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Detroit, Michigan is the only major city in the contiguous United States that is actually due north of Canada. Michigan real estate borders Indiana and Ohio to the south, and Wisconsin to the southwest of the Upper Peninsula. Michigan also borders Minnesota, Illinois, the Canadian province of Ontario, and the Canadian First Nation (Indian) reserve of Walpole Island, but only on water boundaries in the Great Lakes system.
Michigan real estate is bounded by four of the Great Lakes. Michigan has the longest state shoreline in the continental United States, and more recreational boats than any other state in the nation, likely due to the fact that the state also boasts more than 11,000 inland lakes and more than 36,000 miles of rivers and streams. Michigan is the largest state east of the Mississippi River if territorial water is included. Georgia and Florida each have a slightly larger land area, however.
Michigan consists of two peninsulas, known as the Lower and the Upper Peninsula. The Lower Peninsula, most commonly thought of as the state, is shaped like a mitten. The woodlands of the Upper Peninsula (often called simply "The U.P.") are as large as Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island combined, but has less than 330,000 inhabitants. These residents are sometimes called "Yoopers" (derived from the pronunciation of "U.P.").*
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