The U.P. is not as populated as the lower half of our state, but we make up for people counts with beautiful towns right on Lake Superior's shore. Today's first archive shot shows one of those places, Ontonagon, snapped by Rick Anderson on a flight over the town in 2003. It would be fun to have an aerial shot from this year to see how the area has changed in fourteen years.

Then in 2008, Beth Collins takes us to St. Ignace with a view of the Mackinac Bridge, the gateway between the Upper Peninsula and the Lower Peninsula. Whenever we're on a trip downstate, we always have a dollar bill clipped on the visor for the first one that spots the bridge!

Back UP on the shores of Lake Superior in 2009, Doug Grusser visits McCarty's Cove in Marquette. Beautiful sandy beach and shoreline and pretty neat that you can swim right there within view of the Lighthouse, too.

As long as were on lighthouses, I couldn't resist sharing one of the most photographed spots in Copper Harbor. Marsha and Gary Galbraith were there recently and captured this view from the lookout across the harbor waters. Just look at how calm the water is, too!

For your viewing pleasure, today's video takes us on a quick tour of some of Marquette County's beaches. The video description says: "Retreat, relax, revive in Marquette County." Sounds good to me!

Love all of these pictures and the video was
fabulous!

The world is older and bigger than we are. This is a hard truth for some folks to swallow.

What are the structures at 16-17 seconds into the video?

Bob Jewell...that would be the top of Sugarloaf Mountain! Check out this link for more information: Sugarloaf Mountain.

Great Photos/Review and Video!!! Gotta love the ol college town of Marquette, and they are building a Fantastic new hospital as well!!

Super pix and the video would make a good Pure Michigan commercial.

Bob Jewell, Good question. I don't remember anything like that in all
the time I lived in Marquette. Could that poslsibly be Hogsback? The
structure looks fairly new and I have been gone a long time. I hope
somebody here has the answewr.

That is Sugarloaf, many changes and more tourist friendly, than many years ago.

Bob Jewell and Richard J. the structures you see
at about 17 seconds in for the Marquette County
Beaches link is a place called Sugarloaf Mountain
which is just outside of Marquette on County road
550.....btw this is my 1st Pasty Cam posting ever
eh! Now you know the rest of the story.