Mountain%2c_Michigan/cCxY3z6H">Iron Mountain</a> is one of the largest artificial <a href="/facts/Ski_jumping/GzYlgx9T">ski jumps</a> in the world.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:130" href="#fn:130"><sup>130</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Point_Iroquois_Lighthouse/wHAwJbKn">Point Iroquois Lighthouse</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Porcupine_Mountains_State_Park/u3vDvytG">Porcupine Mountains State Park</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Presque_Isle_Park/2oHAE88B">Presque Isle Park</a>, <a href="/facts/Marquette%2c_Michigan/RhfJVPVS">Marquette, Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Quincy_Mine/Wkllxsrp">Quincy Copper Mine</a> offering guided tours</li> <li><a href="/facts/Seney_National_Wildlife_Refuge/NXggorCA">Seney National Wildlife Refuge</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ski_Brule/HyHYjwWU">Ski Brule</a> in <a href="/facts/Iron_River%2c_Michigan/W1RklpdA">Iron River</a></li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Soo_Locks/4pmVPKhY">Soo Locks</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Suicide_Hill_Ski_Jump/8okyXxdU">Suicide Hill Ski Jump</a>, <a href="/facts/Ishpeming%2c_Michigan/BNuIgEAp">Ishpeming, Michigan</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:131" href="#fn:131"><sup>131</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sylvania_Wilderness/VyJWNUeN">Sylvania Wilderness</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Tahquamenon_Falls_State_Park/bte6Tdgm">Tahquamenon Falls State Park</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Upper_Peninsula_Children%2527s_Museum/6QWVxDVX">Upper Peninsula Children's Museum</a> – <a href="/facts/Marquette%2c_Michigan/RhfJVPVS">Marquette</a></li></ul> <h3>Casinos</h3> <p><a href="/facts/Native_American_gambling_enterprises/8egXlv2W">American Indian casinos</a> contribute to the tourist attractions and are popular in the UP. Originally the casinos were simple, one-room affairs. Some of the casinos are now quite elaborate and are being developed as part of resort and conference facilities, including features such as golf courses, pool and spa, dining, and rooms to accommodate guests. </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Bay_Mills_Resort_%2526_Casino/DxzGalb8">Bay Mills Resort & Casino</a> – <a href="/facts/Brimley%2c_Michigan/uCSKjtMM">Brimley</a></li> <li>Island Resort & Casino – <a href="/facts/Harris_Township%2c_Michigan/dGHbkXDw">Harris</a></li> <li>Kewadin Casinos – <a href="/facts/Christmas%2c_Michigan/lXxe2QBn">Christmas</a>; <a href="/facts/Hessel%2c_Michigan/SBMrGrF2">Hessel</a>; <a href="/facts/Manistique%2c_Michigan/VPu8wymj">Manistique</a>; <a href="/facts/St._Ignace%2c_Michigan/M2yXdE8n">St. Ignace</a>; <a href="/facts/Sault_Ste._Marie%2c_Michigan/xTkb7tqa">Sault Ste. Marie</a></li> <li>Kings Club Casino – Brimley (Closed permanently)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:132" href="#fn:132"><sup>132</sup></a></li> <li>Lac Vieux Desert Casino – <a href="/facts/Watersmeet%2c_Michigan/PI2Tq5Hj">Watersmeet</a></li> <li>Ojibwa Casinos – <a href="/facts/Baraga%2c_Michigan/hRb4oTzP">Baraga</a>; <a href="/facts/Marquette%2c_Michigan/RhfJVPVS">Marquette</a></li></ul> <h2 id="transportation">Transportation</h2> <p>The Upper Peninsula is separated from the Lower by the <a href="/facts/Straits_of_Mackinac/jlKDopVd">Straits of Mackinac</a>, five miles (8 km) across at the narrowest, and is connected to it by the <a href="/facts/Mackinac_Bridge/K18g5dpX">Mackinac Bridge</a> at <a href="/facts/St._Ignace%2c_Michigan/M2yXdE8n">St. Ignace</a>, one of the longest <a href="/facts/Suspension_bridge/FoDavMf8">suspension bridges</a> in the world. Until the bridge was completed in 1957, travel between the two peninsulas was difficult and slow (and sometimes even impossible during winter). In 1881, the <a href="/facts/Mackinac_Transportation_Company/lFRcrzS3">Mackinac Transportation Company</a> was established by three railroads, the <a href="/facts/Michigan_Central_Railroad/V4mQ3fWs">Michigan Central Railroad</a>, the <a href="/facts/Grand_Rapids_and_Indiana_Railroad/JpnrNt1r">Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Detroit%2c_Mackinac_and_Marquette_Railroad/IVHquUkm">Detroit, Mackinac and Marquette Railroad</a>, to operate a railroad car ferry across the Straits. Beginning in 1923, the State of Michigan operated automobile ferries between the two peninsulas. At the busiest times of year the wait was several hours long, much longer at holidays.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:133" href="#fn:133"><sup>133</sup></a> In winter, travel was possible over the ice only after the straits had solidly frozen. </p> <h3>Highways</h3> <p>There are one <a href="/facts/List_of_Interstate_Highways_in_Michigan/Jzqx38kp">Interstate Highway</a>, five <a href="/facts/List_of_U.S._Highways_in_Michigan/yEHWblgw">US Highways</a> and 24 other <a href="/facts/List_of_state_trunkline_highways_in_Michigan/IlATR2KH">state highways</a> in the Upper Peninsula. <a href="/facts/Interstate_75_in_Michigan/cSSqKvdr">Interstate 75</a> is the only freeway in the region and runs from the <a href="/facts/Mackinac_Bridge/K18g5dpX">Mackinac Bridge</a> at St. Ignace to the <a href="/facts/Sault_Ste._Marie_International_Bridge/wvVfBTuX">International Bridge</a> at Sault Ste. Marie. Two highways run the east–west length of the peninsula, <a href="/facts/U.S._Route_2_in_Michigan/wbtSPSFM">US Highway 2</a> along the south and <a href="/facts/M-28_(Michigan_highway)/0dfgLwn3">M-28</a> to the north. <a href="/facts/U.S._Route_41_in_Michigan/qmozYWwW">US 41</a> runs north–south through the central and western UP, connecting Menominee, Escanaba, Marquette and Houghton before terminating near the tip of the Keweenaw at Copper Harbor. <a href="/facts/M-185_(Michigan_highway)/RRrEqyA9">M-185</a> encircles Mackinac Island as the only state highway in the country without motor vehicles. </p><p>The <a href="/facts/United_States_Forest_Service/NRzYYHhc">United States Forest Service</a> and <a href="/facts/Federal_Highway_Administration/NlxY1qzR">Federal Highway Administration</a> have designated certain roads within the several National Forests in the UP as <a href="/facts/Forest_Route/vPCVy2H2">Federal Forest Highways</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:134" href="#fn:134"><sup>134</sup></a> State-maintained highways closest to the Upper Peninsula's <a href="/facts/Great_Lakes/Fd7pDkPX">Great Lakes</a> shorelines are marked by the <a href="/facts/Michigan_Department_of_Transportation/50sP4XRr">Michigan Department of Transportation</a> (MDOT) with signs indicating that they are part of the <a href="/facts/Great_Lakes_Circle_Tour/B4t5UUfV">Great Lakes Circle Tour</a>, a designated scenic road system connecting all of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:135" href="#fn:135"><sup>135</sup></a> MDOT has also designated five UP highways as <a href="/facts/Pure_Michigan_Byway/K414VdlK">Pure Michigan Byways</a> for their historic, recreational or scenic qualities.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:136" href="#fn:136"><sup>136</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:137" href="#fn:137"><sup>137</sup></a> They are: US 2 in Iron County (Iron County Heritage Trail) and in Schoolcraft and Mackinac counties (Top of the Lake Scenic Byway), US 41 from Houghton to Copper Harbor (Copper County Trail, also a <a href="/facts/National_Scenic_Byway/uat9cDdR">National Scenic Byway</a>), <a href="/facts/M-35_(Michigan_highway)/fD0P1enM">M-35</a> (UP Hidden Coast Recreational Heritage Trail), <a href="/facts/M-123_(Michigan_highway)/wSwEYoLX">M-123</a> (Tahquamenon Scenic Heritage Route) and <a href="/facts/M-134_(Michigan_highway)/FJWz1ePU">M-134</a> (M-134 North Huron Byway) </p> <h3>Airports</h3> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/Airports_of_the_Upper_Peninsula_of_Michigan/GwdemvY5">Airports of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan</a></p> <p>There are 43 airports in the Upper Peninsula. Of these, six airports have commercial passenger service: <a href="/facts/Gogebic-Iron_County_Airport/4yNubw45">Gogebic-Iron County Airport</a> north of <a href="/facts/Ironwood%2c_Michigan/WhX85X8W">Ironwood</a>, <a href="/facts/Houghton_County_Memorial_Airport/9z2D132B">Houghton County Memorial Airport</a> southwest of <a href="/facts/Calumet%2c_Michigan/5SHLL7pW">Calumet</a>, <a href="/facts/Ford_Airport_(Iron_Mountain)/1J6v5gNV">Ford Airport</a> west of <a href="/facts/Iron_Mountain%2c_Michigan/cCxY3z6H">Iron Mountain</a>, <a href="/facts/Sawyer_International_Airport/je9Fzkhx">Sawyer International Airport</a> south of <a href="/facts/Marquette%2c_Michigan/RhfJVPVS">Marquette</a>, <a href="/facts/Delta_County_Airport/RoLEH4QK">Delta County Airport</a> in <a href="/facts/Escanaba/k6jaY0M2">Escanaba</a>, and <a href="/facts/Chippewa_County_International_Airport/uUygaGAT">Chippewa County International Airport</a> south of <a href="/facts/Sault_Ste._Marie%2c_Michigan/xTkb7tqa">Sault Ste. Marie</a>. There are 19 other public use airports with a hard surface runway. These are used for <a href="/facts/General_aviation/gA0ozoWt">general aviation</a> and charter. Notably, <a href="/facts/Mackinac_Island/zh40xzle">Mackinac Island</a>, <a href="/facts/Beaver_Island_(Lake_Michigan)/ECGxPXm6">Beaver Island</a>, and <a href="/facts/Drummond_Island/7XhUfPRj">Drummond Island</a> are all accessible by airports. There are five public access airports with turf runways and thirteen airports for the private use of their owners. There is only one <a href="/facts/Control_tower/G2cQebVb">control tower</a> in the Upper Peninsula, at <a href="/facts/Sawyer_International_Airport/je9Fzkhx">Sawyer</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:138" href="#fn:138"><sup>138</sup></a> </p> <h3>Ferries and bridges</h3> <p>The <a href="/facts/Eastern_Upper_Peninsula_Transportation_Authority/pcokcPIb">Eastern Upper Peninsula Transportation Authority</a> operates car ferries in its area. These include ferries for <a href="/facts/Sugar_Island_(Michigan)/5xvlrM1P">Sugar Island</a>, <a href="/facts/Neebish_Island/NRkpeRfV">Neebish Island</a>, and <a href="/facts/Drummond_Island/7XhUfPRj">Drummond Island</a>. Two ferry companies run passenger ferries from St. Ignace to Mackinac Island. </p><p>The three major bridges in the Upper Peninsula are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Mackinac_Bridge/K18g5dpX">Mackinac Bridge</a>, connecting the <a href="/facts/Lower_Peninsula_of_Michigan/MbuYmGml">Lower Peninsula of Michigan</a> with the Upper;</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sault_Ste._Marie_International_Bridge/wvVfBTuX">Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge</a>, which connects the city of Sault Ste. Marie to its twin city of <a href="/facts/Sault_Ste._Marie%2c_Ontario/d9KY5cVl">Sault Ste. Marie</a> in Canada; and</li> <li><a href="/facts/Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge/bH49lcsY">Portage Lift Bridge</a>, which crosses <a href="/facts/Portage_Lake_(Keweenaw)/CjMpfDgz">Portage Lake</a>. The Portage Lift Bridge is the world's heaviest and widest double-decked vertical lift bridge. Its center span lifts to provide about 100 feet (30 m) of clearance for ships. Since rail traffic was discontinued in the Keweenaw, the lower deck is used to accommodate <a href="/facts/Snowmobile/0Gue0xhN">snowmobile</a> traffic in the winter. As the only land-based link between the north and south sections of the Keweenaw Peninsula, the bridge is crucial to transportation.</li></ul> <h3>Railways</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Lake_Superior_and_Ishpeming_Railroad/EKa9CV9E">Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad</a>: Transports iron ore over a 16-mile (26 km) line from the Empire-Tilden Mine (operated by <a href="/facts/Cleveland-Cliffs_Inc./WFpKBX52">Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.</a>), south of Ishpeming and Negaunee, to Marquette's port on Lake Superior.</li> <li>Two railroads originally crossed the Upper Peninsula east to west: the <a href="/facts/Minneapolis%2c_St._Paul_and_Sault_Ste._Marie_Railway/pNHkl65k">Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway</a>, informally known as the Soo Line, running west from Sault Ste. Marie roughly along the Lake Michigan shore, and the <a href="/facts/Duluth%2c_South_Shore_and_Atlantic_Railroad/IcQEy4Iu">Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad</a> running west from St. Ignace roughly along the Lake Superior shore. In 1960, both railroads were merged into the <a href="/facts/Soo_Line_Railroad/PTh5V8J0">Soo Line Railroad</a>, the U.S. arm of the <a href="/facts/Canadian_Pacific_Railway/4GQvYUBk">Canadian Pacific Railway</a>. The Soo Line trackage in the Upper Peninsula was purchased by the <a href="/facts/Wisconsin_Central_Transportation/d0Bx1a6S">Wisconsin Central Railroad</a> in 1987. In 1997, the Wisconsin Central also purchased from the <a href="/facts/Union_Pacific_Railroad/n9y9FccK">Union Pacific Railroad</a> the former <a href="/facts/Chicago_and_North_Western_Railway/kPKtBAKD">Chicago and North Western Railway</a> line running into the Upper Peninsula from Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Central was in turn purchased by the <a href="/facts/Canadian_National_Railway/1H2zVJCu">Canadian National Railway</a> in 2001. The Canadian National now operates much of the remaining railroad trackage in the Upper Peninsula.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Escanaba_and_Lake_Superior_Railroad/EkpFXq7a">Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad</a>: Chartered in 1898, the E&LS is an industrial beltline railroad with 347 miles (558 km) of trackage connecting Escanaba, Ontonagon, Republic, and <a href="/facts/Green_Bay%2c_Wisconsin/ymPzJ8We">Green Bay, Wisconsin</a>, with a common junction at <a href="/facts/Sagola_Township%2c_Michigan/FAnEDVHb">Channing</a>, and a spur to <a href="/facts/Spurr_Township%2c_Michigan/fKI9M2L0">Nestoria</a> from Sidnaw.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mineral_Range_Railroad/svz7Ido5">Mineral Range Railroad</a>: Since 2002, this railroad has been operating a 3-mile-long (4.8 km) industrial track from <a href="/facts/Ishpeming%2c_Michigan/BNuIgEAp">Ishpeming</a> to <a href="/facts/Tilden_Township%2c_Michigan/b5qT1QEQ">National Mine</a> to serve an explosives plant. The railroad expanded in 2014 to include 12 miles (19 km) of former Canadian National and Lake Superior and Ishpeming rail lines between Ishpeming and <a href="/facts/Humboldt_Township%2c_Michigan/uu0Ye0yI">Humboldt</a> to serve the Humboldt Mill. The railroad takes its name from the former Mineral Range Railroad in the <a href="/facts/Keweenaw_Peninsula/zsyr5SRY">Keweenaw Peninsula</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:139" href="#fn:139"><sup>139</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Grand_Elk_Railroad/yYrnwyes">Grand Elk Railroad</a>: Originally formed in 2009 in the Lower Peninsula, the railroad owned by <a href="/facts/Watco/rw0BPsoU">Watco</a> expanded to the UP in 2021 to operate former Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic lines that were divested by <a href="/facts/Canadian_National/1H2zVJCu">Canadian National</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:140" href="#fn:140"><sup>140</sup></a> This includes a line from <a href="/facts/Trout_Lake%2c_Michigan/rbnjlA0W">Trout Lake</a> to <a href="/facts/Munising%2c_Michigan/PfcQpFdN">Munising</a> and an out of service line to a former mine in <a href="/facts/White_Pine%2c_Michigan/f0aX66VW">White Pine</a>.</li></ul> <h3>Bus systems</h3> <p>Despite its rural character, there are public buses in several counties of the Upper Peninsula.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:141" href="#fn:141"><sup>141</sup></a> These include <a href="/facts/MarqTran/HdETCxK0">MarqTran</a> serving Marquette, as well as intercity services provided by <a href="/facts/Indian_Trails/hTHQrNSl">Indian Trails</a>. </p> <h2 id="notable-people">Notable people</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Nick_Baumgartner/jPyePJWq">Nick Baumgartner</a>, Olympic gold medalist in <a href="/facts/Snowboarding_at_the_2022_Winter_Olympics_%25E2%2580%2593_Mixed_team_snowboard_cross/WIEpMenP">mixed snowboard cross</a> at the <a href="/facts/2022_Winter_Olympics/0wKS1jSs">2022 Winter Olympics</a>, is from <a href="/facts/Iron_River%2c_Michigan/W1RklpdA">Iron River</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Da_Yoopers/SquthUaC">Da Yoopers</a>, comedy music/sketch group</li> <li><a href="/facts/Robert_J._Flaherty/75zg7zlV">Robert J. Flaherty</a>, the filmmaker who directed and produced the documentary <i><a href="/facts/Nanook_of_the_North/oasncw8s">Nanook of the North</a></i>, in 1922, from <a href="/facts/Iron_Mountain%2c_Michigan/cCxY3z6H">Iron Mountain</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/George_Gipp/mH9CspQe">George Gipp</a>, the "Gipper"—immortalized in the film <i><a href="/facts/Knute_Rockne%2c_All_American/P5zr1srA">Knute Rockne, All American</a></i>—was born in <a href="/facts/Laurium%2c_Michigan/G4o6aAGK">Laurium</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:142" href="#fn:142"><sup>142</sup></a> He was the first <a href="/facts/All-America/kF5YB2Ib">All-American</a> player of the <a href="/facts/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football/FoF1tDdz">Notre Dame football</a> program.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Crystal_Hayes/X4LjryMw">Crystal Hayes</a>, 2005 Miss Michigan, from <a href="/facts/Rock%2c_Michigan/UNlwrpIk">Rock</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tom_Izzo/EEF3tqve">Tom Izzo</a>, <a href="/facts/Michigan_State_Spartans_men%2527s_basketball/aa4YbctX">Michigan State basketball coach</a> a native of Iron Mountain, attended <a href="/facts/Northern_Michigan_University/Fkp18HFj">Northern Michigan University</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kelly_Johnson_(engineer)/D7DatcCe">Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson</a>, aircraft engineer and aeronautical innovator, was born in <a href="/facts/Ishpeming%2c_Michigan/BNuIgEAp">Ishpeming</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Lautner/H9RB6Imn">John Lautner</a>, one of <a href="/facts/Frank_Lloyd_Wright/bdIS237F">Frank Lloyd Wright</a>'s most successful <a href="/facts/Taliesin_(studio)/BAVN7oow">Taliesin</a> fellows, a native of <a href="/facts/Marquette%2c_Michigan/RhfJVPVS">Marquette</a> and alumnus of NMU.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mitchell_Leisen/25QuQvcL">Mitchell Leisen</a>, film director, was born <a href="/facts/Menominee%2c_Michigan/63rLTCar">Menominee</a> in 1898.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Steve_Mariucci/A2h0MEeT">Steve Mariucci</a>, former <a href="/facts/San_Francisco_49ers/k84dwG63">San Francisco 49ers</a> and <a href="/facts/Detroit_Lions/eA6TkKzH">Detroit Lions</a> head coach; a native of Iron Mountain, attended Northern Michigan University.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Terry_O%2527Quinn/6hua4bjD">Terry O'Quinn</a>, actor on <a href="/facts/Lost_(2004_TV_series)/1Ghog8Ye"><i>Lost</i></a>, was born in <a href="/facts/Sault_Ste._Marie%2c_Michigan/xTkb7tqa">Sault Ste. Marie</a> in 1952 and grew up in <a href="/facts/Newberry%2c_Michigan/8xwQuCAY">Newberry</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Chase_Osborn/HErxYI2W">Chase Osborn</a> was the only <a href="/facts/List_of_Governors_of_Michigan/LKhY0EUX">Governor</a> of Michigan from the Upper Peninsula (1911–1913).</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pam_Reed/g3XtA13b">Pam Reed</a>, ultrarunner, grew up in <a href="/facts/Palmer%2c_Michigan/pTIymJMV">Palmer</a>, and graduated from <a href="/facts/Michigan_Technological_University/xtGKYofo">Michigan Technological University</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gene_Ronzani/pcjTXdzn">Gene Ronzani</a> was a professional football running back for the <a href="/facts/Chicago_Bears/jxpEFUtH">Chicago Bears</a> and head coach of the <a href="/facts/Green_Bay_Packers/XyqYSaTY">Green Bay Packers</a> from 1950 to 1953; born in Iron Mountain.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Abby_Roque/aTgj9vvh">Abby Roque</a>, the first indigenous person to play for the <a href="/facts/United_States_women%2527s_national_ice_hockey_team/Q3bTz2D5">United States women's national ice hockey team</a> and an Olympic medalist, played high school hockey in <a href="/facts/Sault_Ste._Marie%2c_Michigan/xTkb7tqa">Sault Ste. Marie</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Rob_Rubick/bcbanUEh">Rob Rubick</a>, Detroit Lions tight end and current Fox Sports Detroit analyst, from Newberry.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Glenn_T._Seaborg/w1a3mume">Glenn T. Seaborg</a>, a Nobel Prize-winning <a href="/facts/Chemist/N09K7Bdm">chemist</a> and major contributor in the discovery of several of the <a href="/facts/Transuranium_elements/a12PwdAw">transuranium elements</a>, was born in Ishpeming.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:143" href="#fn:143"><sup>143</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mike_Shaw/EvJlm6FF">Mike Shaw</a>, professional wrestler, was born in <a href="/facts/Skandia%2c_Michigan/2jtUuMG5">Skandia</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthew_Songer/4FK7Egly">Matthew Songer</a>, founder of <a href="/facts/Pioneer_Surgical_Technology/fyJbIos8">Pioneer Surgical Technology</a>, lives in Marquette.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mary_Chase_Perry_Stratton/ELEmKa3N">Mary Chase Perry Stratton</a>, founder of <a href="/facts/Pewabic_Pottery/6R96o0hl">Pewabic Pottery</a>, was born in <a href="/facts/Hancock%2c_Michigan/CHpVt4dT">Hancock</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:144" href="#fn:144"><sup>144</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Lou_Thesz/NbQIlAbY">Lou Thesz</a>, professional wrestler who held the <a href="/facts/NWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship/QjeG9aWQ">NWA World Heavyweight Championship</a> longer than anyone in history, was born in <a href="/facts/Banat%2c_Michigan/LuKnVNhc">Banat</a>, on April 24, 1916.</li> <li><a href="/facts/James_Tolkan/q5xHx8de">James Tolkan</a>, an actor who appeared in <i><a href="/facts/Back_to_the_Future/tEEP4Np5">Back to the Future</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Top_Gun/pfhxRHYq">Top Gun</a></i>, born in <a href="/facts/Calumet%2c_Michigan/5SHLL7pW">Calumet</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_D._Voelker/GyEYWkbI">John D. Voelker</a>, Justice of the <a href="/facts/Michigan_Supreme_Court/ngAPh0S6">Michigan Supreme Court</a>, wrote the best-selling book <i><a href="/facts/Anatomy_of_a_Murder/tsPKzUQh">Anatomy of a Murder</a></i> under the pen name <a href="/facts/Robert_Traver/GyEYWkbI">Robert Traver</a>. Directed by <a href="/facts/Otto_Preminger/o7nDkYaR">Otto Preminger</a>, the film was shot in <a href="/facts/Big_Bay%2c_Michigan/lTs83U02">Big Bay</a> and Ishpeming with some courtroom scenes in Marquette.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bill_Ivey/1IMu5qec">Bill Ivey</a>, the former head of the National Endowment for the Arts under the Clinton Administration was born in Calumet.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jake_Witt/nPClERrK">Jake Witt</a> is an <a href="/facts/American_football/TGzJa1nW">American football</a> <a href="/facts/Offensive_tackle/y2tqFqBf">Offensive tackle</a> for the <a href="/facts/Indianapolis_Colts/j4YvbgNh">Indianapolis Colts</a> of the <a href="/facts/National_Football_League/cBH0hxRV">National Football League</a> (NFL). He was drafted in the 7th Round of the <a href="/facts/2023_NFL_draft/ILtePUY3">2023 NFL draft</a> with the 236th overall pick.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:145" href="#fn:145"><sup>145</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li>Michigan portal</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_counties_in_Michigan/pYuUqsJ6">List of counties in Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Heikki_Lunta/JrJJJMKh">Heikki Lunta</a>, mythological character</li> <li><a href="/facts/Stormy_Kromer_cap/VAlmMs9n">Stormy Kromer cap</a></li></ul> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li>Binder, David (September 14, 1995). <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/14/us/upper-peninsula-journal-yes-they-re-yoopers-and-proud-of-it.html">"Upper Peninsula Journal; Yes, They're Yoopers, and Proud of It"</a>. <i><a href="/facts/The_New_York_Times/T9marWVX">The New York Times</a></i>.</li> <li>Burt, Williams A. & Hubbard, Bela (1846). <a href="https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_6c0QAAAAIAAJ"><i>Reports on the Mineral Region of Lake Superior</i></a>. Buffalo: L. Danforth. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-665-51009-0. Bela Hubbard. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) 113 pages.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jim_Harrison/U0fQP7aw">Harrison, Jim</a> (November 30, 2013). <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/01/travel/my-upper-peninsula.html?smid=pl-share">"Imprint: My Upper Peninsula"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200519154329/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/01/travel/my-upper-peninsula.html?smid=pl-share">Archived</a> from the original on May 19, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2013.</li> <li>Lankton, Larry (2010). <i>Hollowed Ground: Copper Mining and Community Building on Lake Superior, 1840s–1990s</i>. Detroit: <a href="/facts/Wayne_State_University_Press/4NmNFS38">Wayne State University Press</a>. 376 pages.</li> <li>Magnaghi, Russell M. & Marsden, Michael T., eds. (1997). <i>A Sense of Place: Michigan's Upper Peninsula: Essays in Honor of William and Margery Vandament</i>. Northern Michigan University Press. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-918616-20-3. 270 pages.</li> <li>Magnaghi, Russell M. (2017). <i>Upper Peninsula of Michigan: A History</i>. Marquette, Michigan: 906 Heritage. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-1-387-01681-5. <a href="/facts/OCLC_(identifier)/Yqad8waq">OCLC</a> <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/993581790">993581790</a>.</li> <li>Reddicliffe, Steve (July 27, 2017). <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/27/travel/what-to-do-36-hours-in-upper-peninsula-michigan.html">"36 Hours in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210612035905/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/27/travel/what-to-do-36-hours-in-upper-peninsula-michigan.html">Archived</a> from the original on June 12, 2021. Retrieved May 16, 2020.</li> <li>Rydholm, C. Fred (1989). <i>Superior Heartland: A Backwoods History</i>. Vol. I–II. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Braun-Brumfield. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-963-99482-0.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Upper Peninsula. Wikivoyage has a travel guide for <i>Upper Peninsula</i>. <ul><li><a href="https://www.uptravel.com">Upper Peninsula of Michigan Travel</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.explorewesternup.com">Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"A Brief History of Michigan". Retrieved March 9, 2025. <a href="https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=1999-mm-p0003-p0026" target="_blank">https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=1999-mm-p0003-p0026</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Simon, James & Finney, Patricia (August 10–14, 2008). "Publication, Access and Preservation of Scandinavian Immigrant Press in North America" (PDF). Quebec: Center for Research Libraries. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 26, 2009. Retrieved October 27, 2010. <a href="http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla74/papers/097-Simon_Finney-en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla74/papers/097-Simon_Finney-en.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Hunt, Mary & Hunt, Don (2007). Hunts' Guide to Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Albion, Michigan: Midwestern Guides. ISBN 978-0-9709094-0-4. Archived from the original on October 1, 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2007. <a href="978-0-9709094-0-4" target="_blank">978-0-9709094-0-4</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Center for Upper Peninsula Studies (n.d.). "History of the Upper Peninsula". Northern Michigan University. Archived from the original on September 5, 2006. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060905235910/http://faculty.nmu.edu/upced/UPinfo/UPHIST.HTM" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20060905235910/http://faculty.nmu.edu/upced/UPinfo/UPHIST.HTM</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Hunt, Mary & Hunt, Don (2007). Hunts' Guide to Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Albion, Michigan: Midwestern Guides. ISBN 978-0-9709094-0-4. Archived from the original on October 1, 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2007. <a href="978-0-9709094-0-4" target="_blank">978-0-9709094-0-4</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Hunt, Mary & Hunt, Don (2007). Hunts' Guide to Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Albion, Michigan: Midwestern Guides. ISBN 978-0-9709094-0-4. Archived from the original on October 1, 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2007. <a href="978-0-9709094-0-4" target="_blank">978-0-9709094-0-4</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"About Eagle Mine". Eagle Mine. Archived from the original on September 3, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2017. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170903122232/http://eaglemine.com/about-us/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20170903122232/http://eaglemine.com/about-us/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Center for Upper Peninsula Studies (n.d.). "History of the Upper Peninsula". Northern Michigan University. 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Retrieved January 24, 2024. <a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes" target="_blank">/wiki/Great_Lakes</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"When you enter Michigan's Upper Peninsula...You enter a world of the finest attractions and unique experiences unmatched anywhere in the Midwest". Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Archived from the original on July 29, 2013. Retrieved July 21, 2013. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130729123401/http://www.uptravel.com/groups-24/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20130729123401/http://www.uptravel.com/groups-24/</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"Physical features of Great Lakes". Michigan State University Department of Geography, Environment, & Spatial Sciences. Archived from the original on May 6, 2020. Retrieved May 1, 2020. <a href="http://geo.msu.edu/extra/geogmich/phy_feature.html" target="_blank">http://geo.msu.edu/extra/geogmich/phy_feature.html</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>"Mount Arvon". Pure Michigan. Michigan Economic Development Corporation. December 29, 2016. Archived from the original on May 19, 2020. Retrieved May 1, 2020. <a href="https://www.michigan.org/property/mount-arvon" target="_blank">https://www.michigan.org/property/mount-arvon</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>"Michigan Geography". Netstate. September 24, 2009. Archived from the original on March 21, 2011. 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