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Bordering on four of the five Great Lakes, Michigan is divided into Upper and Lower peninsulas by the Straits of Mackinac, which link lakes Michigan and Huron. The two parts of the state are connected by the Mackinac Bridge, one of the world's longest suspension bridges. To the north, connecting lakes Superior and Huron, are the busy Sault Ste. Marie Canals.
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Lake Michigan is home to a variety of species of fish and other organisms. It was originally home to lake trout, yellow perch, panfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, carp, bowfin, as well as some species of catfish. In recent years overfishing has caused a decline in lake trout which ultimately caused an increase in the alewife population. As a result, coho and chinook salmon were introduced as a predator of alewives to decrease the alewife population. Lake Michigan is now being stocked with several species of fish. However, several invader species introduced, such as lampreys, threaten the vitality of fish populations.
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Michigan is the only state in the U.S. consisting of non-contiguous non-island territory. The Lower Peninsula has the majority of the population (primarily in the south), while the Upper Peninsula, separated from it by Lake Michigan and a bit of Lake Huron, is mostly rural. Until 1957 the only way to drive from one to the other was to go all the way around Lake Michigan, or take your car onto a ferry.
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Lake Michigan (44° N, 87° W) is the only one of the Great Lakes wholly within the borders of the United States; the others are shared with Canada. It has a surface area of 22,400 square miles (58,016 km²),[1] making it the largest freshwater lake in the U.S., the largest lake entirely within one country by surface area (Lake Baikal, in Russia, is larger by water volume), and the fifth largest lake in the world. It is 307 miles (494 km) long by 118 miles (190 km) wide with a shoreline 1,640 miles (2,633 km) long. The lake's average depth is 279 feet (85 m), while its greatest depth is 923 feet (281 m).[1] It contains a volume of 1,180 cubic miles (4,918 km³) of water. Its surface averages 577 feet (176 m)[1] above sea level, the same as Lake Huron, to which it is connected through the Straits of Mackinac.
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Michigan is surrounded by four Great Lakes with miles of shoreline, waterfalls, highest sand dunes, pine forests and miles of beaches. Michigan has two peninsulas each surrounded by Great Lakes shoreline connected by the five mile Mackinaw bridge. Vacationing in Michigan depends on what you like to do: Camping, boating and swimming in the summer months around early June to early September; Fall colors are beautiful during the months of September and October; Winter with its many ski slopes and snow mobile trails last from December until early March
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PITTSBURGH, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) announced today that Jill E. Ritchie, manager-state governmental affairs, will now be responsible for overseeing U. S. Steel's state and local governmental affairs matters in Indiana and Michigan. U. S. Steel's Indiana locations include: Gary Works in Gary, which is the largest integrated steelmaking facility in the United States; East Chicago Tin, a tinning facility in East Chicago; and the Midwest Plant, a finishing facility in Portage. The company's Michigan operations are: Great Lakes Works, an integrated steelmaking facility in Ecorse and River Rouge; the Automotive Center, a sales and research facility in Troy; ProCoil Company, a processing and distribution subsidiary in Canton; and two finishing joint ventures in Dearborn and Jackson. Ritchie will be located at Gary Works and will report to Christopher J. Masciantonio, general manager-state governmental affairs.
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