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Michigan's Upper Peninsula is bounded on land by Wisconsin to the southwest and west; and in territorial waters by Minnesota to the west, Ontario to the west, north and east, and the Door Peninsula of Wisconsin extends into Lake Michigan east of the western Upper Peninsula. Five Michigan Upper Peninsula counties include nearby major islands ...
Yooper may refer to: Yoopers, people from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (the "UP") Yooper dialect: The dialect of English speech used by the inhabitants of the Upper Peninsula; Da Yoopers: A comedy–musical group from the area of the Upper Peninsula
The state of Michigan was admitted to the Union in 1837, incorporating both the Upper and Lower Peninsulas. Efforts for the U.P. to secede and form a new state date to 1858, when a convention was held in Ontonagon, Michigan, for the purpose of combining the Upper Peninsula, northern Wisconsin, and northeast Minnesota into a new state to be called either Superior or Ontonagon. [2]
From approximately 9:06 a.m. to 9:06 p.m., Sept. 6 celebrates 906 Day − a day to recognize Michigan's Upper Peninsula and the area code that unifies it.
The truck will also serve other traditional U.P. and Michigan food like Vollwerth hot dogs and Faygo. "We're gonna be a real Yooper experience for locals and tourists alike," said Ritter.
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English of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, [24] plus some bordering areas of northeast Wisconsin, [25] colloquially known as U.P. or "Yooper" English, [26] or rarely Yoopanese, [27] is a North-Central sub-variety with some additional influences from Finnish-speaking immigrants to the region.
Residents of the Upper Peninsula typically refer to themselves instead as Yoopers (a formation derived from the initials U.P.) either instead of or in addition to a state demonym. [10] They sometimes refer to residents of the Lower Peninsula who live "below the bridge" between the peninsulas as Trolls, but this term is rarely self-applied. [11]