Mackinac Bridge - a suspension bridge across the channel between the lower and upper peninsulas of Michigan

Middle West, Midwest - the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America)

Isle Royal National Park - a national park on an island in Michigan; includes prehistoric iron mines

American state - one of the 50 states of the United States

Alpena - a town in northern Michigan on an arm of Lake Huron

Ann Arbor - a city in southern Michigan near Detroit; site of the University of Michigan

Detroit, Motor City, Motown - the largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port; center of the United States automobile industry; located in southeastern Michigan on the Detroit river across from Windsor

Flint - a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile manufacturing

Grand Rapids - a city in west central Michigan; noted for manufacturing furniture

Houghton - a town in northwest Michigan on the Upper Peninsula

Jackson - a town in south central Michigan

capital of Michigan, Lansing - capital of the state of Michigan; located in southern Michigan on the Grand river

Marquette - a town on Lake Superior on the Upper Peninsula in northwest Michigan

Monroe - a town of southeast Michigan on Lake Erie

Traverse City - a town in northern Michigan on an arm of Lake Michigan

Detroit River - a short river flowing from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie along the border between the United States and Canada; one the busiest inland waterways in the world

Lake Saint Clair, Lake St. Clair - a lake between Ontario and Michigan; connected with Lake Huron and Lake Erie

Lower Peninsula - the part of northern Michigan between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron

Upper Peninsula - the peninsula between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan that forms the northwestern part of Michigan