Pretty, too-I live on the river, which is wooded on both sides-that looks like most of the roads out here only ours are more gravel/small rocks.
Why do they call it the Irish Hills-did the Irish settle them? A road about 4 miles from here is called Starvation Hill, but no one seems to remember when, who or if anyone starved there...
There must have been some Irish here at one point but Michigan is primarily German an Dutch these days. There used to be quite a few Welsh in the UP which is why Pasties are considered traditional northern Michigan food.