Explorer's Guide Michigan's Upper Peninsula: A Great Destination

by Westervelt, Amy

• ISBN13: 9781581571387
• ISBN10: 1581571380
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-05
• Publisher: Countryman Press

Summary

At the intersection of Lakes Superior, Michigan, and Huron is one of America#xE2;#xAC;"s best-kept secrets: Michigan#xE2;#xAC;"s Upper Peninsula. Westervelt#xE2;#xAC;"s friendly and knowledgeable advice points you to secret waterfalls, breathtaking vistas, excellent trout-fishing, romantic dinner spots, and the best hot pasties in the U.P. It#xE2;#xAC;"s like having a Yooper travel companion! Distinctive for their accuracy, simplicity, and conversational tone, the diverse travel guides in our Explorer's Great Destinations series meet the conflicting demands of the modern traveler. They're packed full of up-to-date information to help plan the perfect getaway. And they're compact and light enough to come along for the ride. A tool you'll turn to before, during, and after your trip, these guides include chapters on lodging, dining, transportation, history, shopping, recreation, and more; a section packed with practical information, such as lists of banks, hospitals, post offices, laundromats, numbers for police, fire, and rescue, and other relevant information; maps of regions and locales, and more.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 9
Introduction	p. 11
The Way this Book Works	p. 13
History
Tribes, Timber, Mines, and Ghost Towns	p. 17
Transportation
Waterways, Freeways, and the Mighty Mac	p. 29
The East
Tahquamenon, Mackinac, and the Soo Locks	p. 35
South Central
Beaches, Ghost Towns, Big Spring, Escanaba, and Manistique	p. 99
North Central
Pictured Rocks and Marquette	p. 129
Southwest
Iron Country and the Porkies	p. 163
Northwest
Houghton, Keweenaw, and Isle Royale	p. 199
Information	p. 231
Bibliography	p. 241
Index	p. 244
Maps
Michigan's Upper Peninsula	p. 6
The East	p. 36
South Central	p. 100
North Central	p. 130
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore	p. 132
Marquette, Michigan	p. 135
Southwest	p. 164
Northwest	p. 200
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