Category Archives: UP

The Upper Peninsula of Michigan

Road Trip: 50th Anniversary of Anatomy of a Murder Celebration

The Library of Michigan is spearheading a series of special events to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1958 publication of Anatomy of a Murder by Robert Traver. Traver was the pen name of Marquette County attorney, prosecutor, and Michigan Supreme Court Justice, John D. Voelker, who used his experience with the legal system to [...]

Michigan History: A Resort Called Blaney

Blaney Park Dude Ranch by smartee_martee Travelers who turn off US 2 and head north on M-77 for the Seney Wildlife Refuge, Munising or Marquette quickly pass a group of buildings on either side of the road. These buildings, while still in apparently good repair, go largely unused. There is little indication they were once [...]

Photo Friday: North Point Beach 3 by nasunto

Nina (nasunto) spent 4 days, 3 nights backpacking at the Grand Island National Recreation Area in the Hiawatha National Forest. It’s an amazing place that offers great hiking & camping along with killer views as you can clearly see in her Grand Island National Recreation Area set (slideshow). Other sets in her Michigan collection include [...]

Michigan History: At the Top of Michigan–The Village of Copper Harbor

copper harbor fisherman by Michphotog Jutting out into the cold, blue waters of Lake Superior is the rugged and picturesque coast of the Keweenaw Peninsula. Better known as the “Copper Country,” this land of scenic beauty was endowed by nature with a treasure trove of pure, native copper. At the tip of this northernmost part [...]

We Are All Downstream

Together. by Rick Spillers Eric Hansen is the author of “Hiking Michigan’s Upper Peninsula” and “Hiking Wisconsin”. In this morning’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, he has an editorial titled Headwaters are no place for toxic new mining that begins: Take a moment to think about Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and the nearby patches of Wisconsin, Lake Superior [...]

Sulfide Mining goes to the movies

For more on this issue visit Save the Wild UP and also check out Anatomy of a mine: Lansing hearings put U.P. wilderness on trial from the Lansing City Pulse: The hearings hit hard rock Wednesday, April 30, when a white-haired man in suspenders slowly made his way to the stand, leaning on a cane. [...]

Dig Michigan: The Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

Pictured Rocks Waterfall by ER Post There’s so much that I want to say about the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore that I have no idea where to start. Maybe all I need to say is that it’s my favorite place on earth, and that I really hope you get a chance to visit there soon. [...]

Michigan’s Humongous Fungus

It’s probably fitting that we close out Garden Month with the largest lifeform in Michigan: The Humongous Fungus. According to the Crystal Falls, Michigan web site (which also provided the photo): Crystal Falls is “Home of the Humungous Fungus”, perhaps the world’s largest and oldest living organism. It covers 38 acres beneath an Iron County [...]

Photo Friday: Full Display by Peter Skellenger

Peter writes that this was a huge eagle, and he doesn’t think it could have possibly offered him a better display of its beauty. It’s a crop of this photo and part of an amazing set of photos taken of bald eagles in the Eastern UP (see them bigger in the slideshow). He has some [...]

Marquette, Michigan – ‘Paradise Found’

NW vista by DA2Brian Marquette, MI has been named one of the top 200 places in the U.S. for sportsmen and women to put their roots down in the April edition of Outdoor Life magazine. These places exist in every state, towns where you can step out your back door with a fly rod or [...]