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Originally Posted by mariatherese  Michigan is surrounded by the world's largest source of fresh water!
Not many people on this earth get to experience living around so much freshwater! And those that do live near the ocean generally don't live near so much wilderness. In the US, we tend to think of ocean properties and coastal towns as being expensive and highly developed. Not in Michigan... where the lakes are like oceans! I grew up in the Upper Peninsula and I feel truly blessed to be a Michigander! And yes, i love winter, too! :)
Some facts:
-The Great Lakes are the largest group of fresh water lakes on Earth... we have 20% of the world's freshwater!
-The combined surface area of the great lakes is larger than the states of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire combined.
-The world's largest freshwater dunes line Lake Michigan.
-Michigan has the longest freshwater shoreline in the United States
-A person in Michigan is never more than 85 miles from open Great Lakes water and is never more than 6 miles from a natural water source.
-We have 11,037 inland lakes. |
Nice post.
I didn't realize that Michigan came so close to Minnesota with the number of lakes. Minnesota has 11,842 lakes over 10 acres in size. I didn't even realize lakes are so rare in other parts of the country until I moved away to North Carolina. I might look into buying some land in the Upper Peninsula someday for a place to get away from everything once in awhile.