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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. It is bounded primarily by Lake Superior to the north, separated from the ...
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. [13] Craigslist sites for some large cities, such as Los Angeles, also include the ability for the user to focus ...
Baraga County ( / ˈbɛərəɡə / BAIR-ə-gə) is a county in the Upper Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,158, making it Michigan's fifth-least populous county. [3] The county seat is L'Anse. [4] The county is named after Bishop Frederic Baraga, a Catholic missionary who ministered to the ...
Marquette, Michigan. / 46.54361°N 87.39556°W / 46.54361; -87.39556. Marquette ( / mɑːrˈkɛt / mar-KET) is the county seat of Marquette County and the largest city in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, United States. Located on the shores of Lake Superior, Marquette is a major port known primarily for shipping iron ore from the ...
1st. Website. www .dickinsoncountymi .gov. Dickinson County is a county in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,947. [3] The county seat is Iron Mountain. [4] Dickinson is Michigan's newest county, formed in 1891 from parts of Marquette, Menominee, and Iron counties. [2]
Copper mining in the Upper Peninsula boomed, and from 1845 until 1887 (when it was exceeded by Butte, Montana) the Michigan Copper Country was the nation's leading producer of copper. In most years from 1850 through 1881, Michigan produced more than three-quarters of the nation's copper, and in 1869 produced more than 95% of the country's copper.
Encompassing continental Portugal and Spain, Andorra, Gibraltar ( British Overseas Territory ), and a small amount of Southern France, the Iberian Peninsula is a dominant geographical feature of Iberia. Other peninsulas in Iberia include: Lisbon Peninsula, Portugal. Setúbal Peninsula, Portugal. Peniche, Portugal.
Calumet (/ ˌ k æ lj u ˈ m ɛ t / KAL-yuu-MET or locally / ˌ k æ lj ə ˈ m ɛ t / KAL-yə-MET) is a village in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The village is located within Calumet Township, Houghton County, and had a population of 621 at the 2020 census. Calumet was once the center of Michigan's copper mining industry.