The UP is a wonderful location. It's fairly clean and flush with a variety of trees. There is a small town called "Escanaba" and there was a movie based on the town and the UP its-self. There are not many animals that will attack you. Maybe a wolf, but most likely not, they don't want to be injured so they will just wonder off. There are lots of activities as well. We have tons of golf course, and other sporting event fields. Almost every "yooper" hunt some kind of game. Whether is deer, bear, birds, rabbits, coyotes, or even squirrels. 
There are approximately 10.5 million acres of land in the UP and 84% is covered by forrest. There about 31,361 people in the UP. It gets fairly cold I'm the winter mad warmer In the summer. 



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    Mrs. Sutton's English 10 Class Kingsford, Michigan USA

    We are a sophomore English class of 28 students. (One of us is a foreign exchange student from Italy.) Most of us are 15 or 16 years old.

    We live in Kingsford, MI, a small rural town in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Our school, Kingsford High School, has a population of about 650 students. Most of the students in our school come from middle class backgrounds of Caucasian descent. Our school's mascot is a Flivver car because in the early 1900's, these Ford cars were mass produced  in our part of Michigan.  Our town is named after Edwin G. Kingsford, one of the leaders of the Ford Motor Company.

    One of the main employers in our area is Verso, a paper mill. Other large employers are the Dickinson County Hospital and a hospital for military veterans called the Oscar G. Johnson Medical Center. 

    Because we live where snow covers the ground seven months of the year, most of us know how to ski, snow shoe, ice fish, snowmobile, and ice skate. Those of us who don't like winter sports enjoy the warmer months of the year by swimming in the lakes and rivers, hunting or fishing in the woods, hiking on trails, or just hanging out in town with our friends. 

    At our school, we can participate in many sports like football, soccer, tennis, volleyball, track, cross-country, basketball, and softball. We can also join all sorts of school activities like student council, drama, choir, band, class government, and so much more! Those of us who don't like sports or school activities spend our free time playing video games, listening to music, and shopping.  

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