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U.S. Census data map showing local municipal boundaries within Lake County A detail from A New Map of Michigan with its Canals, Roads & Distances (1842) by Henry Schenck Tanner, showing Lake County as Aishcum, the county's name from 1840 to 1843. [5] Several nearby counties are also shown with names that would later be changed.
Michigan's state parks system was started in 1919. Three Michigan state parks pre-date the creation of the park system in 1919: Mackinac Island State Park (1895), Michilimackinac State Park (1909) and Interlochen State Park (1917). Mackinac Island State Park was created in 1895. It had served as the nation's second national park for two decades ...
Wixom Lake. Coordinates: 43°49′25″N 84°21′44″W. Wixom Lake was a reservoir in the U.S. state of Michigan from 1925 to 2020. [1] It was named after Frank Wixom, who was instrumental in building the Edenville Dam. [2] Unusual for its size, Wixom Lake boasts a lighthouse on Musselman Island. [3][4] From 2019 to 2020, an agreement to buy ...
At a total area of 97,990 square miles (253,800 km 2) – including those territorial waters – Michigan is the largest state east of the Mississippi River, and the eleventh largest state overall. More than half of the state's land area – 30,156 square miles (78,100 km 2) – is still forest. The state lies roughly between 41° and 49 ...
Traverse City is the most populous city in the Northern Michigan region. Traverse City is located at the head of the East and West arms of Grand Traverse Bay, a 32-mile-long (51 km) bay of Lake Michigan. Grand Traverse Bay is divided into arms by the 18-mile-long (29 km) Old Mission Peninsula, which is attached at its base to Traverse City.
Michigan Department of Transportation. Bureau of Public Roads & American Association of State Highway Officials (November 11, 1926). United States System of Highways Adopted for Uniform Marking by the American Association of State Highway Officials (Map). 1:7,000,000. Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey. OCLC 32889555.
Delta County: Goshorn Lake: Allegan County, Michigan: 627010 Gourdneck Lake 218 acres (88.2 ha) 51 feet (15.5 m) Kalamazoo County: Graham Lake 139 acres (56 ha) Calhoun County: North Graham Lake 10 acres (4.0 ha) Shiawassee County: South Graham Lake 12 acres (4.9 ha) Shiawassee County: Grand Lake: 5,660 acres (2,290 ha) 25 feet (7.6 m) Presque ...
M-55 (Michigan highway) M-55 is a state trunkline highway in the northern part of the US state of Michigan. M-55 is one of only three state highways that extend across the Lower Peninsula from Lake Huron to Lake Michigan; the others are M-46 and M-72. The highway crosses through rural forest and farmlands to connect Manistee with Tawas City.