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Geographic Description Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is greater in size than the four states of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware and Rhode Island combined. It is larger than Belgium or Destination Overview Switzerland. The Upper Peninsula is comprised of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Travel & Recreation 16,538 square miles and has a population of slightly over Association (UPTRA) is a private, non-profit organiza- 300,000 people. The Upper Peninsula is 384 miles wide, tion established for the sole purpose of advertising and from Drummond Island on the east to Ironwood on the marketing the Upper Peninsula. Membership and participa- west. It is 233 miles from Menominee on the south to tion are maintained in NTA, ABA, OMCA, and CIRCLE Copper Harbor on the north. Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has 4,300 inland lakes, 12,000 miles of streams MICHIGAN. Seven “natural wonders” are in Michigan’s and 1,700 miles of shoreline on three . All Upper Peninsula. They are: , Pictured but two of Michigan’s more than 200 waterfalls are in the Rocks National Lakeshore, Tahquamenon Falls, the Upper Peninsula. Over 85% of the land in Michigan’s and Brockway Mountain Drive, the Upper Peninsula is forested. and , Isle Royale National Park and Kitch-iti-Kipi. Two of Michigan’s man- made wonders are in the Upper Peninsula – the St. Mary’s Falls Canal at Sault Ste. Marie and the Services for Tour Operators linking the two peninsulas of Michigan. The world’s • Color Slides and Digital Images busiest waterway is located at the in Sault Ste. • FAM Tours Marie, Michigan’s oldest community. One of the deepest • 88 page Travel Planner mine shafts in the world is in the Keweenaw Peninsula’s . The copper and iron mineral booms in • Assistance in itinerary planning and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula were of greater importance suggested tours to the economic and industrial development of America • Liaisons with area convention and than the California Gold Rush. visitor bureaus. Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Travel and Recreation Association P.O. Box 400, Iron Mountain, MI 49801 Phone: (800) 562-7134 • (906) 774-5480 • Fax: (906) 774-5190 E-mail Address: [email protected] Representative: Fred Huffman, Group Tour Coordinator www.UPtravel.com Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Finest Attractions and Unique Experiences • Marquette Mission Park and Museum of Ojibwa Culture, St. Ignace • Garlyn Zoological Park, Naubinway • The Mystery Spot, St. Ignace • Mackinac Island /, Mackinac Island • Drummond Island, Drummond Island • Tower of History, Sault Ste. Marie • Museum Ship Valley Camp The Mackinac Bridge - Considered by many as the “eighth won- Sault Ste. Marie der of the world”, the Mackinac Bridge is the longest suspension • Soo Locks Boat Tours and Dinner Cruises, bridge in the Western Hemisphere with 7,400’ of 4 lane roadway Sault Ste. Marie suspended in the air over the beautiful . • Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, Whitefish Point The Grand Hotel - The world’s largest summer hotel. Located on • Tahquamenon Boat Tours & Mackinac Island. Enjoy the hustle of bicycles and horse-drawn car- Toonerville Trolley Train Ride, riages. The scenes will transport you to a time long ago. Soo Junction • Kitch-iti-Kipi (The Big Spring), Manistique • Seney , Germfask • Pictured Rocks Boat Cruises, Munising • Glass Bottom Shipwreck Boat Tours, Munising • Fayette Historic Townsite, Garden • Upper Peninsula State Fair, Escanaba • Iron Mountain Iron Mine and Museum, Vulcan • Pine Mountain Ski Jump, Iron Mountain The Soo Locks - The Soo Locks have been referred to as one of • Cornish Pump Engine the great wonders of the world and it is still the largest waterway & Mining Museum, traffic system on earth. Iron Mountain • Pine Mountain Music Festival, Entire Upper Peninsula Lake of the Clouds - Nestled high in the 59,000 acres of the • Iron County Museum, Caspian/Iron River Porcupine Mountains . • Copper Peak Adventure Ride, Ironwood/Bessemer • Marquette Maritime Museum, Marquette • Presque Isle Park, Marquette • Michigan Iron Industry Museum, Negaunee • U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame, Ishpeming • Upper Peninsula Children’s Museum, Marquette • Keweenaw National Historical Park, Throughout the Keweenaw Peninsula • Brockway Mountain Drive, Copper Harbor Tahquamenon Falls - The Upper Tahquamenon Falls is the sec- ond largest waterfall east of the . • Laurium Manor Inn, Laurium • Delaware Copper Mine Tours, Quincy Mine Tours - America’s first mining boom in the Copper Harbor Keweenaw Peninsula as prospectors and speculators rushed to • Historic Fort Wilkins, mine native copper. The Quincy Mine is one of the world’s Copper Harbor deepest and houses the world’s largest steam powered hoist. • Isle Royale National Park, Rock Harbor/Isle Royale When you enter Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. . . You enter a world of the finest attractions and unique experiences unmatched anywhere in the Midwest. The rich and colorful history of the region, coupled with a scenic splendor still unspoiled, provides something for everyone. www.UPtravel.com