Detroit, Michigan skyline from Windsor, Canada 1978

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  Looking across the Detroit River - view of Detroit, Michigan from Windsor Canada
• Publisher:  Hiawatha Card of Detroit
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  USA 21c. Amadeo P. Giannini (banker) commemorative
• Postmark(s):  Detroit Oct 11 1978
• Sent to:  Gilmerton, Edinburgh, Scotland
• Notes & Key words:  Has some wear and few bumps but commensurate with age and postal use.

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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Detroit (pronounced /d?'tr??t/) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Wayne County. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwest region of the United States. Located north of Windsor, Ontario, Detroit is the only major^[4] U.S. city that looks south to Canada. It was founded on July 24, 1701 by the Frenchman Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac. Its name originates from the French word détroit (pronounced: [det?wa]  ( listen)) for strait,^[5] characterizing its location on the river connecting the Great Lakes.

Known as the world's traditional automotive center,^[6] "Detroit" is a metonym for the American automobile industry and an important source of popular music legacies celebrated by the city's two familiar nicknames, The Motor City and Motown.^[7][8] Other nicknames emerged in the twentieth century, including City of Champions beginning in the 1930s for its successes in individual and team sport,^[9] Arsenal of Democracy (during World War II),^[10] The D, D-Town, Hockeytown (a phrase officially owned by the city's NHL club, the Red Wings), Rock City (after the Kiss song "Detroit Rock City"), and The 3-1-3 (its telephone area code).^[11][12]

In 2008 Detroit ranked as the United States' eleventh most populous city, with 912,062 residents.^[13] At its peak in 1950 the city was the fourth largest in the US, but has since seen a major shift in its population to the suburbs.

The name Detroit sometimes refers to the Metro Detroit area, a sprawling region with a population of 4,425,110^[14] for the Metropolitan Statistical Area, making it the nation's eleventh-largest, and a population of 5,354,225^[2] for the nine-county Combined Statistical Area as of the 2008 Census Bureau estimates. The Detroit-Windsor area, a critical commercial link straddling the Canada-U.S. border, has a total population of about 5,700,000.^[15]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 143.0 square miles (370 km²); of this, 138.8 square miles (359 km²) is land and 4.2 square miles (11 km²) is water. Detroit is the principal city of the Metro Detroit and Southeast Michigan regions. The highest elevation in Detroit is in the University District neighborhood in northwestern Detroit, just west of Palmer Park sitting at a height of 670 feet (200 m). Detroit's lowest elevation is along its riverfront, sitting at a height of 579 feet (176 m). Detroit completely encircles the cities of Hamtramck and Highland Park. On its northeast border are the communities of Grosse Pointe. The Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge is the only international wildlife preserve in North America, uniquely located in the heart of a major metropolitan area. The Refuge includes islands, coastal wetlands, marshes, shoals, and waterfront lands along 48 miles (77 km) of the Detroit River and Western Lake Erie shoreline.

Three road systems cross the city: the original French template, radial avenues from a Washington, D.C.-inspired system, and true north–south roads from the Northwest Ordinance township system. The city is north of Windsor, Ontario. Detroit is the only major city along the U.S.-Canadian border in which one travels south in order to cross into Canada. Detroit has four border crossings: the Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel provide motor vehicle thoroughfare; the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel provides railroad access to and from Canada. The fourth border crossing is the Detroit-Windsor Truck Ferry, located near the Windsor Salt Mine and Zug Island. Not far from Zug Island, the southwest part of the city sits atop a 1,500-acre (610 ha) salt mine that is 1,100 feet (340 m) below the surface. The Detroit Salt Company mine has over 100 miles (160 km) of roads within it.^[31][32]