A momentary geographic diversion relevant to our recent trip to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
I know many of you have asked the same question I had when looking at the map: when does a peninsula stop becoming a peninsula?
Answer: when it either becomes an island or widens so much that water is no longer distinctively surrounded on three sides.
Ah, yes, but what do is meant by "distinctively surrounded"?
I'm leaning toward the view that once you go west from Marquette, the Upper Peninsula may not in fact be a peninsula since it no longer is surrounded by water on three side. Or is it? There is significant difference of opinion on this within the family at the moment.
To continue beating a dead horse, it would also seem that the Keweenaw is not a peninsula either and may in fact actually be an an island. Note Portage lake seems to cut the Keweenaw off from the mainland and at the upper end is reportedly a short canal dug in order to connect one side of Lake Superior with the other.
We live in exciting times.
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