Upper Peninsula


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

  • Also called Upper Michigan, Northern Michigan.

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How to use Upper Peninsula in a sentence

  • He then explored the south shore of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and reached the southern extremity of Green Bay.

    The Colonization of North America | Herbert Eugene Bolton
  • The latent resources of the Upper Peninsula are of a character and magnitude that defy all estimates of their future greatness.

    Old Mackinaw | W. P. Strickland.
  • Native to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan where it most likely was at one time introduced from the west.

    Seeds of Michigan Weeds | W. J. (William James) Beal
  • This gives a total of one hundred and eighteen wolves killed in three out of the sixteen counties of the Upper Peninsula.

    Wolf and Coyote Trapping | A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
  • In the Upper Peninsula it also existed in Otter Creek, near Keweenaw.

    Favorite Fish and Fishing | James Alexander Henshall

British Dictionary definitions for Upper Peninsula

Upper Peninsula

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

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