Michigan facts
Things Michigan has THE MOST of:
1. fresh water coastline
2. variety of minerals
3. number of state parks
4. number of inland lakes-- 11,000
Michigan is fourth nationally in grape production and sixth in wine making.
Michigan is a four-season tourist attraction. Tourism brings more than 25 million travelers to Michigan each year.
Things MI grows more of than any state:
1. red tart cherries
2. navy beans
3. pickling cucumbers
4. Christmas trees
The Cereal Bowl of America, Battle Creek, produces most cereal in the U.S.
Michigan's four Great Lakes make up 3,000 miles of coastline making it the longest freshwater shoreline in the world.
Michigan has more than 11,000 inland lakes and more than 36,000 miles of streams.
10,000 acre lakes or larger = 10 lakes
3,000 to 10,000 acre lakes = 18 lakes
1,000 to 3,000 acre lakes = 67 lakes
300 to 1,000 acre lakes = 273 lakes
100 to 300 acre lakes = 723 lakes
30 to 100 acre lakes = 1,860 lakes
10 to 30 acre lakes = 3,409 lakes
3 to 10 acre lakes = 7,392 lakes
1 to 3 acre lakes = 13,105 lakes
Did you know....Michigan's largest inland lake is Houghton Lake in Roscommon county:
The Upper Michigan Copper Company is the largest commercial deposit of copper in the world.
Indian River is the home of the largest crucifix in the world. It is called the Cross in the Woods.
The Great Lakes hold a fifth of Earth's surface fresh water, and they've shrunk dramatically.
Toledo was once located in Michigan, but became part of Ohio after the Ohio/Michigan War.
Installed the first mile of paved concrete road, just north of the Model T plant, on Woodward Avenue between McNichols and 7 Mile Roads in 1909
Installed the country´s first traffic light in 1915 in downtown Detroit
Built the nation´s first urban freeway, the Davison, in 1942
MI is home to the oldest state fair in the nation, first held in 1849
MI is the potato chip capital of the world, based on consumption
Michigan is home to the largest flower-bedding market in the world ? Eastern Market
Shares the world´s first auto traffic tunnel between two nations ? the Detroit/Windsor Tunnel
Mich has the most registered bowlers in the United States
Michigan has more theater seats than any other city, east of the Mississippi River, outside New York City
Built in 1867, Whites Bridge near Lowell (pop. 4,013) is among the last covered bridges in Michigan. The 116-foot-long bridge cost $1,700 to build and still has its original wooden pegs and hand-cut square nails.
First scheduled passenger airline service in the state was Stout Air (Detroit to Grand Rapids) 1926.
Michigan has 235 airports open to public use, of which 129 are publicly owned and 106 are privately owned.
Michigan ranks first in the United States in the production of peat and magnesium compounds and second in gypsum and iron ore. |
I hope you enjoyed these Michigan fun facts
Russ Ravary
Your local Southeastern Michigan Realtor
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A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
~ Mark Twain”
Russ Ravary
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your local Metro Detroit Realtor helping clients like you sell and buy homes through out the entire Metro Detroit suburbs. I love showing and selling Oakland County and Livingston County Lake front homes too.