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Our About the UP section is designed to help you learn more about history, culture, daily life and of course the amazing opportunities for outdoor recreation in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
You can use the map below as a jumping off point for your exploration of the UP. It links to brief articles and photos posted here you can use the controls to zoom in or out and also click to view the larger map from Google (new window). If you have the free Google Earth program, you can visit the map in Google Earth. We've designed this to be something you can explore, so be sure to click photos to see them larger and to keep checking back as we'll be constantly adding to these pages!
Old forest in the fog
As Robert Frost has said, “The woods were lovely, dark, and deep.” This is a photo from a hike deep into the Huron Mountains with a friend who knows the woods as few others do. Standing in those giant hemlocks in deep forest you are immersed in the quiet and the beauty. It makes you be still. Today fog drifts through the woods, and dense fog covers the lakes. Surprisingly for this time of year there are few bugs. I hiked some, and fished some, and photographed a yearling bull moose.
Upper Peninsula Links Upper Peninsula Travel & Recreation Lore of the Lakes Scott Holman's Lake Superior Light House rehab (great site) Weather Forecast and Averages Aurora Borealis: The Northern Lights Also includes forecasts. Weather Radar for the Upper Peninsula. Weather Forecast for the Upper Peninsula. Travel Services Michigan Government Links - State agencies, especially those associated with real estate. Marquette County Chamber of Commerce Regional medical center and the facility with which I am most familiar. It is a modern, well run facility with over 200 doctors. Link Lists Exploring the North U.P. Blue UP Live
The city of Marquette, Michigan
It was the Noque band of Chippewa Indians that lived along the shore of Marquette County for hundreds of years. The Jesuit Father Marquette, namesake of the city, passed along these shores for times between 1668 and 1671. He reported the Noquets to be less than 150 souls. Indian legend says that Marquette's favorite camping spot was at Lighthouse Point near Marquette's Lower Harbor. (read more) Marquette Links Marquette County Chamber of Commerce Information about business and recreational opportunities in Marquette and the surrounding area. Marquette General Hospital Regional medical center and the facility with which I am most familiar. It is a modern, well run facility with over 200 doctors. Northern Michigan University in Marquette is a four-year, public, coeducational university which offers 180 degree programs to nearly 9,400 undergraduate and graduate students.
The Lore of the Lakes Lighthouses of the Upper Peninsula can be found through Exploring the North's list of Upper Peninsula Lighthouses open to the public, Terry Pepper's Seeing the Light and the list of UP Lighthouses at Hunt's Guide. Lake Superior Timeline A great timeline of the greatest of Great Lakes from an equally great web site called Simply Superior: The World's Greatest Lake that takes you from the settlement of the region after retreat of Wisconsin glaciers at 8000 B.C. by the Archaic Indian people, through explorers like Brule and Grenoble, past the 1793 construction of the first Soo Locks up to the last log tug from Grand Marais in the 1970s. Photo: Marquette, Mich., Lighthouse Point, courtesy Library of Congress (LC-D4-4759)
Michigan Governmental Links & Resources
Natural Resources Conservation Service On site technical assistance and property evaluations; Forest Stewardship plans; spring tree sale; aerial photos.) Marquette 906/226-2461; Alger 906/439-5555 Lead Paint Residential structures built prior to 1978 may contain lead based paint which can be a health hazard. Purchasers of such housing should obtain and read the HUD-EPA information pamphlet Lead-Based Paint: Protect Your Family. Michigan Department of Natural Resources Forest management plans and technical on-site assistance, wildlife practices, hunting, fishing, recreation, Natural Rivers, endangered species). 1990 U.S. 41 So., Marquette, MI 49855 906/228-6561 Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Land and Water Management Division Wetlands, endangered species, critical dunes, underground storage tanks). Region 1 Headquarters: 1990 U.S. 41 So., Marquette, MI 49855 906/228-6561 Radon - Toxic Materials Radon is a colorless, odorless, radioactive gas that occurs in some areas of the UP (and throughout the U.S.) and can, in sufficient concentrations, represent a health hazard. It is a good idea to have existing structures tested for radon accumulations. US Army Corps of Engineers (breakwaters): Contact Rich Gutliebec for the Marquette office 906/228-2833 or 313/226-2218. The Detroit District office is at P.O. Box 1027, Detroit, MI 48231.
Fishing in the Upper Peninsula
Michigan's Upper Peninsula has some of the most legendary fishing in the world which inspired writers like Ernest Hemingway and Robert Traver (John D. Voelker). From perch and panfish to coho & chinook salmon and of course the lake, brown, brook and rainbow trout, the U.P. is an angler's paradise. Exploring the North's tours & guided trips page has a lot of charter fishing and fishing guide businesses listed. You can click to view all my listings on U.P. rivers and streams and some spectacular inland lakes and get more information about the fishing in the Upper Peninsula at the links below. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has an excellent fishing report for areas including Marquette, Little Bay De Noc, Big Bay De Noc, Au Train, Grand Marais, De Tour and Cedarville and Hessel and St. Ignace. You can get much more information (including how to order a fishing license online) from the DNR's Fishing Page.
Visiting Marquette and the Upper Peninsula
Map & Driving Directions to Marquette, MI from Google Maps Sawyer International Airport (Marquette, Central U.P.) Chippewa County International Airport (Sault Ste. Marie, Eastern U.P.) Ford Airport (Iron Mountain/Kingsford, Western U.P.)
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Photos from the Pictured Rocks
My web developer Andy says his favorite place in the whole world is the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on the Lake Superior shore between Grand Marais and Munising. You can view Andy's photos of Pictured Rocks at his Flickr page and get even more photos and information on visiting from Destination: Michigan visits the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on his Absolute Michigan web site.
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Historian Fred C. Rydholm wrote a brief history of Marquette, Michigan that begins:
"The angler forgets most of the fish he catches, but he does not forget the streams and lakes in which they are caught."
While Michigan's Upper Peninsula is off the beaten path, it's not too hard to reach through the driving or flying. Check the links below options:
