Michigan is the only state in the union composed to two separated peninsulas. At the closest point, the upper and lower peninsulas are a mere five miles apart. In the early twentieth century, the only way to make the trip across the five miles of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron was to take a boat ride from one side to the other. As businesses expanded and industry grew, the demand to cross the lakes for travel and commerce purposes grew. The only way to cross the lake was by means of a ferry service
The state of Michigan joined the union on January 26, 1837 and was the 26th state to join. Unlike any other state in the US, Michigan consists of two different Peninsulas, the upper and lower. These two peninsulas are separated by what is known as the straits of mackinaw which is what connects Lake Michigan and Lake Huron together. This is how Michigan received its name. Michigan is derived from the word Ojibwa word Mishigamaa which translates to “Large Lake”. Michigan is known for its immense amount
Copper mining has had a huge impact on Michigan throughout history. Copper mining has had such an impact that the Upper Peninsula of Michigan has a region referred to as “The Copper Country” because of its involvement in the copper-mining industry. The copper-mining industry has also led to technological developments necessary for hoisting and drilling as well as the development of towns and cities in the Keweenaw. In addition, it led to the creation of many potential jobs for residents of the towns
Summer & Winter of Michigan How can you compare water and ice in a natural form? Thirteen inches of snowfall are equal to only one-inch of rainfall. (NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory, 2010) Michigan has a lot of snow days during a winter, while summer in Michigan exhibits a completely different climate. An average temperature difference in Michigan's winter and summer is about 25 degrees Fahrenheit. (US Climate Data, 2016) Tourists visit Michigan more in summer because of the scenic beauty
states. Michigan leads in the manufacture of automobiles. Detroit, Michigan's largest city, is called the Automobile Capital of the World and the Motor City. The Detroit area produces more cars and trucks than any other part of the nation. Flint and Lansing also are important automaking centers. Michigan is a leader in food processing and steel production. Service industries, such as health care and retail trade, employ many people in the state. Lansing is the state capital. Michigan touches four
The issue at hand is the hunting and trapping of the grey wolves in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The fear is the continuous hunting and trapping of these animals could make them extinct. This to me is an example of supply and demand. The supply would obviously be the wolves in there wooded environment and the resource in demand is the areas where the humans want to live nut have to share it with the wolves. The problem is the wolves have become somewhat of a nuisance and have harmed
stench of hockey hit me. The whole room was nervous. Player were from all over the state and nobody really knew each other. There was only a couple spots left and I sat down next to a kid from the upper peninsula. I am a pretty quiet kid and I have a go with the flow mentality. The player from the upper peninsula would not stop talking. I was just trying to focus and get prepared for the game. I just ignored him and minded my own business. I taped my stick and got dressed and had time to watch the game
established through Michigan a bridge or tunnel would have be required. They considered both as possible, the only question in their mind was cost (History of the Bridge 1). The bridge was designed by the Great Engineer David B. Steinman. (Mackinac Bridge 1). The Mackinac Bridge was built across the straits which is an important water route between Lake Michigan and the Atlantic Ocean. The straits connect Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. (World Book 24). The Mackinac Bridge connects the Upper Lilly 2 Peninsula
an explicit amount of warmth overshadowing the dark cold bitterness that engulfs the night sky in the dead heat of winter. The eight of us, we come from the city of Marquette, Michigan located in the upper peninsula of Michigan. Marquette is home to about 16,000 people making us the most populated city in the upper peninsula. We sneak off to Lake Superior around 11:48 for a midnight swim. The water never truly get’s all that warm, but we seek our selves out to be rebellious because we believe that
in 1997, involving the University of Michigan, it is clear to see that the process of recruitment is in need of reform. Many problems arose from this lawsuit. A college that is as well known as Michigan, to have such problems as alleged preference to minorities, opened the eyes of many administrative officers at other colleges. The problems that surfaced from that ordeal were clearly brought to the public’s attention. The problems exhibited in Michigan were based on the university’s point admission
of people all around me. I have never been accustomed to how many people were around, and on such a small island. Living in Michigan for almost half my life and moving away from this experience was something I thought would never happen. I really took living there for granted. I had never realized all of the things I never did until after moving and coming back to Michigan to discover more. I moved to Wyoming the beginning of summer 2010.
Picture from: http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pr/ourlakes/background.html Even though Michigan is known for being the Great Lakes State, the state also has many other inland lakes and rivers. Throughout my schooling, I have learned that in Michigan, you are always within 6 miles of a body of water. Both lakes and rivers are constantly being bombarded with ice and wave movement which causes the shorelines to erode as well as displacing soil particles (“Shoreline Erosion,” 2012). The erosion causes the
Hamilton and takes place in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The name of the book is very significant to the meaning of the book. The cold day represents the metal bullet that is in Alex McKnight’s chest and on cold nights, it is a reminder of a traumatic event that took place. While Paradise is the place that he lives and where the last death took place and it was also on a cold windy night. Alex McKnight is an ex-cop from Detroit, Michigan and moved to Paradise, Michigan because of a traumatic shooting
has been conservative and sports groups that don’t agree with this bill and has stopped it from happening. National Parks in Michigan are important. National parks protect the beauty of the forest from people who want to destroy it . On August 25, 1916, president Woodrow Wilson signed the act and created the National Park Service. There are only 4 national parks in Michigan; Isle Royale, Isle Royale National Parks, Mackinac Island, and Pictured Rocks. Pictured Rocks is located
each describing a tribe in detail.The book is very well written and relatively easy to understand. It is informative and was written to be used as a teaching tool for schools. The book discusses the relationship between the groups that lived in Michigan and surrounding areas. James M. McClurken writes the first section, which deals with the Ottawa people. McClurken tells about the Ottawa peoples’ relationship with the environment they lived in and how they adapted to change when contacted by
image from http://tour-the-lakes.org/bike-tour-comfort-and-safety/ Most of the numerous inland lakes in Michigan formed as glacial kettle lakes associated with pitted outwash plains. Some of the more northern lakes in the state (like Burt and Mullet Lakes) were scoured out by glacial erosion. A few lakes along the present-day shoreline formed as hooked spits and bay mouth bars isolated estuaries along the coastline position near the ice, but farther removed from the immediate ice front. The water
On the evening of October 8, 1871 the worst recorded forest fire in North American History raged through Northeastern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, destroying millions of Dollars’ worth of property and timberland, and taking between 1,200 and 2,400 lives (Hipke). The Great Peshtigo Fire of 1871 is the worst recorded forest fire in North American History. The historic fire blazed out of control and burned approximately 1.5 million acres. On the same day, the Great Chicago Fire burned more than 2000
Born in Quebec in the 1840’s he moved to michigan after the civil war while wanting to take advantage of the high-paying logging industry. He was known for being big and strong because he was 6 foot in height and supposedly had two sets of teeth, which he used to bite chunks of wooden rails. He
I would like to own a deer Ranch. You have to keep the fenced in area managed to look like the woods. My deer ranch will be in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The name of my business would be Antler Ridge Deer Ranch. A deer ranch is a fenced in area where my Whitetail deer will be raised to be hunted as wild game. This would be my ideal business. It sounds like fun but there is a lot that comes with owning your own deer ranch. It takes a lot of your time and energy to manage. It will cost a lot
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