Michigan Upper Peninsula
Upper Peninsula State Fair
• 2005 Upper Peninsula State Fair Information ... The Upper Peninsula's State Fair began back in April of 1927 when then governor of Michigan Fred Green signed Act 89, which read, "An annual state fair at the City of Escanaba, which shall have for its main purpose the exploiting, and encouragement of improved methods in agriculture and industrial pursuits I hereby authorize." Since then the fun hasn't stopped! Join us this year and "Catch the UP Magic" ... [Read More]
Upper Peninsula State Fair
Upper Peninsula State Fair Preview Day! Come on over and see what the State Fair week has to offer for fun, entertainment and more! ... 2005 Upper Pensinsula State Fair Headline Entertaiment ... [Read More]
Department of Natural Resources
To prevent the further spread of Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), Michigan has revised its quarantine prohibiting the movement of all non-coniferous (hardwood) firewood into the Upper Peninsula and surrounding states. ... [Read More]
Michigan Historical Center
Four years ago, the Michigan Iron Industry Museum in Negaunee-part of the Michigan Historical Museum System-began its "Forging Our Future" capital campaign. Watch as Phase I construction takes the museum into a new era of telling the story of Upper Peninsula iron. ... The sights and sounds of the Civil War come to Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula. This event is so popular, we've added another day! August 5 - 7, 2005, at Fort Wilkins, Copper Harbor. Events begin at 8 a.m. each day. ... [Read More]
Supplemental feeding resumes in parts of Upper Peninsula
Supplemental feeding resumes in parts of Upper Peninsula ... The order is only valid for one year, and will be reviewed again next year. Commissioner John Madigan, of Munising, said the change resulted from negotiations with many UP residents who are concerned with winter’s potential toll on the deer herd. Click here for a copy of the Wildlife Conservation Order on Supplemental Deer Feeding in the Upper Peninsula . ... The Michigan Natural Resources Commission today approved an Interim Order allowing residents in parts of the Upper Peninsula to obtain supplemental deer feeding permits. Supplemental feeding shall remain unlawful in the remainder of the state. ... [Read More]
2005 UP State Fair Information
Upper Peninsula State Fair ... According to the Delta County Historical Society, the Upper Peninsula's State Fair began back in April of 1927 when then governor of Michigan Fred Green signed into life Act 89, which read, " An annual state fair at the City of Escanaba, which shall have for its main purpose the exploiting, and encouragement of improved methods in agriculture and industrial pursuits I hereby authorize. " Since then the fun hasn't stopped! Of course, the fair itself doesn't run year round, but the fair grounds, originally built with funds provided by Act 89, are used for more than just the fair. ... [Read More]
Exhibits & Events
• Michigan's Upper Peninsula Calendar of Events ... Upper Peninsula Travel & Recreation Association calendar lists events by the month. ... [Read More]
Michigan
Michigan was the 26th state, admitted into the Union in 1837. Called the "Great Lakes State" because its shores touch four of the five Great Lakes, Michigan gets its name from an Ojibwa (Chippewa) Indian word meaning "large lake." Michigan has an unusual geography, as it consists of two land masses--the sparsely populated Upper Peninsula and the mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula, home to most of the state's residents. Detroit, its largest city, is known worldwide as the center of the American auto industry. The apple blossom is the state flower, the robin is the state bird and Lansing is the capital. ... [Read More]
Gray wolf found in northern Lower Peninsula
Once found in all 83 Michigan counties, the last recorded wolf in the Lower Peninsula was in 1910. They began naturally returning to the U.P. via Canada and Wisconsin in the late 1980s. Today, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is home to at least 360 wolves. ... The 70-pound female had been part of a wolf pack in the central Upper Peninsula. She was trapped and fitted with a DNR radio-tracking collar last November, and was last detected Feb. 26 near Engadine in Mackinac County, by biologists using an airplane and telemetry equipment. ... [Read More]
Michigan FAQ
The largest cities in Michigan are Detroit (1,027,974), Grand Rapids (189,126), Warren (144,864), Flint (140,761), Lansing (127, 321). They are all in the Lower Peninsula. The largest city in the Upper Peninsula is Marquette (21,977). More than nine million people live in Michigan. The state is eighth in population among the 50 states. (All data: 1990 census) ... Most of Michigan is in the United States Eastern Time Zone. Four counties in the western Upper Peninsula that share their southern border with the state of Wisconsin are in the U. S. Central Time Zone. They are Gogebic, Iron, Dickinson and Menominee Counties. Michigan uses Daylight Savings Time from 2:00 a.m. on the first Sunday in April until 2:00 a.m. on the last Sunday in October. ... [Read More]
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