Chooks. They started with the French voyageurs who explored the UP (Upper Peninsula of Michigan) as early as the 1600’s. This hardy lot of men wore hats called “touques” (pronounced “tew-ks”). Over the years, Canadians and Yoopers have tweaked both the style and the pronunciation of the touque and made it their own.

A majority of Yoopers grew up with our chooks and never called them anything else