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‘Benny the Beard Fisher’ is the U.P.’s new resident riverside troll
GERMFASK, MI – It turns out there is a troll that lives in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, after all. “Benny the Beard Fisher” is a new art installation on the banks of the Manistique River at Northland Outfitters in Germfask. He is a troll character in a coming children’s book by Danish artist Thomas Dambo – and the latest up north attraction to open to the public.
Massive 'Benny the Beard Fisher' troll sculpture sits on bank of U.P. river
Michigan residents are often characterized by where they live. Specifically, the state is divided by those living above the Mackinac Bridge and those below it. Those living in the state's Upper Peninsula are often referred to as Yoopers, while those "under the bridge" in the Lower Peninsula are referred to as Trolls. Well, Yoopers are switching things up with the installation of a 15-foot-tall troll fishing with his beard for people to visit. ...
Warthog babies make debut at U.P. zoo
NAUBINWAY, MI – A wildlife park known for its uncommon selection of animals has added two baby warthogs to the mix. Shrek and Fiona, an unrelated pair of piglets, were introduced last week by GarLyn Zoo Wildlife Park in Naubinway, about 35 miles east of the Mackinac Bridge in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
World’s oldest male loon, once jilted, has new mystery mate at U.P. wildlife refuge
SENEY, MICH. -- It’s been an eventful summer for ABJ, the world’s oldest male common loon. No stranger to making headlines, the Michigan loon first ruffled feathers this year after a brief reunion and subsequent split with his longtime former partner, Fe, the world’s oldest female loon. A skirmish with Fe’s new mate left ABJ with a broken bill and sent him packing from the loons’ summer home at Seney National Wildlife Refuge, but then the battle-worn bird returned to Seney a month later, seemingly to settle in for a bachelor summer.
An international sculpture project is coming to the U.P. this summer. Here’s how you can help.
GERMFASK, Mich. (WJMN) – An international art project is coming to North America this summer, and along the way the construction of a new sculpture is planned right here in the Upper Peninsula. Northland Outfitters Campground and Canoe/Kayak Livery was selected as one of ten locations across the United States for a new sculpture to […]
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