The Upper
Peninsula Traveler
Visit and Enjoy
the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Here are places to go and stay and things to see and
do
Upper
Peninsula Weather Forecasts
Travel and Vacation
Information for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Upper
Peninsula Food and Lodging
and
Cities
and Towns of the U.P.
Explore the dense forests of the
Upper Peninsula and meet the many natives who live there.
You may spot the elusive whitetail, moose and bear, or a
beaver building his house.
Travel down the almost untouched
rivers and streams with not a cabin or person in sight.
Explore the best fishing holes, test a new lure or work on
the fine art of fly fishing.
Enjoy the beautiful waterfalls
and the many miles of Michigan and National Forests. This is
an exciting place for camping, hiking or just driving down
one of the many forest roads.
Check out our real estate
listings for that log cabin or acreage you've always dreamed
about.
Visit the land where copper was
king - once the home of prehistoric miners. See a copper
mine in the Keweenaw Peninsula, visit old ruins, walk
through a gh ost
town.
Enjoy the beauty of Lake
Superior - the land of Hiawatha.
Take a boat ride to sites of
sunken ships or get outfitted and go scuba diving on the
shipwrecks.
Gather agates from the beaches
or have fun at one of the local rock shops
Explore the Lake Superior
Lighthouses open for touring. Climb the lighthouse tower or
visit the maritime museums within.
Visit the Soo Locks, tour an old
ore boat converted to a museum or follow the last voyage of
the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Enjoy all the recreation and
historical sites in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Prowl
through our antique shops for treasures of a time gone
by.
Visit Isle Royale in Lake
Superior, the site of prehistoric copper mining, now a
National Park.
Enjoy the bounties of the north
- maple syrup, jams, fudge, berries, fish from Lake
Superior, and the famous Michigan pasty.
Visit the Shipwreck Museum at
Whitefish Point, Lake Superior's graveyard of ships. See and
hear Tahquamenon Falls. While there, stay in Paradise,
Michigan. You'll see why it has this name.
Visit Michigan's
Upper Peninsula once, and you will
return.
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The Upper
Peninsula of Michigan named as one of the 2006
"Top-10 Summer
Destinations in the
World" by
Sherman's Travel, a leading national publisher of travel
sales and specials.
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Tours
and Guided Trips in the Upper Peninsula of
Michigan. Cruises,
fishing and hunting packages, overnight trips into the
wilderness, mountain biking trips, an underground copper
mine tour, canoeing and kayaking trips on isolated rivers,
scuba diving trips to the Lake Superior shipwrecks,
rafting, silent
sports tours, dogsledding trips, snowmobiling tours, ice
fishing trips, charter fishing, and much
more.
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Food and
Lodging
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Cabins,
cottages, private homes, and lodges to rent in the
U.P.
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Recreation
& Attractions
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Motels
& Hotels
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Lodgings
accepting Pets
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Camping and
Campgrounds
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Cities and
Towns of the U.P.
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Lodging
on Lake Superior
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U.P.
Adventures
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Snowmobiling
in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan & Lodging on
the Trail
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Eastern
Upper Peninsula, Lodging & other
Businesses
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Snowmobile
Trails and Conditions
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Real
Estate
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Vacation
Rentals with
Fireplaces
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Mountain
Biking in the U.P.
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Tours and
Guided Trips in the Upper Peninsula
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Lighthouses
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Shipwrecks and
SCUBA
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Rock
Collecting in the Upper Peninsula.
Tours.
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Outdoor
Toys for Motor Sports and Silent Sports
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Guided Fishing Trips: Uncle
Ducky Charters,
Kimar's
Charters &
Shelter
Bay Charters
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Copper
Mining and Ghost Towns
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Golf
Courses
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Cross-Country
Ski Trails
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Porcupine
Mountains Wilderness State Park
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Upper
Peninsula State Parks
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ATV
Rentals
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Soo Locks at
Sault Ste Marie, MI
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Cornish Pump
& Museum, the largest steam-driven
pumping engine in the United States
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Dog
sledding in the Upper Peninsula
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Books about the
Upper Peninsula
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Art Shows and
Artists
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Cruises
on Lake Superior
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Specialty
Products of the U.P.
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Photographers,
Photographs, and Photo Galleries
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Recreational
Vehicle and Mobile Home Repairs and
Towing.
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Foods of the
North, Special foods from the Upper
Peninsula
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Pasty
Oven Pasty Shop & Mail Order
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Nicolet
National Forest
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Smith
Steel Inc.
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Shopping and
Flowers
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U.P.
Chambers of Commerce
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Organizations
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Antiques and
Collectibles
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Map of the
U.P. b/w
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Street Rods,
Restorations and Concept Cars
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Gifts
from the Upper Peninsula
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Upper
Peninsula Veterans Memorial
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Fall Color
Tours
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- Badwater
SKI-TERS Water Ski
Show,
Vagabond Park, Menominee River, Spread Eagle,
Wisconsin,
5 miles northwest of Iron Mountain, Michigan on US-2
2009 Shows: Wednesday and Sunday Night, June 10th through
August 30th at 6:00pm (C.T.)
Special Labor Day Show, Fourth of July Show, and Night
Shows
Always Fun! Always Free!
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- And beyond them stood the forest,
- Stood the groves of singing pine-trees,
- Green in Summer, white in Winter,
- Ever sighing, ever singing.
- Song of Hiawatha, W.W.
Longfellow
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Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Lodging: cabins, cottages,
vacation homes, B&B's, Inns, motels. Attractions, guided
tours, lighthouses, museums, canoeing, hiking, kayaking,
camping, fishing, hunting, biking, boating, birding,
off-roading, swimming, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing,
downhill skiing, and snowshoeing. Upper Peninsula
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