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Michigan
 Michigan is a U. S. State located in the Great Lakes
Region of the United States of America
 Consisting entirely of two peninsulas
 Capital is Lansig
 Largest city is Detroit
 Nicknames: The Great Lakes State, The Wolverine State
 Motto: Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice
(If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you)
State symbols
 Animal: Wolverine
 Bird: American Robin
 Fish: Brook trout
 Wildflower: Dwarf
Lake Iris
 Tree: White pine
 Song: My Michigan
Lansing
 The capital of Michigan
 Nicknames: Capital City, L-Town, "The Heart of
Michigan“
 Many cultural activities
Government
 Michigan is governed as a republic, with three
branches of government:
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The executive branch consisting of the
Governor of Michigan and the other
independently elected constitutional officers
The legislative branch consisting of the
House of Representatives and Senate
The judicial branch consisting of one court
of justice
 The Governor of Michigan
serve four-year terms and
may be re-elected only
once
 The current Governor is
Rick Snyder
 Legislature consists of a
38-member Senate and
110-member House of
Representatives
 There are 83 counties in
Michigan
History
 Home to Native
American cultures
before colonization
by Europeans
 The most populous
tribes were
Algonquian peoples:
Ottawa
 Anishnabe
 Potawatomi
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 The first permanent European settlement in 1668 by
French voyageurs
 Has been part of the Royal Province of New France and
Great Britain
 The population grew slowly until the opening of the Erie
Canal in New York State in 1825
 Michigan received the western part of the Upper
Peninsula as a concession and formally entered the
Union in 1837
Diversity
 By the 1930s more than 30 languages were spoken
in the public schools
 Destination in the Great Migration from the South
 Ethnic communities celebrate annual heritage
festivals
 African Americans from Detroit created Motown
Sound of the 1960s
 Diverse urban culture
General information about nature
 200 named waterfalls
 Longest freshwater shoreline
 Rivers are generally short and shallow
 64 980 inland lakes and pounds
 Highest point is Mount Arvon 603 meters
 The Porcupine Mountain - one of the oldest
mountain chains in the world
Laughing whitefish falls
 The tallest waterfalls in
Michigan
 Named for the river
 Height: 100 meters
 The highest waterfall in
Michigan that is readily
visitable
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
 The park covers a 35-mile (60-
km) stretch of Lake Michigan's
eastern coastline
 Named after a legend of the
sleeping bear
 Outstanding natural features
 Was authorized in 1970
Kirtland's Warbler
 Wintering in Bahama
 Needs Pinus bakasiana
(gray pine) to nest
 Endemic of Michigan
state
Hunting
 First in the nation in
licensed hunters
 Many school districts
cancel school on the
opening day of
firearm deer season
 White-tailed deer
Thunderstorms
 30 days of thunderstorm
activity per year
 17 tornadoes per year
 Especially In the southern
part of state
 Tornado chasers – popular
activity
Tourism
 Michigan's tourists spend $17.5 billion per year in the
state
 Top attractions: the forests, lakes and thousands of
miles of beaches
 Tulip Time Festival and the National Cherry Festival
 Detroit and Lansig
Henry Ford (1863-1947)
 First plant in
Highland Park
marked the birth of
the automotive
industry
 Cars made on
assembly line
Celebrities
 Selma Blair
Kid Rock
 Serena Williams
Alice Cooper
Interesting facts
 Michigan has more lighthouses than any other
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state
A person in the state is never more than 6 miles(10
km) from a natural water source
Mishigama (French) = large water/lake
World-class scuba diving destination
Largest state par and forest system
Thank you for
listening! 
References
 http://gowaterfalling.com/waterfalls/laughing
whitefish.shtml
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Bear_
Dunes
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan