Straits of Mackinac

I've biked up mountains from Seattle to Italy, I've swum across the Straits of Mackinac and from Alcatraz to San Francisco, I'm running the Boston Marathon in just a few weeks, and that's just a little of it.

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About a third of Michigan lies north of the Straits of Mackinac and is called the Upper Peninsula or U.P. Residents of the U. P are called "Yoopers", a word created by saying "U. P.'ers"

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The missionary embarked with the entire tribe and followed the Indians back to their ancient abode on the northwest shore of the Straits of Mackinac.

Jacques Marquette de Brantigny........................ 2008

The missionary embarked with the entire tribe and followed the Indians back to their ancient abode on the northwest shore of the Straits of Mackinac.

Archive 2008-11-30 de Brantigny........................ 2008

Major sources of water to Lake Huron include the St. Mary's River from Lake Superior and a net flow from Lake Michigan through the Straits of Mackinac.

Lake Huron, Ontario 2008

I have seen a number of writings by different men who attempted to give an account of the Indians who formerly occupied the Straits of Mackinac and Mackinac Island, (that historic little island which stands at the entrance of the strait,) also giving an account of the Indians who lived and are yet living in Michigan, scattered through the counties of

History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan Andrew J. Blackbird

Father Hennepin, who had been adopted by an aged Sioux chief, was free to follow Duluth back to the French post at the Straits of Mackinac.

Canada J. G. Bourinot

River and the Straits of Mackinac are also very good; but when you go south, into Lake Erie or Michigan, the quality of the fish deteriorates.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 Various

Schooners brought them through Lake Huron, the Straits of Mackinac, and across Lake Michigan to

Old Fort Snelling 1819-1858 Marcus L. Hansen

Odjebwe did to some of your children on the Straits of Mackinac, whose survivors we now bring back and present to your arms.

History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan Andrew J. Blackbird