Introduction Detroit, Michigan city on the Detroit River, with 1 million inhabitants. (urban area: approx. 4.7 million inhabitants). The city is one of the seven largest in the United States. Functions Detroit has historically been of particular importance as a center of trade; the port is Michigan’s busiest. In addition, the city is the largest… Read More »
The state of Michigan (MI) in the northeastern United States owes its name (from the Ojibwe ᒥᓯᑲᒥ mishigami for ‘big water’) to the presence of the large lakes such as Lake Michigan, Lake Huron and Lake Superior. In total, no less than 41.5% of the surface of Michigan consists of water. Michigan is actually made… Read More »
Michigan history During the last Ice Age, North America was sculpted by massive glaciers, resulting in craters formed by receding (melting) ice. During that process, the Great Lakes were born and Michigan was formed. Europeans began to explore the area in the 1600s. The first white explorer into the area was the Frenchman Étienne Bruhl… Read More »