Tag: Upper Peninsula
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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Michigan in the Great Lakes Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Have you ever seen Pictured Rocks? Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore near Munising, Michigan in the Upper Peninsula is filled with colorful cliffs of sandstone known as Pictured Rocks. The colors appear when mineral-filled groundwater oozes through cracks in the rocks and runs down the sides of…
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Whitefish Point Lighthouse, Museum and Observatory
Michigan in the Great Lakes Whitefish Point Lighthouse Did you know that the Edmund Fitzgerald, a freighter memorialized in song, was lost off the coast of Whitefish Point on November 10, 1975? It went down in Lake Superior about 15 miles northwest of Whitefish Point Lighthouse. Whitefish Point Lighthouse is located in Paradise, Michigan in…
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Marquette Harbor Lighthouse
Michigan in the Great Lakes Marquette Harbor Lighthouse Did you know that Marquette Harbor Lighthouse on Lake Superior in Marquette, Michigan is said to harbor the ghostly spirit of a young girl? It is part of the lighthouse lore. Marquette Harbor Lighthouse, in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, has been an important beacon to the port of…
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Tahquamenon Falls
Michigan in the Great Lakes Tahquamenon Falls Upper Tahquamenon Falls Did you know that there are a lot of waterfalls in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan? One of the more well-known and visited waterfalls in the U.P. is Upper Tahquamenon Falls near Paradise, Michigan which is located on Lake Superior’s Whitefish Bay. Upper Tahquamenon Falls…
Terri Greening 