Civic - Government - The Upper Peninsula, Michigan, USA
the Upper Peninsula's government and representatives at all levels
- Local: County government web sites; some UP counties have Web sites describing county government with links to official municipal Web sites where available; for links to individual city or tourism and chamber of commerce sites, see the places section
- Alger: Alger County Courthouse; county government information; county seat Munising
- Baraga: Baraga County Michigan Governmental Services; L'Anse is the county seat
- Chippewa: County government portal; easternmost county of the UP, includes the largest populated area in the UP--the cities of Sault Ste Marie Michigan and Canada--as well as the Soo Locks; Sault Ste Marie is the county seat; Tahquamenon Falls
- Delta: County government portal; in central UP; notable shipping port at Escanaba; notable Bays de Noc fishing, recreation, Lake Michigan shoreline; Escanaba is the county seat
- Dickinson: County government portal; central UP; Iron Mountain is the county seat
- Gogebic: County government portal; westernmost county of the UP; Bessemer is the county seat; borders Lake Superior and Wisconsin
- Houghton: County government portal; home of the cities of Houghton and Hancock
- Iron: County government portal; in western UP; notable role in iron mining industry; Crystal Falls is the county seat
- Keweenaw: Keweenaw County; Eagle River is the county seat
- Luce: Luce County; Newberry is the county seat
- Mackinac: Mackinac County; St. Ignace is the county seat
- Marquette: County government portal; in northern UP; bordering Lake Superior; Marquette is the county seat
- Menominee: County government portal; government information, departments, courts, county board; Menominee is the county seat
- Ontonagon: Ontonagon is the county seat
- Schoolcraft: County government portal; on Lake Michigan in eastern UP; Manistique is the county seat
- State: State of Michigan access
- Federal: The United State's government has a presence in the Upper Peninsula through elected representatives
- Sen Levin: United States Senator Carl Levin, Democrat
- Sen Stabenow: United States Senator Debbie Stabenow, Democrat
- Rep Benishek: United States House of Representative Benishek, Republican; Michigan's 1st Congressional District which includes the entire Upper Peninsula and part of the tip of the Lower Peninsula; the 1st District has 2,595 kilometers of shoreline, more than any other Congressional District outside Alaska
- -USA Federal-: USA Federal Government links; links to major top-level Web sites related to the United States government; you can use these to locate federal services available in the area
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