Welcome to YOOPERWEBCAM, a pioneering Upper Michigan Webcam initiative offering live webcam feeds of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and Northern Wisconsin.

YOOPERWEBCAM provides high-definition webcam imagery spanning the Upper Peninsula region of Michigan and Northern Wisconsin. Our operation endeavors to stream live footage whenever internet connectivity permits; otherwise, we offer snapshot views. Our core objective is to establish a robust network of live webcams, providing real-time glimpses of weather patterns, natural landscapes, highways, lakes, rivers, golf courses, and more. Founded in 2021, YOOPERWEBCAM operates from our headquarters in Old Pentoga Village in the U.P. Michigan, as well as Crystal Falls, Michigan.

Since our inception, we have expanded to feature 16 camera views, including notable locations such as George Young Golf, Iron River Country Club Golf, Crystal Falls Golf, Florence, WI, Crystal Falls Highway at Old School, and various camera perspectives from our camp at Pentoga Village.

We are actively pursuing expansion from 2024 to 2025, seeking hosting opportunities across all Upper Peninsula townships equipped with internet access and captivating vistas suitable for public viewing. Collaborative hosting partnerships offer complimentary options for camera deployment and textual branding, while full branding incorporating logos is available at a nominal annual fee to maximize marketing exposure. Our aim is to establish a 50-camera network by the close of 2025. We invite potential hosts from towns including Iron Mountain, Menominee, Escanaba, Manistique, St. Ignace, Sault Ste. Marie, Marquette, Munising, Ishpeming, L’Anse, Baraga, Houghton, Hancock, Hubbell, Ontonagon, Gogebic, Wakefield, Watersmeet, Ironwood, Hurley, and other U.P. locales with captivating vistas. If you possess an enticing view of the Upper Peninsula or seek to promote your business via webcam technology, we encourage you to reach out to us.

Our website serves as a comprehensive platform for accessing current weather updates, tourism insights, and travel information. Users can easily navigate to maps, recreation area statuses, road and traffic conditions, as well as discover links to other resources pertinent to the Upper Peninsula and Northern Wisconsin.

In addition to our Michigan endeavors, we also oversee webcam productions in Colorado through www.coloradowebcam.net, boasting over 100 live webcams and continuous expansion. Moreover, we operate a dedicated TV station on ROKU, accessible by searching “coloradowebcam.” The station’s website, www.coloradotv.net, hosts multiple Colorado webcams alongside Aspen Radio audio feeds, facilitating passive viewing experiences. Upon reaching 30+ cameras in Michigan, we plan to launch a U.P. version of the ROKU TV channel.

If you are interested in showcasing your business or panoramic views through our platform, please do not hesitate to contact us. We are enthusiastic about incorporating new sites into our network, recognizing webcams as potent marketing assets for businesses and as platforms to share the natural splendor of the Northwoods. Deployment of live webcams typically necessitates hard-wired internet and power connections in most cases.

In 1896 Herman Velguth secured a large tract of land from George Wakefield east of Chicagoan Lake. He con- structed a sawmill on the south shore of Lake Velguth (now Indian Lake) and the site, first called Friederich’s Ruhe. became known as Pentoga. Velguth sold his interests to Hood and Mahoney who dismantled the mill and moved the equipment some two and one-half miles further south to a site near the railroad and river. They also took the name of the original millsite.

The village grew rapidly following 1900 and was composed of several grocery stores, two saloons. a hotel and several homes. With a depletion of the surrounding forest, the mill fell idle and the community declined. A historical flashback a reprint of a 1902 account follows:

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“Sabbath, March 10 was indeed a happy day for the people in the pleasant little town of Pentoga, Iron County, Michigan. For the first time since the creation the sweet so and of church bells wakened the echoes of the hills and pa valleys of that region of our state. Several years ago two young men of Christian faith took possession of an immense virgin forest round about Pertoga Lake. The latter was so named because of a tribe of Indians who had their wigwams on the shore. There they dwelt from generatior to generation till quite recently when the scourge of smallpox entered their wigwams and swept every member of the tribe away. The mounds which mark their resting places are still perfectly distinct, as each grave is covered with bark like a roof. Into this unbroken forest two young men, Francis Hood and Ralph Griswold, entered eight years ago. They cleared land sufficient to build a mill, erect dwellings, stores, hotel and school, and began the manufacture of lumber staves and lath. From the first it was their ambition to make the community which they had founded a God-fearing one. They soon had a Sunday school, held song services in the hotel, invited ministers and other Christian men to deliver addresses as opportunity offered. The people took kindly to these efforts for higher things. The rough lumbermen with their woolen shirts and with every variety of faith, found a bound of social union in these service. As yet there was no church building and no pastor. A sanctuary must be erected. They entered upon it with a grea good will. Quite recently it was finished at a cost of $2,500. On March 10 beneath cloudless skies and in the presence of great congregations completely filling the auditorium both morning and evening, with most attentive listeners and excellent service of song the sanctuary was dedicated to God. The people had paid for the church before they entered it. The pulpit was not therefore turned into an auction block; but the people gave $50 in the general collection. It was delightful to see the young men above men- tioned act as bell-ringers, ushers and deacons and their wives leading in the serving of free lunch to the visitors, forty of whom had driven twelve miles to share in the sacred privileges of the day. The community now has not only a beautiful church, but a good and most acceptable pastor. As yet there is no organization. Application will be made for it to the Presbytery of Lake Superior at the spring meeting. Of course these people will be received into the fellowship of the church militant, and we all will rejoice that another jewel is added to the crown of our King. -A.F.B.