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Indian Lake State Park is a public recreation area covering 567 acres (229 ha) in Schoolcraft County on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The state park is made up of two units that are three miles apart, one on the south shore of Indian Lake, one on the west shore. [3]
The first sled dog race to feature a codified set of rules was the All-Alaska Sweepstakes, which first took place in 1908. This was followed in 1917 by the American Dog Derby, which was the first sled dog race outside Alaska or the Yukon. [1] In 1929 the Laconia World Championship Sled Dog Race" was first held in the city of Laconia, New Hampshire.
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 ...
Ishpeming (/ ˈ ɪ ʃ p ə m ɪ ŋ / ISH-pə-ming) is a city in Marquette County, Michigan, United States. Located in the Upper Peninsula, the population was 6,140 at the 2020 census, [2] less than it was in the 1950s and 1960s when the Iron ore mines employed more workers. A statue of a Native American figure, erected in 1884 in the small town ...
Marquette (/ m ɑːr ˈ k ɛ t / mar-KET) is the county seat of Marquette County and the largest city in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, United States.Located on the shores of Lake Superior, Marquette is a major port known primarily for shipping iron ore from the Marquette Iron Range.
Iron Mountain is a city in and the county seat of Dickinson County, Michigan.The population was 7,518 at the 2020 census, down from 7,624 at the 2010 census. [4] Located in the state's Upper Peninsula, Iron Mountain was named for the valuable iron ore found in the vicinity.
The Keweenaw Peninsula (/ ˈ k iː w ə n ɔː /, KEE-wə-naw) is a peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. Part of the greater landmass of the Upper Peninsula , the Keweenaw Peninsula projects about 65 miles (105 km) northeasterly into Lake Superior , forming Keweenaw Bay .
Pickford Township is located in southeastern Chippewa County on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.It is bordered to the south by Mackinac County.The northeastern part of the township extends into Munuscong Lake, a large bay on the St. Marys River.