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The Upper Peninsula of Michigan—also known as Upper Michigan or colloquially the U.P. or Yoop—is the northern and more elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; it is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac.
English of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, [24] plus some bordering areas of northeast Wisconsin, [25] colloquially known as U.P. or "Yooper" English, [26] or rarely Yoopanese, [27] is a North-Central sub-variety with some additional influences from Finnish-speaking immigrants to the region.
Some Craigslist sites cover large regions instead of individual metropolitan areas—for example, the U.S. states of Delaware and Wyoming, the Colorado Western Slope, the California Gold Country, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. [16] Craigslist sites for some large cities, such as Los Angeles, also include the ability for the user to focus ...
Yooper may refer to: Yoopers, people from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (the "UP") Yooper dialect: The dialect of English speech used by the inhabitants of the Upper Peninsula; Da Yoopers: A comedy–musical group from the area of the Upper Peninsula
Da Yoopers also own and operate a gift shop near Ishpeming called "Da Yoopers Tourist Trap", featuring various Upper Peninsula-themed merchandise. [5] [13] Da Yooper's tourist trap not only contains merchandise, but two museums as well. The first museum is a mineral museum that contains various minerals found in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Escanaba (/ ˌ ɛ s k ə ˈ n ɑː b ə / ES-kə-NAH-bə), commonly shortened to Esky, is a port city and the county seat of Delta County in the U.S. state of Michigan, located on Little Bay de Noc in the state's Upper Peninsula. The population was 12,450 at the 2020 census, making it the third-largest city in the Upper Peninsula after ...
From approximately 9:06 a.m. to 9:06 p.m., Sept. 6 celebrates 906 Day − a day to recognize Michigan's Upper Peninsula and the area code that unifies it.
Statue of "Old Ish" in downtown Ishpeming. Ishpeming (/ ˈ ɪ ʃ p ə m ɪ ŋ / ISH-pə-ming) is a city in Marquette County, Michigan, United States.Located in the Upper Peninsula, the population was 6,140 at the 2020 census, [2] less than it was in the 1950s and 1960s when the Iron ore mines employed more workers.