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BACKGROUND
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 This page contains information about my home, where I grew up and still live today. I am from the Village of Constantine, in Constantine Township, in Saint Joseph County, in the beautiful state of Michigan. The area I live in is also known as "Michiana." It's the southwestern Michigan and north-central Indiana stateline area Including Berrien, Cass, and St. Joe Counties in Michigan and Elkhart, LaGrange, and St. Joe Counties in Indiana. |
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FACTS ABOUT MY HOME STATE OF MICHIGAN
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 You are never more than six miles from a lake or stream in Michigan.Standing anywhere in the state a person is within 85 miles of one of the Great Lakes.
Michigan has more than 11,000 inland lakes and more than 36,000 miles of streams.
Sault Ste. Marie was established in 1668 making it the oldest town between the Alleghenies and the Rockies.
Michigan was the first state to provide in its Constitution for the establishment of public libraries.
Michigan was the first state to guarantee every child the right to tax-paid high school education.
Four flags have flown over Michigan - French, English, Spanish and United States.
 The Great Lakes could cover the entire continental United States to a depth of 10 feet.3,200 miles of shoreline, the longest of any state but Alaska
36,000 miles of rivers and streams
Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world, 31,820 square miles.
More than 150 waterfalls
The Great Lakes account for one-fifth of the world's surface freshwater supply.
Michigan leads the nation with appx. one million registered pleasure boats.
More than 90 percent of the Upper Peninsula's land is forested.
 There are 3.9 million acres of state forest land with about 150 campgrounds and 2.7 million acres of national forest with some 80 campgrounds. Highest Point: Mt.Arvon; 1980 feet
Lowest Point: Shore of Lake Erie; 572 feet
Appx. 40 ski resorts
Persons per square mile, 173.6 versus national 77.1 (1999)
More than 4,000 miles of snowmobile trails.
Mackinac Bridge: Completed in 1957, the five-mile-long suspension bridge (WORLD'S LONGEST SUSPENSION BRIDGE) connects Michigan's peninsulas across the Straits of Mackinac.
Sault Ste. Marie was founded by Father Jacques Marquette in 1668. It is the third oldest remaining settlement in the United States.
In 1817 the University of Michigan was the first university established by any of the states. Originally named Cathelepistemian and located in Detroit the name was changed in 1821. The university moved to Ann Arbor in 1841.
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