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Munising (/ ˈ m j uː n ə s ɪ ŋ / MEW-nə-sing) is a city in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,986 at the 2020 census, thus making it the 17th largest in the Upper Peninsula. It is the county seat of Alger County. [4] The city is partially surrounded by Munising Township, but the two are administered ...
The UPPCO service area includes 10 counties in the central and western portion of Michigan's Upper Peninsula including: Alger, Delta, Marquette, Menominee, Schoolcraft, Baraga, Houghton, Iron, Ontonagon, and Keweenaw. The company serves approximately 52,000 customers which equates to approximately 12 customers per square mile. [3]
The Munising, Marquette and Southeastern Railway (MM&SE) was a short-line railroad that operated from 1911 until 1923 in the central Upper Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. At its height, the railroad operated 140.4 miles (226.0 km) of track, which was used to help the timber operations then active in northern Michigan.
In addition to the Marquette #1 Post Office, there is the "Northern Michigan University Bookstore Contract Station #384". [ 17 ] The first day of issue of a postal card showing Bishop Frederic Baraga took place in Marquette on June 29, 1984, [ 18 ] and that of the Wonders of America Lake Superior stamp [ 19 ] on May 27, 2006.
Lake effect snow occurs when cold air moves across the open waters of the Great Lakes creating snowfall, said Lily Chapman, a meteorologist at the NWS Forecast office in Marquette.
In 1931 two trains a day ran each way from Munising to Lawson, Marquette and Princeton. One train ran from Marquette to Big Bay and one on the east branch from Munising to Shingleton. By 1940 the Munising-to-Princeton and Lawton-to-Marquette service had been reduced to one train a day each way, and Big Bay service was operating three times a week.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources operates the Cusino Wildlife Research Station & Field Office in Shingleton. The ZIP Code is 49884. Shingleton was a station on the Detroit, Mackinac and Marquette Railroad named "Jeromeville" in 1882, after David H. Jerome , then the governor of Michigan (1881–1883).
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