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Upper Peninsula of Michigan
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The Upper Peninsula of Michigan—also known as Upper Michigan or colloquially the U.P.—is the northern and more elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; it is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac. It is bounded primarily by Lake Superior to the north, separated from the Canadian province of Ontario at the east end by the St. Marys River, and flanked by Lake Huron and Lake Michigan along much of its south. Although the peninsula extends as a geographic feature into the state of Wisconsin, the state boundary follows the Montreal and Menominee rivers and a line connecting them.
Image: Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore arch
Image: Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore arch
Image: Quincy Mine Shaft House
Image: Quincy Mine Shaft House
Image: Gfp michigan porcupine mountains state park full view of lake of the clouds
Image: Gfp michigan porcupine mountains state park full view of lake of the clouds
Image: Upper Tahquamenon Falls Fall 2007
Image: Upper Tahquamenon Falls Fall 2007
Michigan
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Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest region of the United States. It borders Wisconsin to the northwest in the Upper Peninsula, and Indiana and Ohio to the south in the Lower Peninsula; it is also connected by Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, and Erie to Minnesota and Illinois, and the Canadian province of Ontario. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of 96,716 sq mi (250,490 km2), Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the largest by area east of the Mississippi River. Its capital is Lansing, and its largest city is Detroit. Metro Detroit is among the nation's most populous and largest metropolitan economies. The name derives from a gallicized variant of the original Ojibwe word ᒥᓯᑲᒥ, meaning "large water" or "large lake".
Père Marquette and the Indians (1869), by Wilhelm Lamprecht
Père Marquette and the Indians (1869), by Wilhelm Lamprecht
Treaty of Paris, by Benjamin West (1783), an unfinished painting of the American diplomatic negotiators of the Treaty of Paris which brought official
Treaty of Paris, by Benjamin West (1783), an unfinished painting of the American diplomatic negotiators of the Treaty of Paris which brought official conclusion to the Revolutionary War and gave possession of Michigan and other territory to the new United States
Commemorative stamp, issue of 1935, celebrating the 100th anniversary of Michigan statehood.
Commemorative stamp, issue of 1935, celebrating the 100th anniversary of Michigan statehood.
Detroit in the mid-twentieth century. At the time, the city was the fourth-largest U.S. metropolis by population, and held about one-third of the stat
Detroit in the mid-twentieth century. At the time, the city was the fourth-largest U.S. metropolis by population, and held about one-third of the state's population.