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Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is endearingly called U.P.,  Our introduction to the Upper Peninsula, which
            pronounced Yoo-Pee, by locals, who refer to themselves  stretches 320 miles from Wisconsin on the west to Sault
            whimsicallyasYoopers.Itissparselypopulatedcompared  Ste. Marie on the east, was by crossing the Mackinac
            with Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, as only 3 percent of the  Bridge,whichspansthethree-mileStraitsofMackinacthat
            state’s population live here. Copper and iron mining drove  separatetheUpperandLowerPeninsulas.
            theeconomyforthefirsthalfofthe20thcentury,butthose    Make no mistake, Mackinac is pronounced “Macki-
            veins are mostly played out. The U.P. is laced with rivers,  naw” after an original Indian word, a pronunciation that
            streams and wetlands, making it an outdoorsman’s par-  crept into the spelling of Mackinaw City on the south side
            adiseandawellspringofnaturalscenery.Andbecauseitis  ofthestraits.
            hemmedbyLakeSuperioronthenorthandLakeMichigan
                                                                  The straits link Lakes Lakes Michigan and Huron so
            onthesouth,agorgeousshorelineisneverfaraway.




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