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Lake Michigan

About 15,000 years ago, lobes of the last Pleistocene glacier gouged the basins of the Great Lakes. Some 10,000 years ago, the melting ice sheet filled the basins and created both Lake Michigan and Lake Erie. Further melting filled the other basins to create the world's largest system of freshwater lakes.

Lake Michigan, the second largest Great Lake, is the only one entirely within the United States. Approximately 118 miles wide and 307 miles long, Lake Michigan has more than 1,600 miles of shoreline. Averaging 279 feet in depth, the lake reaches 925 feet at its deepest point. The lake's northern tier is in the colder, less developed upper Great Lakes region, while its more temperate southern basin contains the Milwaukee and Chicago metropolitan areas.

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Annex Lake Michigan 1896
So now to secure more new territory the city began to take steps to annex Lake Michigan, or rather some of the ground from beneath her surface. Property owners on the North Side owning land running back into the lake and the city authorLake Michigan, or rather some of the ground from beneath her surface. Property owners on the North Side owning land running back into the lake and the city authorities and ...
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Michigan
... Michigan gets its name from an Ojibwa (Chippewa) Indian word meaning "large lake." Michigan has an unusual geography, as it consists of two land masses--the sparsely populated Upper Peninsula and the mitten-shaped Lower Peninsulake." Michigan has an unusual geography, as it consists of two land masses--the sparsely populated Upper Peninsula and the mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula, home to ...
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Michigan
Michigan Call Capitol Switchboard toll-free at 1-888-355-3588 to ask for your Senator or Member of Congress by name. Ask to speak to a Legislative or Veteran Affairs Aide when you reach their office. Find Your Representative (Member of Congress ...
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