LaPlaisance Bay

Historical marker location:

Avalon Beach, Michigan

( Marker can be reached from Lake Street, 0.1 miles east of Bolles Harbor Drive, on the right when traveling east.)

Michigan is the only state in the United States that consists of two peninsulas. The Upper Peninsula (UP) and Lower Peninsula (LP) are connected by the five-mile-long Mackinac Bridge, which is one of the longest suspension bridges in the world.