Thunder Bay Marine Sanctuary | Under the Radar | Pure Michigan
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The Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary is located offshore of Alpena MI and the visitor center is located right in downtown Alpena. The area is an international dive site with divers coming from around the world to see almost 200 shipwrecks! In case you don't want to get your feet wet, you can come to the visitor center and check out underwater footage of the shipwrecks or walk on a life size replica of a schooner.
Alpena Shipwreck Tours'
Come explore some of Thunder Bay's shipwrecks on board the 65-foot glass-bottomed-boat Lady Michigan! Tours depart from the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Trail, just outside Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary's Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center. Tours run from May 24 through October 12. Call the Sanctuary Store for more information, or visit Alpena Shipwreck Tour's website :
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary | Pure Michigan
The Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary preserves a national treasure, nearly 200 historic shipwrecks in and around the bay. Lake Huron's cold, fresh water preserves many of these shipwrecks intact and in water depths ranging from a few inches to 200 feet, making the sanctuary a popular destination for divers, snorkelers and kayakers. You can explore the history and archaeology of these wrecks at the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center, the Sanctuary's 20,000 square foot, river-front headquarters. Visit
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Let's Visit Alpena, MI
In this video, I head up to Alpena, MI to visit the downtown area, the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Trail along the Thunder Bay River. Later, I head over to Bay View Park along the shores of Thunder Bay (a part of Lake Huron).
At the end of the video, I drive south on US 23 between Alpena and Harrisville showing off some of the fall color, although it wasn't the peak for fall color when the video was recorded.
The quest for the 'Holy Grail' of shipwrecks in the Great Lakes
Alpena, Mich. --- It's one of the oldest and most sought after shipwrecks in the Great Lakes.On Thursday, you can learn more about the quest for one of the Great Lakes most infamous ships. State maritime archaeologist Dean Anderson will talk about the quest for the discovery of the Griffon. The ship went missing in September of 1679 after setting sail from Green Bay in western Lake Michigan. The mystery and folklore surrounding the ship make it one of the most interesting shipwrecks in the world.Its sort of been deemed as the 'holy grail' of shipwrecks in the Great Lakes because of it's antiquity and because of it's association with [René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de] La Salle, so a lot of people have been looking for it over the years for hundreds of years even, said Wayne Lusardi, state maritime archaeologist. Since I started here in 2002, there have been 27 Griffon discoveries reported, and none of which are the Griffon.Catch this fascinating lecture on Thursday night at the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and Anderson will begin the presentation at 7:00 p.m.For more information, visit thunderbayfriends.org.
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There is good news for people that want to protect the oceans. And that is marine protected areas, but in particular, in the United States, it’s National Marine Sanctuaries. Sanctuaries were created specially to preserve, to protect, and to share why they’re important with the rest of the country. These areas are all very important because inside them, they protect not only coral reefs, and fish populations, or the migration routes of whales or sharks, they also protect thousands of shipwrecks. These wrecks are protected and they sit in a way as exhibits in an undersea museum.
At Thunder Bay, hundreds of shipwrecks, almost perfectly preserved by the cold fresh waters of Lake Huron, are available for divers to explore and to dive in while the maritime heritage center back at the sanctuary’s headquarters in Alpena, Michigan, gives visitors on land a chance to see what these ships are all about. Why they’re important, what they look like, how they went to the bottom, and the people’s stories associated with them.
On the west coast of California, we’re working now to document more of these shipwrecks and discover wrecks that the history books or old newspapers say to us are out there, but we haven’t yet seen or put our eyes on them. So over the last few years we’ve discovered a few of those wrecks, and most recently we found a wreck that wasn’t supposed to be there at all. It was a ship that had sailed out and disappeared almost a hundred years ago. It still remained undiscovered and one of the top mysteries of the ocean. Until a regular survey of Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, we found a shipwreck, and as we looked at it and examined it, it turned out to be this long-missing ship with fifty-six crew.
So not only were we able to solve a mystery, not only were we able to say this is a very important wreck sitting here and protected in this sanctuary, but we were able to reach out to the families of those fifty-six men and say, after ninety-five years, we know where your grandfather, your great-uncle, your cousins - we know where they are. They’re at peace resting at the bottom of the sea, in a shipwreck that is now full of marine life. It is their grave, but it is also part of a rich and important marine sanctuary that has been set aside to protect such things. Not only do I think that gave these families some closure, an opportunity to say, “at last I know what happened,” but also some satisfaction, that we’re looking out for these guys, as we do so many other things in the marine sanctuaries system.
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Anchors Away | Pure Michigan
Visit to learn more. Come see what eastern Michigan has to offer. Whether you're looking to catch up on some history at the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center, checking out the Old Presque Lighthouse, or going on an Alpena shipwreck tour, there is no shortage of fun things to do and see!
Michigan State University Science Festival will explore the earth's waters on Thursday
Alpena, Mich. --- A blue festival and night at the museum will takeover the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary on Thursday.Michigan State University's Science Festival is coming to the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center as part of the Sanctuary Cinema Series. This is the fifth year the sanctuary and MSU have teamed up to bring information and entertainment.Folks can watch different short films from the National Marine Sanctuary System's Earth is Blue film series. Each of the 14 short film is based on a different site in the marine sanctuaries. They showcase the importance of water for different ecosystems.What's really neat about those films is that as you watch this incredible cinematography, you can't help but feel that responsibility to take great care of our blue planet, said Katie Wolf, director of the Friends of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Most of the earth is made up of water, and so we have this responsibility to make sure that we take care of that water.Catch the collection of 'Earth is Blue films this Thursday at 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. The museum will also be open for folks to explore and enjoy. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit thunderbayfriends.org.
Alpena Sanctuary of the Great Lakes
63 Miles. Endless Memories
The Tahquamenon Scenic Byway is a 63-mile journey through Michigan's Eastern Upper Peninsula, filled with ways to disconnect with the everyday, and reconnect with Mother Earth.
Explore the main route of Highway M-123 to experience the thunder of Tahquamenon Falls and the norther hospitality of villages like Newberry and Paradise. Branch off on one of the many byway spurs to search for agates along Lake Superior, cast for steelhead and salmon at the mouth of Two Hearted River, take the road less traveled and enjoy the isolation of Crisp Point Lighthouse, or see the bell of the ill-fated Edmund Fitzgerald at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum- let the byway be your guide. Find your story at
Live in the D: Dossin Great Lakes Museum
You have to check out the Dossin Great Lakes Museum on Belle Isle.
Michigan | Wikipedia audio article
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Michigan
00:03:00 1 History
00:04:26 1.1 17th century
00:05:27 1.2 18th century
00:09:14 1.3 19th century
00:13:10 1.4 20th and 21st centuries
00:18:46 2 Government
00:18:55 2.1 State government
00:23:11 2.2 Law
00:23:47 2.3 Politics
00:28:33 2.4 Administrative divisions
00:30:24 3 Geography
00:37:46 3.1 Climate
00:39:46 3.2 Geology
00:41:10 4 Demographics
00:41:19 4.1 Population
00:45:41 4.2 Birth data
00:46:19 4.3 Languages
00:47:30 4.4 Religion
00:50:26 5 Economy
00:55:27 5.1 Taxation
00:56:52 5.2 Agriculture
00:59:17 5.3 Tourism
01:02:22 6 Transportation
01:02:32 6.1 Canadian international crossings
01:03:37 6.2 Railroads
01:04:20 6.3 Roadways
01:07:27 6.4 Airports
01:08:12 7 Large cities, townships, and metropolitan areas
01:10:02 8 Education
01:11:04 9 Culture
01:11:13 9.1 Arts
01:11:21 9.1.1 Music
01:12:01 9.1.2 Performance arts
01:12:46 9.2 Sports
01:15:23 10 State symbols and nicknames
01:16:19 11 Sister regions
01:16:35 12 See also
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Michigan ( (listen)) is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States.
The state's name, Michigan, originates from the Ojibwe word mishigamaa, meaning large water or large lake. Michigan is the tenth most populous of the 50 United States, with the 11th most extensive total area, and is the largest state by total area east of the Mississippi River. Michigan has a population of about 10 million. Its capital is Lansing and its largest city is Detroit. Metro Detroit is among the nation's most populous and largest metropolitan economies.
Michigan is the only state to consist of two peninsulas. The Lower Peninsula, to which the name Michigan was originally applied, is often noted as shaped like a mitten. The Upper Peninsula (often called the U.P.) is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac, a five-mile (8 km) channel that joins Lake Huron to Lake Michigan. The Mackinac Bridge connects the peninsulas. The state has the longest freshwater coastline of any political subdivision in the world, being bounded by four of the five Great Lakes, plus Lake Saint Clair. As a result, it is one of the leading U.S. states for recreational boating. Michigan also has 64,980 inland lakes and ponds. A person in the state is never more than six miles (9.7 km) from a natural water source or more than 85 miles (137 km) from a Great Lakes shoreline.The area was first settled by Native American tribes, whose successive cultures occupied the territory for thousands of years. Colonized by French explorers in the 17th century, it was claimed as part of New France. After France's defeat in the French and Indian War in 1762, the region came under British rule. Britain ceded this territory to the newly independent United States after Britain's defeat in the American Revolutionary War. The area was part of the larger Northwest Territory until 1800, when western Michigan became part of the Indiana Territory. Michigan Territory was formed in 1805, but some of the northern border with Canada was not agreed upon until after the War of 1812. Michigan was admitted into the Union in 1837 as the 26th state, a free one. It soon became an important center of industry and trade in the Great Lakes region and a popular immigrant destination in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Although Michigan developed a diverse economy, it is widely known as the center of the U.S. automotive industry, which developed as a major economic force in the early 20th century. It is home to the country's three major automobile companies (whose headquarters are all within the Detroit metropolitan area). While sparsely populated, the Upper Peninsula is important for tourism thanks to its abundance of natural resources, while the Lower Peninsula is a center of manufacturing, forestry, agriculture, services, and high-tech industry.
Film festival finds back-up location amid government shutdown
Alpena, Michigan --- As they say in show business, the show must go on, and that's the case for the 2019 Thunder Bay International Film Festival.
With the partial government shutdown, the festival needed a back–up location to show their films, and they found just the spot.
If the government shutdown continues into next weekend, films will be show at Alpena Community College. Folks can watch films at the Granum Theater and adjacent facilities on the campus.
The film festival is normally shown at the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center, but due to the shutdown, no one has access to the facility until the government is reopened.
The nonprofit group Friends of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary created a contingency plan as the shutdown continues on.
I'm just thrilled that the community is still going to be able to see these films when they are scheduled, said Film Festival Coordinator Stephanie Gandulla. We very likely could not have played them at another time based on the contract we have with the International Ocean Film Festival, so I'm personally super excited that people still have the opportunity to see these amazing films.
Over 50 films from around the world will hit the big screen next week. The film fest goes on the road starting next Wednesday at the Alcona High School Auditorium and then Thursday at the Rogers City Theatre. If the government is still shutdown, folks can catch the films at Alpena Community College.
For more information you can visit the website thunderbayfriends.org. The film fest takes place from January 23-27.
Thunder Bay Shipwrecks: Joseph S. Fay
The dynamic Joseph S. Fay wreck site lies in two parts at 40 Mile Point Lighthouse, near Rogers City in the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. A long stretch of the bulk freighter's starboard side rests on the beach by the lighthouse, and its stern, rudder, keelsons, and port sides lay in 17 feet of water just offshore. The Joseph S. Fay encountered a strong gale in Northern Lake Huron and hit the rocks at 40 Mile Point, breaking its tow line to the schooner barge D.P. Rhodes and stranding the Fay near shore. The submerged portion is easily accessible by snorkel, shore dive, or kayak from 40 Mile Point Lighthouse, just look for the white NOAA shipwreck buoy! Parts of its iron ore cargo can still be seen on the wrecksite! To see artifacts and learn more history about this enormous bulk freighter, visit the 40 Mile Point Light Keeper's House, and the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center in Alpena.
2014 MATE International ROV Competition HD
Exploring the Great Lakes: Shipwrecks, Sinkholes, and Conservation in the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
The 2014 MATE competition highlights the role that ROVs play in exploring and documenting shipwrecks, studying sinkholes, and conserving our national maritime heritage sites. The 13th annual MATE international ROV competition took place June 26-28, 2014 at the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Alpena, Michigan, USA.
Student ROV teams from 19 states and 13 countries descended onto Alpena for this incredible event that challenged students to build ROVs to explore shipwrecks and sinkholes.
Video Credit: MATE Center
Michigan | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:03:01 1 History
00:04:27 1.1 17th century
00:05:29 1.2 18th century
00:09:17 1.3 19th century
00:13:14 1.4 20th and 21st centuries
00:18:50 2 Government
00:18:59 2.1 State government
00:23:15 2.2 Law
00:23:52 2.3 Politics
00:28:38 2.4 Administrative divisions
00:30:30 3 Geography
00:37:54 3.1 Climate
00:39:54 3.2 Geology
00:41:18 4 Demographics
00:41:27 4.1 Population
00:45:50 4.2 Birth data
00:46:27 4.3 Languages
00:47:40 4.4 Religion
00:50:36 5 Economy
00:55:38 5.1 Taxation
00:57:03 5.2 Agriculture
00:59:29 5.3 Tourism
01:02:35 6 Transportation
01:02:44 6.1 Canadian international crossings
01:03:50 6.2 Railroads
01:04:33 6.3 Roadways
01:07:39 6.4 Airports
01:08:24 7 Large cities, townships, and metropolitan areas
01:10:14 8 Education
01:11:16 9 Culture
01:11:25 9.1 Arts
01:11:33 9.1.1 Music
01:12:14 9.1.2 Performance arts
01:12:59 9.2 Sports
01:15:36 10 State symbols and nicknames
01:16:33 11 Sister regions
01:16:48 12 See also
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There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Michigan ( (listen)) is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States. The state's name, Michigan, originates from the Ojibwe word mishigamaa, meaning large water or large lake. Michigan is the tenth most populous of the 50 United States, with the 11th most extensive total area, and is the largest state by total area east of the Mississippi River. Michigan has a population of about 10 million. Its capital is Lansing and its largest city is Detroit. Metro Detroit is among the nation's most populous and largest metropolitan economies.
Michigan is the only state to consist of two peninsulas. The Lower Peninsula, to which the name Michigan was originally applied, is often noted as shaped like a mitten. The Upper Peninsula (often called the U.P.) is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac, a five-mile (8 km) channel that joins Lake Huron to Lake Michigan. The Mackinac Bridge connects the peninsulas. The state has the longest freshwater coastline of any political subdivision in the world, being bounded by four of the five Great Lakes, plus Lake Saint Clair. As a result, it is one of the leading U.S. states for recreational boating. Michigan also has 64,980 inland lakes and ponds. A person in the state is never more than six miles (9.7 km) from a natural water source or more than 85 miles (137 km) from a Great Lakes shoreline.The area was first settled by Native American tribes, whose successive cultures occupied the territory for thousands of years. Colonized by French explorers in the 17th century, it was claimed as part of New France. After France's defeat in the French and Indian War in 1762, the region came under British rule. Britain ceded this territory to the newly independent United States after Britain's defeat in the American Revolutionary War. The area was part of the larger Northwest Territory until 1800, when western Michigan became part of the Indiana Territory. Michigan Territory was formed in 1805, but some of the northern border with Canada was not agreed upon until after the War of 1812. Michigan was admitted into the Union in 1837 as the 26th state, a free one. It soon became an important center of industry and trade in the Great Lakes region and a popular immigrant destination in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Although Michigan developed a diverse economy, it is widely known as the center of the U.S. automotive industry, which developed as a major economic force in the early 20th century. It is home to the country's three major automobile companies (whose headquarters are all within the Detroit metropolitan area). While sparsely populated, the Upper Peninsula is important for tourism thanks to its abundance of natural resources, while the Lower Peninsula is a center of manufacturing, forestry, agriculture, services, and high-tech indu ...
Sanctuary presentation to feature Tuskegee Airmen plane crash findings
Alpena --- The Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary continues their speaker series with one of the most fascinating topics related to Lake Huron and the state of Michigan.
During World War II, the Tuskegee Airmen would participate in pilot training programs at Selfridge Airfield northeast of Detroit and Camp Skeel near Oscoda. Six pilots lost their lives training on flights over Michigan.
Two Tuskegee airplanes have been found in Lake Huron State of Michigan Maritime Archaeologist Wayne Lusardi and a team of archaeologist were able to dive down in Lake Huron to one of these plane crash sites and recover artifacts. Now, Lusardi is in the process of preserving these different items, so they can be added to an exhibit at the Tuskegee Airmen National Museum in Detroit.
These can be the only Tuskegee-related archaeological sites perhaps in this country outside of Tuskegee, Alabama itself, and so it's a pretty special thing and a great opportunity for us to learn from these sites and to learn about the men that were associated with the aircraft, said Lusardi.
A presentation on the findings of the excavation, the stories of the pilots, and the cultural adversity these men went through in Michigan will be offered next Thursday, October 25 will take place at the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center.
Wayne Lusardi will present the information and findings. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the presentation begins at 7:00 p.m. For more information, call 989-884-6200.
Michigan | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:03:34 1 History
00:05:14 1.1 17th century
00:06:26 1.2 18th century
00:10:55 1.3 19th century
00:15:35 1.4 20th and 21st centuries
00:22:14 2 Government
00:22:23 2.1 State government
00:27:26 2.2 Law
00:28:07 2.3 Politics
00:33:45 2.4 Administrative divisions
00:35:57 3 Geography
00:44:43 3.1 Climate
00:47:03 3.2 Geology
00:48:41 4 Demographics
00:48:51 4.1 Population
00:53:59 4.2 Birth data
00:54:43 4.3 Languages
00:56:07 4.4 Religion
00:59:33 5 Economy
01:05:31 5.1 Taxation
01:07:11 5.2 Agriculture
01:10:03 5.3 Tourism
01:13:43 6 Transportation
01:13:53 6.1 Canadian international crossings
01:15:09 6.2 Railroads
01:15:58 6.3 Roadways
01:19:39 6.4 Airports
01:20:31 7 Large cities, townships, and metropolitan areas
01:22:39 8 Education
01:23:50 9 Culture
01:23:59 9.1 Arts
01:24:07 9.1.1 Music
01:24:55 9.1.2 Performance arts
01:25:47 9.2 Sports
01:28:54 10 State symbols and nicknames
01:30:00 11 Sister regions
01:30:16 12 See also
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- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
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- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Michigan ( (listen)) is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States. The state's name, Michigan, originates from the Ojibwe word mishigamaa, meaning large water or large lake. Michigan is the tenth most populous of the 50 United States, with the 11th most extensive total area, and is the largest state by total area east of the Mississippi River. Michigan has a population of about 10 million. Its capital is Lansing and its largest city is Detroit. Metro Detroit is among the nation's most populous and largest metropolitan economies.
Michigan is the only state to consist of two peninsulas. The Lower Peninsula, to which the name Michigan was originally applied, is often noted as shaped like a mitten. The Upper Peninsula (often called the U.P.) is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac, a five-mile (8 km) channel that joins Lake Huron to Lake Michigan. The Mackinac Bridge connects the peninsulas. The state has the longest freshwater coastline of any political subdivision in the world, being bounded by four of the five Great Lakes, plus Lake Saint Clair. As a result, it is one of the leading U.S. states for recreational boating. Michigan also has 64,980 inland lakes and ponds. A person in the state is never more than six miles (9.7 km) from a natural water source or more than 85 miles (137 km) from a Great Lakes shoreline.The area was first settled by Native American tribes, whose successive cultures occupied the territory for thousands of years. Colonized by French explorers in the 17th century, it was claimed as part of New France. After France's defeat in the French and Indian War in 1762, the region came under British rule. Britain ceded this territory to the newly independent United States after Britain's defeat in the American Revolutionary War. The area was part of the larger Northwest Territory until 1800, when western Michigan became part of the Indiana Territory. Michigan Territory was formed in 1805, but some of the northern border with Canada was not agreed upon until after the War of 1812. Michigan was admitted into the Union in 1837 as the 26th state, a free one. It soon became an important center of industry and trade in the Great Lakes region and a popular immigrant destination in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Although Michigan developed a diverse economy, it is widely known as the center of the U.S. automotive industry, which developed as a major economic force in the early 20th century. It is home to the country's three major automobile companies (whose headquarters are all within the Detroit metropolitan area). While sparsely populated, the Upper Peninsula is important for tourism thanks to its abundance of natural resources, while the Lower Peninsula is a center of manufa ...
Michigan | Wikipedia audio article
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Michigan
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
Michigan ( (listen)) is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States.
The state's name, Michigan, originates from the Ojibwe word mishigamaa, meaning large water or large lake. Michigan is the tenth most populous of the 50 United States, with the 11th most extensive total area, and is the largest state by total area east of the Mississippi River. Michigan has a population of about 10 million. Its capital is Lansing and its largest city is Detroit. Metro Detroit is among the nation's most populous and largest metropolitan economies.
Michigan is the only state to consist of two peninsulas. The Lower Peninsula, to which the name Michigan was originally applied, is often noted as shaped like a mitten. The Upper Peninsula (often called the U.P.) is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac, a five-mile (8 km) channel that joins Lake Huron to Lake Michigan. The Mackinac Bridge connects the peninsulas. The state has the longest freshwater coastline of any political subdivision in the world, being bounded by four of the five Great Lakes, plus Lake Saint Clair. As a result, it is one of the leading U.S. states for recreational boating. Michigan also has 64,980 inland lakes and ponds. A person in the state is never more than six miles (9.7 km) from a natural water source or more than 85 miles (137 km) from a Great Lakes shoreline.The area was first settled by Native American tribes, whose successive cultures occupied the territory for thousands of years. Colonized by French explorers in the 17th century, it was claimed as part of New France. After France's defeat in the French and Indian War in 1762, the region came under British rule. Britain ceded this territory to the newly independent United States after Britain's defeat in the American Revolutionary War. The area was part of the larger Northwest Territory until 1800, when western Michigan became part of the Indiana Territory. Michigan Territory was formed in 1805, but some of the northern border with Canada was not agreed upon until after the War of 1812. Michigan was admitted into the Union in 1837 as the 26th state, a free one. It soon became an important center of industry and trade in the Great Lakes region and a popular immigrant destination in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Although Michigan developed a diverse economy, it is widely known as the center of the U.S. automotive industry, which developed as a major economic force in the early 20th century. It is home to the country's three major automobile companies (whose headquarters are all within the Detroit metropolitan area). While sparsely populated, the Upper Peninsula is important for tourism thanks to its abundance of natural resources, while the Lower Peninsula is a center of manufacturing, forestry, agriculture, services, and high-tech industry.