Higher peninsula of Michigan

The higher peninsula of Michigan ( Upper Peninsula in English), or Michigan higher , is one of both large Péninsule S which composes the State of the Michigan of the the United States (the other is the lower peninsula). It is often indicated by its English abbreviation, U.P. the peninsula is limited to north by the Higher Lac, in the east by the river Sainte-Marie, in the south by the lakes Huron Michigan and , and in the west by the State of Wisconsin.

The higher Peninsula represents almost a third of the surface of Michigan but, with 320.000 inhabitants, only 3% of the total population of the State. Its residents are known like Yoopers , corruption d'" U.P. - ers" , and assert a strong regional identity. It includes the only counties in the United States which counts a consequent population of Finnish origin . More the big cities are Marquette, Escanaba, Sault co. Marie, and Iron Mountain.

The ground and the climate are not very appropriate to agriculture, although the economy from time to time thrived of the Notation and the mines. The majority of the mines were closed since " the age of or" from 1890 to 1920, and the ground is now strongly covered with forests. If the mining extraction did not disappear, tourism became the most important branch of industry.

Geography, climate and fauna

The higher peninsula, which represents almost a third of the State of Michigan, has a surface of 42.610 km ², which corresponds about to the size of the Denmark. The East-West maximum distance in the peninsula is approximately 515 kilometers, and the North-South maximum distance is approximately 200 kilometers.

The peninsula is divided into two sectors, the flat and marshy sectors of the east - part of the Plain of the Big lakes, and the Western, stiffer half and more planer, called the higher mountain - part of the Canadian Bouclier.

This zone, result of the volcanic eruptions, would go back to more than 3,5 billion years. Many mineral resources there are found. The area comprises the Mont Arvon, the culminating point of Michigan, and the Montagnes of the Huron porcupine and . The highest sectors are the remainders of the ancient peaks, dug by million years of erosion. The peninsula of Keweenaw, the part more in north of the peninsula, advances in the Higher Lake, and provided the first copper layers to the United States, as the name of Copper Country indicates it (country of Cuivre).

The peninsula has a moderate Climat extreme, with considerable influence of the Big lakes. The winters tend to being long, cold, and snow-covered for the major part of the peninsula. Because of the Scandinavian latitude, the hours of day record a deficit in winter, around eight hours between the sunrise and to lay down it sun in winter. The Higher Lake has the greatest impact on the climate of the sector, particularly in its septentrional and Western parts. Many zones receive more than 250 centimeters of snow per annum, in particular in the peninsula of Keweenaw and counties of Baraga, Marquette and Algiers. Discs of 760 centimeters of snow or more were found in many communities in this area.

The peninsula has an enormous variety of fauna, of which black Ours S, of dash S (mooses), of Wapiti S, stags of Virginia (roe-deers), Loup S, Coyote S, porcupines S, beaver S, and much of species of Oiseau X.

Culture

The first colonists come from several waves of immigrants coming from the Scandinavian countries. People of Finnish origin compose 16% of the population. Communities still speak the Swedish and the Finnois in the peninsula. The U.P. with the most important Finn concentration apart from Europe. Some aspects of the Finnish culture, such as the Sauna and the concept of the Sisu , were adopted by residents of the higher peninsula. The television program Finland Calling , diffused by station WLUC-TV of Inlays, is the only Finnish television program in the United States, since 1962. The only university of the United States with Finnish roots, Finlandia University , is located in the town of Hancock.

There also exists, in the peninsula, other communities, of Franco-Canadian origin , cornouaillaise, Italian, German and Amerindian.

Counties of the higher peninsula

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