Laurence M. Klauber put length at maturity at two thirds the ultimate length for some rattlesnakes, and Charles C. Carpenter's data on Michigan garter and ribbon snakes ( Thamnophis ) show that the smallest gravid females are more than half as long as the biggest adults.

Navy Pier is a long pier on the Chicago shoreline of Lake Michigan.

The Michigan Shore-to-Shore Trail ( also known as the Michigan Riding and Hiking Trail ) is a long trail that runs between Empire on Lake Michigan and Oscoda on Lake Huron across the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.

The island was long controlled by Michigan but still disputed by Ohio.

Scouting in Michigan has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the environment in which they live.

Homewood sits on the edge of prehistoric Lake Chicago, which was formed by retreating glaciers long before Lake Michigan.

The club has been active on Grosse Ile since 1925, when friends and neighbors needed an outlet for wholesome entertainment during the long Michigan winters.

A notable graduate was Hercules Renda, who played football at the University of Michigan and had a long career as a high school coach.

The city is the main inland port of the Grand Traverse Bay ; a long, natural harbor separated from the waters of Lake Michigan by the Leelanau Peninsula, and divided longitudinally almost evenly by a narrow peninsula of tiered hillsides and farmland called Old Mission Peninsula.

Meanwhile fifty to seventy-five leading Toledo citizens, including Goodsell and McKay ( former guests of Major Benjamin Stickney ), gathered to pledge resistance against any further Michigan arrests, " as long as they have a drop of blood left.

The Niagara Escarpment is a long escarpment, or cuesta, in the United States and Canada that runs predominantly east / west from New York State, through Ontario, Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois.

* August 4 – Less than a month before the Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, Troy again breaks the world record in the men's 200m butterfly ( long course ), when he clocks 2: 13. 2 at a meet in Detroit, Michigan.

Football has a long tradition at Michigan State.

The CAMiLEON ( Creative Archiving at Michigan & Leeds ) project was a joint undertaking by the University of Michigan and the University of Leeds to develop and evaluate a range of technical strategies for the long term preservation of digital material suffering from digital obsolescence.

During his long political career, Cass served as a governor of the Michigan Territory, an American ambassador, a U. S. Senator representing Michigan, and co-founder as well as first Masonic Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Michigan.

Classical music and the arts in Michigan have long been supported by the auto industry and the auto magnates who became rich from it.

Refusing to train publicly at the Chicago Athletic Club in spite of arrangements having been made for him to do so, he was barred from the club and spent his time either in his hotel room or taking long morning and evening walks along Lake Michigan.

In fact it appears that Taylor himself did that when he visited the Ford Motor Company's Michigan plants not too long before he died.

" In the summer, the downtown fills with tourists, many of whom are from southern Michigan.

The park is accessible by floatplane and by ferry during the summer months from Grand Portage, Minnesota, and from Houghton and Copper Harbor in Michigan.

The Isle Royale Queen out of Copper Harbor, Michigan, arrives at the park in 3-3 1 / 2 hours and the Sea Hunter, out of Grand Portage, Minnesota, arrives in just 1 1 / 2 hours and operate round-trips and offer day trips through much of the season, less frequently in early summer and autumn.

* His name appears on streets in South Bend and in Stevensville, Michigan ( where Rockne had a summer home ) and a travel plaza on the Indiana Toll Road.

He taught in the Society's summer Linguistic Institute in 1938-1941, with the 1938-1940 Institutes being held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the 1941 Institute in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Michigan State University Sailing Club and the Lansing Sailing Club are located on Lake Lansing, where sailing regattas are hosted throughout the summer.

During the summer of 1836, Congress proposed a compromise whereby Michigan gave up its claim to the strip in exchange for its statehood and approximately three-quarters of the Upper Peninsula.

From the summer of 1780 until May 1784, Point du Sable managed the Pinery, a tract of woodlands claimed by British Lt. Patrick Sinclair on the St. Clair River in eastern Michigan.

He returned to Davenport briefly in the summer of 1922, then moved to Chicago to join the Cascades Band, working that summer on Lake Michigan excursion boats.

That summer he played with his friends Don Murray and Howdy Quicksell at a lake resort in Michigan.

In the summer of 1986, Lakes Michigan and Huron reached their highest level at above datum.

Northern Michigan specializes in growing white grapes and is known for its rieslings which grow well in the summer months and late fall which Traverse City is known for.

Due to this, Michigan City receives a fair amount of tourism during the summer months, especially by residents of Chicago and of nearby cities in Northern Indiana.

* James McMillan, Michigan senator instrumental in the design of the Washington Mall, died ( 1902 ) at his summer home in Manchester

* Castle Park is an unincorporated private community in the township of approximately 100 cottages and summer houses along Lake Michigan.

Located on the shores of Lake Michigan residents of Bethany Beach enjoy the beach during the summer months.

Typical of Northern Michigan towns, Charlevoix has a significant seasonal tourist population in the summer.

Northern Michigan specializes in growing white grapes and is known for its reislings which grow well in the summer months and late fall which Traverse City is known for.

The overall climate of the city is moderated by nearby Lake Michigan, which causes temperatures to be cooler in summer and especially spring, and which keeps overnight temperatures warmer in winter.

Classes are in session from mid August until mid May, when many students return to their homes for the summer, many of which are in Michigan, Utah, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, Montana, Washington and Colorado, to name a few.

Northern Michigan specializes in growing white grapes and is known for its Rieslings which grow well in the summer months and late fall which Traverse City is known for.

Besides owning an impressive mansion in Kenwood, two blocks from the Leopold home, the Loeb family had a summer estate, Castle Farms, in Charlevoix, Michigan.

* Belvedere Club in Charlevoix, Michigan, a wealthy and historic summer home community and golf club