Why is Saginaw Valley Michigan called a valley?
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"Saginaw valley, which must not be confused with the city of that same name, comprises all the territory in East Michigan that is drained by the Saginaw river and its tributaries."
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No, because a peninsula is "surrounded" by water. The key here is that even though the western part of New Jersey is bordered by the Delaware River, the width of New Jersey is wider than the river, so you really can't call it being "surrounded by." If this were a peninsula, then wouldn't eastern North America be a peninsula since it has the Mississippi to the west ?\n\n"Peninsula" comes from the Latin "almost island". Florida is a classic example of a peninsula. It's connected to the mainland by only a small strip of land, clearly surrounded on three sides.\n\nHope this helps.
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Actually, I think there is a place in Michigan called Nirvana, in Lake County.\n\nTry Yahoo! maps.
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michigan is the sexiest state in the us.  so of course.
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The Midwest is usually considered to be the region of the United States that in the upper Mississippi & Great Lakes area -- covering the states like Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Michigan. This region got this name for being midway to the Western frontier in earlier times of American history.\n\nMontana is generally not considered part of the Midwest, but rather the West. \n\nGreat Falls, Montana would not be considered in the Midwest.
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989 is the area code for Alpena, Mt Pleasant, Bay City, Saginaw, Midland, Owosso and Central Michigan, Michigan\n\nNote that 989 covers more than just the single city of Saginaw.  The second answer to this question implies this incorrectly.
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Try the Michigan website.
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The name derived from a river in Wisconsin
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Because you have to go around the southern end of Lake Michigan. It's 270 miles and 4.35 hours. If you could drive through the lake, you'd make it there quicker.
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OFFICIAL ANSWER IS ALASKA: \n"Michigan's boundaries include parts of four of the five Great Lakes. It has more coastline than any state except Alaska."  \nBeing from Michigan, I thought we definitely had more than California and Hawaii but figured there was no beating Alaska...wanted to make sure.  (nobody thinks about the inland lakes having "coastlines" and Michigan is completely forgotten by the rest of the country)  Check the site below if you don't believe me
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Shenandoah Valley \nLoudoun Valley
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The word Mississippi comes from the Ojibwa name for the river, "Messipi" (or Misi-ziibi in contemporary spelling), which means great river, or from the Algonquin Missi Sepe, "great river," poetically, "father of waters." The Ojibwe called Lake Itasca Omashkoozo-zaaga'igan (Elk Lake) and the river flowing out of it Omashkoozo-ziibi (Elk River). After flowing into Lake Bemidji, the Ojibwe called the river Bemijigamaa-ziibi (River from the Traversing Lake). After flowing into Cass Lake, the name of the river again changed to Miskwaawaakokaa-ziibi (Red Cedar River) and then to Gichi-ziibi (Big River) after flowing into Lake Winnibigoshish. The Ojibwe name Misi-ziibi applied only to the portion below the Crow Wing River, but the ever-changing names of the river seemed illogical to the English speakers, so after the expedition by Henry Schoolcraft, the longest stream above the juncture of the Crow Wing River and Gichi-ziibi was named "Mississippi River".
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1960 Squaw Valley, Canada, Robert Paul and Barbara Wagner
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A bay is a body of water.  Like, say, Hudson Bay\n\nA peninsula is a strip of land that extends into a body of water. It is "almost an island".  E.G. Baja in Mexico is a peninsula.
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Lake Huron was indeed given that name by the French because the Huron people lived on its shores (Georgian Bay, technically).  However, the Huron people were given THAT name by the French as well.  They actually called themselves "Wendat," which means, basically, "people of the peninsula."\n\nWhere did the French get the term "Huron" then?  The best theory about this is that when the French first encountered the Wendat people, they called them by a French idiomatic term: "les hures," which literally means "wild boars," and metaphorically means "barbarians," or even "hicks."  This was an insult, and this is why the Wendat people prefer their own name for themselves.   \n\nSo, technically, Lake Huron is named for "wild boars!"
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I'm in Michigan too... but I can't think of any - other than the one grocery I work at.  There are two of them in this county, and that's it !
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Minnesota River Valley Lowland?\nRed River Plain?\n\nTry Googling these terms, they seem rich in information:\nagassiz glacier lake region minnesota plain