Michigan

Michigan, located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States, is a French adaption of the Ojibwe word “mishigama” which means “large water.”  It is the 8th most populated state in the United States and it has the longest freshwater shoreline of any political subdivision in the world.  Michigan is actually the only state that has two peninsulas, the Lower Peninsula and the Upper Peninsula.

The three largest cities in Michigan are: