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Michigan's Upper Peninsula is bounded on land by Wisconsin to the southwest and west; and in territorial waters by Minnesota to the west, Ontario to the west, north and east, and the Door Peninsula of Wisconsin extends into Lake Michigan east of the western Upper Peninsula. Five Michigan Upper Peninsula counties include nearby major islands ...
Craig Lake State Park is a remote public recreation area covering 9,732 acres (3,938 ha) in Baraga County in the Upper Peninsula of the state of Michigan. The state park has several lakes that are accessible only by foot or paddling.
Hansen Military Reserve – (c.1921– ) southwest of Grayling, managed as a state park for recreation purposes; Lake City State Park ( –c.1947) – at Lake City, now the Missaukee County Park; Magnus State Park ( –1949) – 16 acres, now Magnus City Park in Petoskey; Marquette State Park ( –1947) – now a subdivision of homes west of ...
Lake Gogebic (/ ɡ oʊ ˈ ɡ iː b ɪ k / goh-GHEE-bik) is the largest natural inland [2] lake of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It is located within the one million acre (4,000 km 2) Ottawa National Forest. Lake Gogebic State Park is located along its western shore.
The state of Michigan acquired Kitch-iti-kipi in 1926. History records that John I. Bellaire, owner of a Manistique Five and Dime store, fell in love with the black hole spring when he discovered it in the thick wilderness of Michigan's Upper Peninsula in the 1920s. It was hidden in a tangle of fallen trees, and loggers used the nearby area as ...
Muskallonge Lake is a 780-acre (320 ha) lake in Luce County in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.Approximately 1.9 miles (3,100 m) long and .8 miles (1,300 m) wide, it is separated from Lake Superior to the north by a quarter-mile-wide strip of land that is the site of Muskallonge Lake State Park.
By 1841, the County of Michilimackinac was confined to the Upper Peninsula and its nearby islands, bordering Chippewa and Menominee counties. [6] On March 9, 1843, Michigan further divided the Upper Peninsula into six counties. At this time, the County of Michilimackinac more closely resembled its modern configuration, including only a portion ...
Tahquamenon Falls in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.. The heavily forested Upper Peninsula is relatively mountainous in the west. The Porcupine Mountains, which are part of one of the oldest mountain chains in the world, [3] rise to an altitude of almost 2,000 feet (610 m) above sea level and form the watershed between the streams flowing into Lake Superior and Lake Michigan.