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Michigan (/ˈmɪʃɪɡən/ ⁱ MISH-ig-ən) is a peninsular state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, Indiana and Illinois to the southwest, Ohio to the southeast, and the Canadian province of Ontario to the east, northeast and north. With a population of 10.13 million and an area of 96,716sqmi (250,490km²), Michigan is the tenth-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the largest by total area east of the Mississippi River. The state capital is Lansing, while its most populous city is Detroit. The Metro Detroit region in Southeast Michigan is among the nation's most populous and largest metropolitan economies. Other important metropolitan areas include Grand Rapids, Flint, Ann Arbor, Kalamazoo, the Tri-Cities, and Muskegon.

Michigan consists of two peninsulas: the heavily forested Upper Peninsula (commonly called "the U.P."), which juts eastward from northern Wisconsin, and the more populated Lower Peninsula, stretching north from Ohio and Indiana. The peninsulas are separated by the Straits of Mackinac, which connects Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, and are linked by the 5-mile-long Mackinac Bridge along Interstate 75. Bordering four of the five Great Lakes and Lake St. Clair, Michigan has the longest freshwater coastline of any U.S. political subdivision, measuring 3,288 miles. The state ranks second behind Alaska in water coverage by square miles and first in percentage, with approximately 42%, and it also contains 64,980 inland lakes and ponds.

The Great Lakes region has largely been inhabited for thousands of years by Indigenous peoples such as the Ojibwe, Odawa, Potawatomi, and Wyandot. Some people contend that the region's name is derived from the Ojibwe word ᒥᓯᑲᒥ (mishigami), meaning "large water" or "large lake". Others say that it comes from the Mishiiken Tribe of Mackinac Island, also called Michinemackinawgo by Ottawa historian Andrew Blackbird, whose surrounding lands were referred to as Mishiiken-imakinakom, later shortened to Michilimackinac.

In the 17th century, French explorers claimed the area for New France. French settlers and Métis established forts and settlements. After France's defeat in the French and Indian War in 1762, the area came under British control and later the U.S. following the Treaty of Paris (1783), though control remained disputed with Indigenous tribes until treaties between 1795 and 1842. The area was part of the larger Northwest Territory; the Michigan Territory was organized in 1805. (Full article... )

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In a famous council on April 27, 1763, Pontiac urged listeners to rise up against the British (19th century engraving by Alfred Bobbett)

Pontiac's War (also known as Pontiac's Conspiracy or Pontiac's Rebellion) was launched in 1763 by a confederation of Native Americans who were dissatisfied with British rule in the Great Lakes region following the French and Indian War (1754–1763). Warriors from numerous nations joined in an effort to drive British soldiers and settlers out of the region. The war is named after Odawa leader Pontiac, the most prominent of many Indigenous leaders in the conflict.

The war began in May 1763 when Native Americans, alarmed by policies imposed by British General Jeffery Amherst, attacked a number of British forts and settlements. Nine forts were destroyed, and hundreds of colonists were killed or captured, with many more fleeing the region. Hostilities came to an end after successful British Army expeditions in 1764 led to peace negotiations over the next two years. The Natives were unable to drive away the British, but the uprising prompted the British government to modify the policies that had provoked the conflict. (Full article... )

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US Route 127 from the Grand River Avenue overpass in Lansing, Michigan.

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U.S. Highway 127 (US 127) runs for 214.12 miles (344.59km) in the U.S. state of Michigan. The highway enters Michigan from Ohio south of Hudson and ends at a partial interchange with I-75 south of Grayling. Prior to 2002, US 127 ended at I-69 north of East Lansing, a total of approximately 83 miles (134km).

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... that the city council of Hamtramck, led by Mayor Amer Ghalib , banned the pride flag from publicly owned flagpoles?
... that Michigan's victory in the 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship marked their first outright national championship since 1948?

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Novi (/ˈnoʊvaɪ/ ⁱ NOH-vy) is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A northwestern suburb of Detroit, Novi is located roughly 25 miles (40.2km) northwest of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 66,243, an increase of 20% from the 2010 census. (Full article... )

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Trueblood from the 1902 Michiganensian

Thomas Clarkson Trueblood (April 6, 1856 – June 5, 1951) was an American professor of elocution and oratory and the first coach of the University of Michigan golf and debate teams. He was affiliated with the University of Michigan for 67 years from 1884 to 1951, and was a nationally known writer and speaker on oratory and debate. He founded UM's Department of Elocution and Oratory as well as the campus debate program. He became the subject of national media attention in 1903 when the Chicago Tribune ran an article stating that he was offering a new "course in love making." His golf teams won two NCAA National Championships and five Big Ten Conference championships. He was posthumously inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1981. (Full article... )

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Image 1The Tahquamenon Falls in the Upper Peninsula (from Michigan)
Image 1The Tahquamenon Falls in the Upper Peninsula (from Michigan )
Image 2Fort Michilimackinac at the Straits of Mackinac (from Michigan)
Image 2Fort Michilimackinac at the Straits of Mackinac (from Michigan )
Image 3Ethnic origins in Michigan in 2021. (from Michigan)
Image 3Ethnic origins in Michigan in 2021.Largest alone or in any combination ethnic origin by county in Michigan, per the 2020 census (from Michigan )
Image 4Michigan Supreme Court at the Hall of Justice (from Michigan)
Image 4Michigan Supreme Court at the Hall of Justice (from Michigan )
Image 5Treaty of Paris, by Benjamin West (1783), an unfinished painting of the American diplomatic negotiators of the Treaty of Paris which brought official conclusion to the Revolutionary War and gave possession of Michigan and other territory to the new United States (from History of Michigan)
Image 5Treaty of Paris , by Benjamin West (1783), an unfinished painting of the American diplomatic negotiators of the Treaty of Paris which brought official conclusion to the Revolutionary War and gave possession of Michigan and other territory to the new United States (from History of Michigan )
Image 6Cora Reynolds Anderson became the first woman elected to the House of Representatives in Michigan in 1925. (from History of Michigan)
Image 6Cora Reynolds Anderson became the first woman elected to the House of Representatives in Michigan in 1925. (from History of Michigan )
Image 7Mackinac Island Marina after the 2006 Port Huron to Mackinac Boat Race (from Michigan)
Image 7Mackinac Island Marina after the 2006 Port Huron to Mackinac Boat Race (from Michigan )
Image 8U.S. Highway 2 (US 2) runs along Lake Michigan from Naubinway to its eastern terminus at St. Ignace. (from Michigan)
Image 8U.S. Highway 2 (US 2) runs along Lake Michigan from Naubinway to its eastern terminus at St. Ignace. (from Michigan )
Image 9Köppen climate types of Michigan, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Michigan)
Image 9Köppen climate types of Michigan, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Michigan )
Image 10The Michigan State Capitol in Lansing houses the legislative branch of the government of the US state of Michigan. (from Michigan)
Image 10The Michigan State Capitol in Lansing houses the legislative branch of the government of the US state of Michigan. (from Michigan )
Image 11Map of British America showing the original boundaries of the Province of Quebec and its Quebec Act of 1774 post-annexation boundaries (from Michigan)
Image 11Map of British America showing the original boundaries of the Province of Quebec and its Quebec Act of 1774 post-annexation boundaries (from Michigan )
Image 12Union members occupying a General Motors body factory during the Flint Sit-Down Strike of 1937 which spurred the organization of militant CIO unions in auto industry (from History of Michigan)
Image 12Union members occupying a General Motors body factory during the Flint Sit-Down Strike of 1937 which spurred the organization of militant CIO unions in auto industry (from History of Michigan )
Image 13Aerial view of Detroit Metro Airport (DTW) (from Michigan)
Image 13Aerial view of Detroit Metro Airport (DTW) (from Michigan )
Image 14Map of the Saint Lawrence River/Great Lakes Watershed in North America. Its drainage area includes the Great Lakes, the world's largest system of freshwater lakes. The basin covers nearly all of Michigan. (from Michigan)
Image 14Map of the Saint Lawrence River/Great Lakes Watershed in North America. Its drainage area includes the Great Lakes, the world's largest system of freshwater lakes. The basin covers nearly all of Michigan. (from Michigan )
Image 15The Detroit-Windsor border crossing is the busiest international border crossing in North America by trade volume, with approximately one-third of all Canada–U.S. trade passing through this link. Pictured in the background is the under-construction Gordie Howe International Bridge, which will complement the existing Ambassador Bridge, shown in the foreground. (from Michigan)
Image 15The Detroit-Windsor border crossing is the busiest international border crossing in North America by trade volume, with approximately one-third of all Canada–U.S. trade passing through this link. Pictured in the background is the under-construction Gordie Howe International Bridge, which will complement the existing Ambassador Bridge, shown in the foreground. (from Michigan )
Image 16Dwarf lake iris (from Michigan)
Image 16Dwarf lake iris (from Michigan )
Image 17Père Marquette and the Indians (1869), by Wilhelm Lamprecht (from Michigan)
Image 17Père Marquette and the Indians (1869), by Wilhelm Lamprecht (from Michigan )
Image 18Michigan is the leading U.S. producer of tart cherries, blueberries, pickled cucumbers, navy beans, and petunias (from Michigan)
Image 18Michigan is the leading U.S. producer of tart cherries, blueberries, pickled cucumbers, navy beans, and petunias (from Michigan )
Image 19The Huron National Wildlife Refuge, one of the fifteen federal wildernesses in Michigan (from Michigan)
Image 19The Huron National Wildlife Refuge, one of the fifteen federal wildernesses in Michigan (from Michigan )
Image 20The Blue Water Bridge, a twin-span bridge across the St. Clair River that links Port Huron and Sarnia, Ontario (from Michigan)
Image 20The Blue Water Bridge, a twin-span bridge across the St. Clair River that links Port Huron and Sarnia, Ontario (from Michigan )
Image 21Treaty of Paris, by Benjamin West (1783), an unfinished painting of the American diplomatic negotiators of the Treaty of Paris which brought official conclusion to the Revolutionary War and gave possession of Michigan and other territory to the new United States (from Michigan)
Image 21Treaty of Paris , by Benjamin West (1783), an unfinished painting of the American diplomatic negotiators of the Treaty of Paris which brought official conclusion to the Revolutionary War and gave possession of Michigan and other territory to the new United States (from Michigan )
Image 22The Great Seal of the State of Michigan (from History of Michigan)
Image 22The Great Seal of the State of Michigan (from History of Michigan )
Image 23Mackinac Island, an island and resort area at the eastern end of the Straits of Mackinac. More than 80% of the island is preserved as Mackinac Island State Park. (from Michigan)
Image 23Mackinac Island, an island and resort area at the eastern end of the Straits of Mackinac. More than 80% of the island is preserved as Mackinac Island State Park. (from Michigan )
Image 24Sailors of the Michigan Naval Militia standing at attention during a parade in the 1920s, following World War I (from Michigan)
Image 24Sailors of the Michigan Naval Militia standing at attention during a parade in the 1920s, following World War I (from Michigan )
Image 25Map of the original 13 colonies and their territories. Note that Michigan was the object of multiple claims. (from History of Michigan)
Image 25Map of the original 13 colonies and their territories. Note that Michigan was the object of multiple claims. (from History of Michigan )
Image 26Sleeping Bear Dunes, along the northwest coast of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan (from Michigan)
Image 26Sleeping Bear Dunes, along the northwest coast of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan (from Michigan )
Image 27Marquette, Michigan, is home to a vast snowmobile trail system. (from Michigan)
Image 27Marquette, Michigan, is home to a vast snowmobile trail system. (from Michigan )
Image 28Detroit in the mid-twentieth century. At the time, the city was the fourth-largest U.S. metropolis by population, and held about one-third of the state's population. (from Michigan)
Image 28Detroit in the mid-twentieth century. At the time, the city was the fourth-largest U.S. metropolis by population, and held about one-third of the state's population. (from Michigan )
Image 29Governor Gretchen Whitmer speaking at a National Guard ceremony in 2019 (from Michigan)
Image 29Governor Gretchen Whitmer speaking at a National Guard ceremony in 2019 (from Michigan )
Image 302024 U.S. presidential election results by county in Michigan Democratic Republican (from Michigan)
Image 302024 U.S. presidential election results by county in Michigan
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Image 31Gerald Ford, a politician from Grand Rapids who was elected to the House of Representatives thirteen times and also served as House Minority Leader and then Vice President, became the 38th President of the United States after the resignation of Richard Nixon. (from History of Michigan)
Image 31Gerald Ford, a politician from Grand Rapids who was elected to the House of Representatives thirteen times and also served as House Minority Leader and then Vice President, became the 38th President of the United States after the resignation of Richard Nixon. (from History of Michigan )
Image 32Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station on the shore of Lake Erie, near Monroe (from Michigan)
Image 32Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station on the shore of Lake Erie, near Monroe (from Michigan )
Image 33Map of the British and French settlements in North America in 1750, before the French and Indian War (1754 to 1763) (from History of Michigan)
Image 33Map of the British and French settlements in North America in 1750, before the French and Indian War (1754 to 1763) (from History of Michigan )
Image 34The Pointe Mouillee State Game Area, one of the 221 state game and wildlife areas in Michigan. It encompasses 7,483 acres of hunting, recreational, and protected wildlife and wetland areas at the mouth of the Huron River at Lake Erie, as well as smaller outlying areas within the Detroit River. (from Michigan)
Image 34The Pointe Mouillee State Game Area, one of the 221 state game and wildlife areas in Michigan. It encompasses 7,483 acres of hunting, recreational, and protected wildlife and wetland areas at the mouth of the Huron River at Lake Erie, as well as smaller outlying areas within the Detroit River. (from Michigan )
Image 35Holland, Michigan, is the home of the Tulip Time Festival, the largest tulip festival in the U.S. (from Michigan)
Image 35Holland, Michigan, is the home of the Tulip Time Festival, the largest tulip festival in the U.S. (from Michigan )
Image 36The Detroit–Windsor area is North America's largest cross-border conurbation, with a combined population of approximately six million people (from Michigan)
Image 36The Detroit–Windsor area is North America's largest cross-border conurbation, with a combined population of approximately six million people (from Michigan )
Image 37The Mackinac Bridge, a suspension bridge spanning the Straits of Mackinac to connect the Upper and Lower peninsulas of Michigan (from Michigan)
Image 37The Mackinac Bridge, a suspension bridge spanning the Straits of Mackinac to connect the Upper and Lower peninsulas of Michigan (from Michigan )
Image 38Mackinac Island is well known for cultural events and a wide variety of architectural styles, including the Victorian Grand Hotel. (from Michigan)
Image 38Mackinac Island is well known for cultural events and a wide variety of architectural styles, including the Victorian Grand Hotel. (from Michigan )
Image 39A map of Michigan by Henry Schenck Tanner, published in 1842, showing such county names as "Negwegon County," "Okkuddo County," and "Unwattin County," prior to an 1843 legislative action renaming sixteen counties in northern Michigan (from History of Michigan )
Image 40Michigan Municipalities (from Michigan)
Image 40Michigan Municipalities (from Michigan )
Image 41Chateau Chantal, a winery and designated American Viticultural Area, is located on the Old Mission Peninsula (from Michigan)
Image 41Chateau Chantal, a winery and designated American Viticultural Area, is located on the Old Mission Peninsula (from Michigan )
Image 42Detroit, c. 1837, after a sketch by Frederick Grain (from History of Michigan)
Image 42Detroit, c. 1837, after a sketch by Frederick Grain (from History of Michigan )
Image 43Michigan in 1718, Guillaume de L'Isle map, approximate state area highlighted (from History of Michigan)
Image 43Michigan in 1718, Guillaume de L'Isle map, approximate state area highlighted (from History of Michigan )
Image 44Michigan as part of the Province of Quebec 1774–1776 (from History of Michigan)
Image 44Michigan as part of the Province of Quebec 1774–1776 (from History of Michigan )
Image 45Detroit Financial District in 2025 (from Michigan)
Image 45Detroit Financial District in 2025 (from Michigan )
Image 46The 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan (from Michigan)
Image 46The 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan (from Michigan )
Image 47The floor of the Michigan House of Representatives (from Michigan)
Image 47The floor of the Michigan House of Representatives (from Michigan )

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