Michigan's Upper Peninsula

Received from: the USA
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: October 2011
Distance: 7295 km
Time of travelling: 8 days

The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is the northern of the two major land masses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan. It is commonly referred to as the Upper Peninsula, the U.P., or Upper Michigan. It is also known as the land "above the Bridge" linking the two peninsulas. The peninsula is bounded on the north by Lake Superior, on the east by the St. Mary's River, on the southeast by Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, and on the southwest by Wisconsin.

Michigan

Received from: Finland
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: May 2011
Distance: 1044 km
Time of travelling: 5 days

Because the card was sent from Finland, it has the Finnish stamp. Although the postcard presents Michigan's most important points. Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is a French alteration of the Ojibwe word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake".