Upper Peninsula

noun

1. the peninsula between lakes Superior and Michigan constituting the N part of Michigan. : U.P.

Upper Peninsula

noun

1. a peninsula in the northern US between Lakes Superior and Michigan, constituting the N part of the state of Michigan

Example Sentences

Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is a vast wilderness area known for cascading waterfalls, the state park surrounding the Porcupine Mountains, and its proximity to three of the Great Lakes.

From Outside Online

Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has an area of 16,377 square miles.

From FiveThirtyEight

Dining at Suomi gives visitors a slice of Upper Peninsula life and a taste of Midwest history.

From The Daily Beast

The Tea Party Express went on a rampage in his home district, the remote Upper Peninsula.

From The Daily Beast

James Wickstrom, a Christian Identity minister, makes his home in Rhodes, Michigan, in the Upper Peninsula.

From The Daily Beast

He then explored the south shore of the upper peninsula of Michigan, and reached the southern extremity of Green Bay.

From Project Gutenberg

The latent resources of the Upper Peninsula are of a character and magnitude that defy all estimates of their future greatness.

From Project Gutenberg

Native to the upper peninsula of Michigan where it most likely was at one time introduced from the west.

From Project Gutenberg

This gives a total of one hundred and eighteen wolves killed in three out of the sixteen counties of the Upper Peninsula.

From Project Gutenberg

In the upper peninsula it also existed in Otter Creek, near Keweenaw.

From Project Gutenberg