Michigan Photos from the Great Lakes State
Friday, December 12th, 2008Michigan was the 26th state, admitted into the Union in 1837. Called the “Great Lakes State” because its shores touch four of the five Great Lakes, Michigan gets its name from an Ojibwa (Chippewa) Indian word meaning “large lake.” Michigan has an unusual geography, as it consists of two land masses–the Upper Peninsula and the mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula. Detroit, its largest city, is known worldwide as the center of the American auto industry. The apple blossom is the state flower, the robin is the state bird and Lansing is the capital.
Sleeping Bear bluffs.
Chapel Beach.
Chapel Falls.
Chapel Road.
Delhi Rapids of the Huron River.
Grand Haven.
Grand Portal Point.
Grand Sable Dunes at sunset.
Huron River Drive.
Sunset over the Huron River.
Ice cave (Photo by Megan).
Ice on Chapel Beach.
Water Fall in winter.
In winter at sunset.
St. Joseph lighthouse after a winter storm.
Winter trail.
Whitefish Point (Photo by Megan).
View from Indian Head in winter.
Tree tops and Glen Lakes.
Transition from dunes to forest.
Trail to Laughing Whitefish Falls (near Pictured Rocks).
The view over the Jordan River Valley from Deadman’s Hill.
The translucent shallows of Lake Michigan.
The Empire Bluffs Trail.
Sunset from Sleeping Bear.
Storms hitting the west side of North Manitou Island.
Spray Falls.
Snow blasted trees.
Sleeping Bear bluffs.
Shipwreck off South Manitou Island.
Miners Castle in Winter.
Miners Castle in Fall.
Miners Beach.
Lone iceberg in Lake Superior.
Leaves in transition.
Law Quad.
