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Lake Michigan is the fifth largest lake in the world and an estimated 12 million people live along it’s shores. The northern tier of Lake Michigan is colder and less developed and lightly populated compared to the southern region where metropolitan areas and industrial cities are located. The Great Lakes combined comprise the largest system of fresh water on Earth, with only the polar ice caps containing more water. The word Michigan is believed to come from the Native American word mishigami, which means “great water” Some major cities on the shores of Lake Michigan that are heavily industrialized are: Chicago, Il. Holland, Mi. Muskegon, Mi. Milwaukee, Wi. Green Bay, Wi. Portage, In. and Gary, In.  Lake Michigan beaches are known as the “third coast”. The northern Lake Michigan beaches are rocky and steep, while the southern beaches are soft, sandy, and covered with sand dunes. The Mackinac Bridge is generally considered to be the dividing point of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron but sometimes they are referred to as connected with each other as Lake Michigan-Huron. Together they are considered the largest freshwater body in the world. Those like my pops who need Global Positioning Satellite ranges... start here: 43° 30′ 0″ N 87° 30′ 0″ W You will probably wind up at a party store which sells a couple of slices of salami and ham slammed between two slices of bread and attempt to call it an Italian sandwhich. Just pay the man buy your nightcrawlers and drive away.
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Michigan Rivers that flow into Lake Michigan Indiana Rivers that flow into Lake Michigan Wisconsin Rivers that flow into Lake Michigan External Links http://www.lakemichigancam.com/ If you are an expert on Lake Michigan, Please don't hesitate to edit this page! -managment In The NewsOct. 19, 2006 The autumn hiker along the 13 miles of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore should be prepared for more than the usual vista of sand, water and sky. The beaches are lined with dead and dying horned grebes, mergansers, cormorants, gulls and loons to a count of over 2600 and rising. It's Type E botulism, and appears to be coming from some of the lake’s Invasive Species. This has been going on since August, but more pronounced since three weeks ago. “It appears that we have had an upwelling out in the lake and for some reason there is ample botulism bacteria in the lake sediments that has been released either by the macro-invertebrates (insects) or the mussels. We are inclined to believe that the invasive zebra mussels are accumulating the botulism, and that the invasive round goby fish are eating them and then becoming sick and dying, and then are easy pickings for all of the fish-eating birds that we are seeing die of the botulism toxin,” says Ken Hyde, biologist. Experts are helpless at this point. “There is very little that we can do to influence what the fish-eating birds eat and there is almost nothing that we can do to get rid of the zebra mussels and round gobies who are both firmly entrenched in the Great Lakes,” Hyde says People are advised not to touch the birds. If volunteers want to bury them, a two foot hole is recommended, in addition to notifying the park rangers of their intentions. Burying will prevent the loss of more gulls and possibly other carrion-eating animals, although there are no reports of this affecting coyotes, bald eagles or turkey vultures. “We are saddened by the loss of many birds from species that are already experiencing low population numbers,” Hyde said. |
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