Photo by Nancy S. Bond Falls (map) Agate Falls (map) Lake of the Clouds (map) Porcupine Mountains State Park (map) Canyon Falls (map) Copper Peak Ski Jump (map) Presque Isle (map) Brockway Mountain (map) Sugarloaf Mountain (map) Hogsback Mountain (map) Seney National Wildlife Refuge (map) Drummond … Read more
As commented in an earlier post about Jeff Finger, Corey suggested that Dallas Drake should be considered an Honorary Yooper. We couldn’t agree more! he will be playing in the Stanley Cup finals. Drake, who is from Trail, British Comlumbia, played his college hockey at Northern Michigan University … Read more
Scott Murrary from Helps, MI won a gold medal today for his double backflip in the best trick competition at the Moto X Championships. ESPN featured Murrary on the top 10 plays today, landing him the #5 play of the day. Murray attempted the double backflip during the Summer X games and came up … Read more
Today I stumbled across an intriguing set of photos on Flickr. In 1991 James Baldiga found a roll of film in the woods near a waterfall in the Huron Mountains. It seems a little mysterious to me, a crashed helicopter and a trellis with flowers? The comments on Flickr suggest most of the photos were … Read more
In the history of the Upper Peninsula only two incumbent presidents of the USA have reportedly visited the Upper Peninsula. President William Taft visited in 1911 and President George W. Bush visited in 2004 while on the campaign trail. For the third time the incumbent United States President will … Read more
### Lake Superior blog entries: Can you see the other side of Lake Superior? Length of the Great Lakes’ shoreline Lake Superior storm footage Great Lakes storm of 1913 Poll results: How many Great Lakes have you swam in? Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Search engine questions about Lake Superior 63 … Read more
is certainly all over the media right now as we wait his decision to stay and coach at Michigan State or go on to the NBA to coach the Cleveland Cavaliers. There’s no doubt that the Iron Mountain native has made a permanent impact on college basketball. But is he the most famous Yooper ever? He … Read more
An old 35MM scan of one of the old miners houses at the ghost town, taken probably 10 years ago, don’t think it is still standing. [cminer52 on Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/cminerspics/3009044244/ "Mandan MI")About 12 miles southwest of Copper Harbor is the old ghost town of Mandan, a tiny … Read more
Yooper Steez now has more buttons! You can choose from… White Upper Peninsula on green background I [heart] Upper Peninsula and Lake Superior We have variety packs in 12 and 24 so you can get a collection of all styles to share with your friends, family, co-workers, and whoever else. But if you keep … Read more
A few weeks ago we posted a blog entry about Jeff Finger, and our knowledge of him being the only Yooper to play in the NHL. We stand corrected! Since the NHL season is coming to a close soon we wanted to give you another Upper Peninsula hockey update. Here are six more Yooper NHL players, … Read more