Upper Peninsula of Michigan

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peninsula region

The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is a sparsely populated, heavily forested region known for its rugged Canadian Shield landscapes, abundant lakes and minerals, and distinct cultural identity within the state.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Upper Peninsula 3
Keweenaw Peninsula 2
Upper Peninsula of Michigan from Ontario 1

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf peninsula ⓘ
region ⓘ
area about 16,377 square miles ⓘ
about 42,420 square kilometers ⓘ
borderedBy Lake Huron ⓘ
Lake Michigan ⓘ
Lake Superior ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
connectedTo Mackinac Bridge ⓘ
contains Chippewa County, Michigan ⓘ
Delta County, Michigan ⓘ
Escanaba, Michigan ⓘ
Gogebic County, Michigan ⓘ
Houghton County, Michigan ⓘ
Houghton, Michigan ⓘ
Iron Mountain, Michigan ⓘ
Isle Royale ⓘ
surface form: Isle Royale National Park

Keweenaw County, Michigan ⓘ
Keweenaw National Historical Park ⓘ
Upper Peninsula of Michigan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Keweenaw Peninsula

Marquette County, Michigan ⓘ
Menominee, Michigan ⓘ
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore ⓘ
Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park ⓘ
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
culturalInfluence Finnish American heritage ⓘ
French Canadian heritage ⓘ
Native American heritage ⓘ
demonym Yooper ⓘ
economy forestry ⓘ
mining ⓘ
outdoor recreation ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
geology partly underlain by Canadian Shield rocks ⓘ
governingStateCapital Lansing, Michigan ⓘ
highestPoint Mount Arvon ⓘ
highestPointElevation about 1,979 feet ⓘ
about 603 meters ⓘ
indigenousPeoples Sauk ⓘ
surface form: Menominee

Ojibwe ⓘ
Potawatomi ⓘ
knownFor abundant lakes ⓘ
copper mining ⓘ
distinct regional culture ⓘ
iron ore mining ⓘ
mineral resources ⓘ
rugged landscapes ⓘ
landCover heavily forested ⓘ
largestCity Marquette, Michigan ⓘ
locatedIn Midwestern United States ⓘ
surface form: Great Lakes region

Midwestern United States ⓘ
partOf Michigan (most of state) ⓘ
surface form: Michigan
populationCharacteristic sparsely populated ⓘ
separatedBy Straits of Mackinac ⓘ
separatedFrom Michigan (most of state) ⓘ
surface form: Lower Peninsula of Michigan
timeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
traversedBy M-28 ⓘ
US Highway 2 ⓘ
U.S. Route 41 ⓘ
surface form: US Highway 41
winterCharacteristic heavy lake-effect snowfall ⓘ

Referenced by (68)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marquette → partOf → Upper Peninsula of Michigan ⓘ
subject surface form: Marquette, Michigan
Hannahville Indian Community → region → Upper Peninsula of Michigan ⓘ
Iron Mountain, Michigan → region → Upper Peninsula of Michigan ⓘ
Marquette Bay → region → Upper Peninsula of Michigan ⓘ
Marquette Downtown Historic District → region → Upper Peninsula of Michigan ⓘ
Marquette Harbor Lighthouse → region → Upper Peninsula of Michigan ⓘ
Northern Michigan University → region → Upper Peninsula of Michigan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Peninsula
Presque Isle Park → region → Upper Peninsula of Michigan ⓘ
Superior Dome → region → Upper Peninsula of Michigan ⓘ
UP 200 Sled Dog Race → region → Upper Peninsula of Michigan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Peninsula
Port of Marquette → regionServed → Upper Peninsula of Michigan ⓘ
Sawyer International Airport → regionServed → Upper Peninsula of Michigan ⓘ
UP Health System – Marquette → regionServed → Upper Peninsula of Michigan ⓘ
M-28 → runsAcross → Upper Peninsula of Michigan ⓘ
St. Marys River → separates → Upper Peninsula of Michigan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Peninsula of Michigan from Ontario
Straits of Mackinac → separates → Upper Peninsula of Michigan ⓘ
Marquette Maritime Museum → servesRegion → Upper Peninsula of Michigan ⓘ
Diocese of Northern Michigan → territory → Upper Peninsula of Michigan ⓘ