Specialty Products
of the
Upper Peninsula

 

 

 

 

Adventure Mine Company Store at the Adventure Mine, Greenland, MI. Clothing, copper, antiques, headlamps, books, rockhound supplies, climbing & rappelling gear, minerals, bags, boxes, something for everyone. 12 miles east of Ontonagon, Off M-38. Phone: 906-288-3371. Open daily Mid-May through color season from 9 am to 6 pm.

Air Tours of the Pictured Rocks, Pictured Rocks and Grand Island Air Tour Video now available by mail order.

Antiques and Collectibles Shops in the Upper Peninsula.

ART WORKS Art Gallery in Iron Mountain MI features original arts and crafts created bylocal Upper Peninsula artists & artisans. Stop by and enjoy these beautiful works of art or pick up that one-of-a-kind piece of art for your home or as a gift. The Art Works Gallery includes paintings in oil, watercolor, & mixed media, note cards, jewelry, carved birds, pottery, fibers, glass, plus much more. Located at 111 N. Stephenson Ave. (Highway US-2), Iron Mountain, MI 49801. Phone 906-774-1540. Open: M-W-Th-F 10:30 to 6;00. Sat 10:30 to 5:00. Sunday 10:30 to 2:00. (central time) Closed on Tuesday.

Books from the north, North Country Publishing, 355 Heidtman Road, Dept. EN, Skandia, MI 49885. Phone toll free: 1-866-942-7898. Award winning books about the beautiful Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Purchase by phone, mail order, or our online shopping cart
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CAMP 33 GIFT SHOP at the Tahquamenon Falls, 906-492-3341. Camp 33 is one of the finest gift shops in the Eastern Upper Peninsula. Northern items, clothing, Minnetonka Moccasins and much more, located next to the Tahquamenon Falls Brewery and Pub by the Upper Falls parking lot.

Captain and Harry, a children's book set at the Seul Choix Lighthouse in Gulliver MI including historical facts and actual documented spirit sightings in and around the Lighthouse. Captain Joseph Townshend, lighthouse keeper from 1901-1910, said to be the spirit haunting the lighthouse joins Harry, a very fat field mouse, for mysterious adventures.

Centennial Cranberry Farm & Gift Shop, Wildcat Road, Paradise, MI. 49768. Phone: 906-492-3314. Cranberry Harvest in Mid-October. The only cranberry farm in the Upper Peninsula is open for tours between the hours of 12 noon and 6 p.m. every day from Memorial Day Weekend through October 31st. Included in the tour are the cranberry beds, written displays, machinery, antiques, photos, video and other interesting information. Videos and cranberry gifts for sale in the office.

Christmas Ornaments, Gifts, and Collectibles from Santa's Workshop Gift Shop, located on the corner of Highway M-28 and St. Nicholas Avenue, 3 miles west of Munising in Christmas, Michigan. Look for the Large Santa by the gift shop. Beautiful Christmas items for your home, tree, and yard. Collectibles include Bing & Grondall, Royal Copenhagen, Christopher Radko, Pipka, Jim Shore, Bently Crystal Snowflakes, Serenity Angels, Snow Buddies, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Rock-a Buddies, plus nutcrackers, stuffed animals, snowmen, a wide variety of unusual ornaments plus much more. Visit with Santa on Sunday during December. Letters from Santa to your child mailed from Christmas, MI. Phone: 906-387-2929

Copper Samples at Red Metal Minerals, 202 Ontonagon St. Ontonagon, MI 49953. Phone 906-884-6618. Seller of Michigan copper specimens, minerals, and ores as well as minerals from around the world. Packages of rocks, minerals and fossils and a variety of unusual gift items. Books on the geology and history of copper mining. Stop at Red Metal Minerals, at Gitche Gumee Landing in Ontonagon.

Ghost Stories: "A Glostly Road Tour of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. True Stories of Ghostly Hauntings in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan" by Jan Langley. Tour these interesting haunted places in the comfort of your chair or visit them when you are in the Upper Peninsula.

A Guide to Michigan's Keweenaw Copper District by Lawrence J. Molloy. This updated version of Copper Country Road Trips is filled with Photographs, Maps, and Tours of the Keweenaw . . . Past and Present. Enjoy Keweenaw History From The Comfort Of Your Car. Guide book for tours of mainly mining locations, sites and ruins plus other historical sites. Includes maps, pictures, historical information and precise directions. Published and printed by Great Lakes GeoScience, Hubbell, Michigan. Available at Red Metal Minerals at Gitche Gumee Landing, 202 Ontonagon St. Ontonagon, MI 49953 or by mail order. $29.00 Price includes shipping. Phone: 906-884-6618 or E-mail: redmetal@charter.net

Jams and Jellies at The Wood'n Spoon, PO Box 391, US 41, Mohawk, MI, 49950. (906)337-2435. Handmade Natural Preserves, Naturally Grown Produce, Homemade Jams, Jellies, and Fruit Cakes. Stop in our shop or purchase by mail order or our online shopping cart. We feature the wild Thimbleberry Jam from the Upper Peninsula.

Kemps Rod and Restoration, Inc., 636 Industrial Park Drive, Iron Mountain, MI 49801. Phone: (906) 776-1929, Fax: (906) 776-9046. Street Rods, Concours Quality Restorations and Concept Cars. See our just completed streetrod project, a 1935 Plymouth, runner up for the Riddler Award. Kemps can build your car from a concept or start with an original car. We can meet all your fabrication and paint needs.

Michigan's Upper Peninsula Spirit of Place by Steve Brimm is a delightful coffee table book presenting over 100 photographs of nature, wildlife, and landscapes photographed in the beautiful Upper Peninsula of Michigan. A wonderful collection of photographs for those who love the Upper Peninsula. Also available is a box of 10 different note cards, perfect for any occasion. Both can be purchased by phone or mail order. Steve's award winning photography is published regularly in regional and national magazines and calendars, and he recently won the 2005 Nature's Best Photo Contest in the Plant Life Category. Phone: 906-289-4234 (summer) and 910-620-7569 (winter).

North Country Publishing, 355 Heidtman Road, Dept. EN, Skandia, MI 49885. Phone 1-866-942-7898. Award winning books about the beautiful Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Purchase by phone, mail order,or our online shopping cart. Books published include:

Northern Mist Custom Bows, Steve Turay, 280 Gold Street, Ishpeming, MI, 49849. (906) 485-5480 producing quality hand made one piece and take down bows that are genuinely beautiful, smooth, fast and dependable with superior performance. Each bow is handcrafted and built one at a time to your specifications.

Northwoods Wilderness Outfitters Outdoor Store N-4088 Pine Mountain Road, Iron Mountain, MI. Phone: 906-774-9009 or 800-530-8859. Canoes & kayaks for sale and rent, traditional archery supplies, fly fishing pro shop, snowshoes, dogsleds, tents, and other outdoor gear available in the Outfitters Store. Bait, Tackle, Hunting & Fishing Licenses, Maps, and Guide Books. Featuring these specialty products created in the Upper Peninsula: Stormy Kromer Hats. Northwoods Portable Blinds, Iverson Showshoes, Marble Knives, Bark River Knives, and Rapid River Knives. Open daily

THE PASTY OVEN Pasty Shop is located at W-7270 Highway U.S.2, near the stoplight in Quinnesec Michigan, just 4 miles east of Iron Mountain, MI. Phone: 906-776-0990 or toll free 800-735-5257. Eat in our dining area or pick up some delicious pasties for lunch or dinner. The Pasty Oven offers mail order so you can enjoy a taste of the Upper Peninsula in your own home. Baked fresh every day at our USDA inspected plant in Florence, we offer a variety of pasties including the traditional pasty, breakfast pasty, chicken pasty, vegetable pasty, and mini pastys &endash; great for appetizers or a party. Pasties can be purchased hot and fresh, half-baked, frozen or by mail order. Gift Certificates available for a wonderful gift from the Upper Peninsula.

Pictured Rocks and Grand Island Air Tour Video VHS & DVD. Take a real Air Tour in the comfort of your own home. Video includes area Lighthouses, Shipwrecks, Waterfalls, Sand Dunes, and much more. Approximately 38 minutes in length with nice background music. Narrated by Don Riggs Filmed & Edited by Express Digital Video. Flying by Commercial Pilot Mark Geitka. Available by mail order.

Peninsula Shores Gallery, Gould City, MI 49838. Photographs of the Upper Peninsula by Jim O'Neil. The Mystical Midnight Thunderbird. Note Cards now available.

Rock collectors may contact Red Metal Minerals, 202 Ontonagon St. Ontonagon. MI 49953 . Phone 906-884-6618. Rock and mineral collecting at the Caledonia Copper Mine near Ontonagon for the rock collector or geologist. Collect samples of native copper, silver, datolite, calcite. quartz, feldspar, and epidote. Seller of Michigan copper specimens, minerals, and ores. Books on the history of copper mining and geology in the Keweenaw Peninsula

Santa's Workshop Gift Shop, located on the corner of Highway M-28 and St. Nicholas Avenue, 3 miles west of Munising in Christmas, Michigan. Look for the Large Santa by the gift shop. Beautiful Christmas dexcorations for your home, tree, and yard. Collectibles include Bing & Grondall, Royal Copenhagen, Christopher Radko, Pipka, Jim Shore, Bently Crystal Snowflakes, Serenity Anglel, Snow Buddies, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Rock-a-Buddies, nutcrackers, stuffed animals, snowmen, a wide variety of unusual Christmas ornaments plus much more. Visit with Santa on Saturday and Sunday during December. Phone: 906-387-2929

Seul Choix Point Lighthouse Gift Shop offers unique lighthouse inspired gifts, books, and nautical items. 672 N. West Gulliver Lake Road, Gulliver, MI 49840. Phone: 906-283-3183. Open Memorial Day to mid-October from 10 am to 6 pm daily. Help continue Historic Preservation with our "Adopt a Brick" $35 and "Adopt a Step" $1,000 and have your name permanently engraved on a brass plate displayed in the Lighthouse. A wonderful gift for a lighthouse lover or as a memorial. For information contact Marilyn at 906-283-3317 or e-mail marilynf@up.net.

"So Cold a Sky, Upper Michigan Weather Stories" by Karl Bohnak, Chief Meteorologist for WLUC TV-6, Marquette, MI. Enjoy these short stories, some historic and others modern weather events, that have taken place in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. "So Cold a Sky" contains stories about the early settlers and the hardships they faced making a home in this rugged land along with true tales of Upper Michigan's extreme weather with over 200 photographs and about 100 maps in this almost 400 page book. "So Cold a Sky" is a 2007 Michigan Notable Book. Cold Sky Publishing, P.O. Box 228, Negaunee, MI 49866. Phone: (906)-475-7942

Coming in August, 2008: Michigan's Upper Peninsula Almanac, by Karl Bohnak and Ron Jolly

Truckland, 853 Hooper St, Kingsford, MI 49802. Phone 1-906-779-3892 or 1-800-708-4005. Fax (906) 774-3964. Home of ONSPOT Automatic Tire Chains for 1/2 ton to class 8 vehicles. Tire chains are deployed at the flip of a dashboard switch. A safety factor you can't afford to ignore. The Upper Peninsula Repair and Towing Hub for Motor Homes, Recreational Vehicles and Trucks.

U P Candle Company & Gift Shop is located at Gitche Gumee Landing, at the north end of River Street in Ontonagon MI. We offer highly scented long-burning candles, votives and tea lights in over 30 fragrances and unusual candle holders made from rocks and minerals, crocks, and soapstone boxes. Our candles come in a wide variety of fragrances and are made right here in Ontonagon at our candle company. The Gift Shop carries vases and bowls made of onyx and marble, wall hangings, a nice selection of jewelry set with semi-precious stones, and a wide variety of gift items. Red Metal Minerals located at the UP Candle Company carries a large variety of copper, datolite, and other specimens and minerals, as well as books on the history and geology of copper mining. UP Candle Co. 202 Ontonagon St. Ontonagon, MI. 49953. Phone: 906-884-6618

Violet Sunset Gift Shop, 22608 Lakeshore Drive, Ontonagon, MI. Phone: 906-884-4230. Gifts and souvenirs including natural and hand crafted copper, Clearheart windchimes, Spoontiques Lighthouses, Tubbs snowshoes, books of regionalinterest, local craft items, photography by Richard Mascola,T-shirts, and sweatshirts. Open daily.

WINE: Threefold Vine Winery on the Garden Peninsula and the Green Family Farm, 5856 NN Road, Garden, MI 49835 Phone: 906-644-7089. Wine made from grapes grown in the Upper Peninsula? Yes, right at the Threefold Vine Winery just south of the town of Garden and near Fayette State Park on the Garden Peninsula. Our Tasting Room at the Winery is open featuring grape (from our vineyard) apple, honey, and various fruit wines. The Green family invites you to visit our winery, see how the wine is produced, and sample our exciting new wines. The Threefold Vine Winery is part of the Green Family Farm and offers pumpkins, squash, and apples for sale in the fall. Tour the Winery. 15 miles west of Manistique on US-2 and south on M-183 for 10 miles to NN Road.

The Wood'n Spoon, PO Box 391, US 41, Mohawk, MI, 49950. (906)337-2435. Handmade Natural Preserves, Naturally Grown Produce, Baked Goods. Wide variety of homemade jams and jellies. Stop in our shop or purchase by mail order or our online shopping cart. We feature the wild Thimbleberry Jam, a specialty of the Upper Peninsula.

 

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