Good times • Love the outdoors? Enjoy 1,700 miles of Upper Great Lakes fresh water shoreline and 16,500 square miles of pristine land. Peninsula • Standing over treacherous waters, 40 lighthouses dot the U.P., including 12 open to the public. Bounded on three sides by • Nature lovers can escape to an island on Isle Great Lakes, the region offers an Royal National Park, where unspoiled forests, environment rich in natural beauty, wilderness lakes and rugged shoreline wait to local history, cultural diversity and be explored. economic wellbeing. The Marquette Seriously? • The Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore area is the largest population center encompasses sandstone cliffs, beaches, sand • Marquette was named eighth best small city in dunes, waterfalls, lakes and forest, not to and has become a regional hub for America by NerdWallet. mention 40 miles of shoreline. retail, restaurants, education and • The Upper Peninsula boasts three national • I think I just saw a …and a bear…and outdoor recreation. parks, including the Porcupine Mountains a …oh my! ’s Upper Peninsula Wilderness where 90 miles of boasts thousands of acres of unspoiled Hey Veteran! trails lead to waterfalls, mountain views and a forests, crystal clear lakes and streams, and • The breathtaking overlook of . endless opportunities for outdoor adventure. (pronounced “mack-in-naw”) • Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is home to almost is one of the nation’s most 200 major named waterfalls, including the important shipping channels, gorgeous and roaring Tahquamenon Falls. Be more smart and the brave men and women • Mackinac Island is the truly “all natural” theme • The Upper Peninsula is home to four at Coast Guard Sector Sault Ste. park of America. Limited to transportation of horse and buggy, bicycle or foot, surrounded universities and five community colleges. Marie work year-round to keep by water, it will transport you back to Victorian • Lake Superior State University’s annual this strategic waterway navigable. times. “Banished Words List” receives worldwide • Who says the Army are • The UP200 is one of America’s premier media coverage. landlubbers! The Army Corps of 12-dog, mid-distance sled dog races and • University is home to a Engineers maintain the famous draws mushers from around the United States U.S. Olympic Training site, currently providing “.” A destination for and Canada. residents with education and world-class nearly a million visitors a year, training in Greco-Roman wrestling and the locks are a wonder of weightlifting. engineering and a living, breathing history lesson.

Culture

• Watch ships navigate the 21-foot drop between lakes Superior and Huron at the Soo Locks. • Explore eerie remains of an iron-smelting town at Fayette Historic State Park. • Learn the stories of sailors and ships who braved the waters of Lake Superior and those who were lost to her menacing waves at the Top employers Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum. The bell of • Cliff’s Natural Resources the famous Edmund Fitzgerald is displayed as a memorial to her lost crew. • Dickinson Health Care System • The Museum of Ojibwa Culture uncovers • Marquette General Hospital/Duke Lifepoint the vivid history of life during the 1860s when • Michigan Tech University the Ojibwa, Huron and French lifestyles met in • Northern Michigan University St. Ignace.

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