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      <title>Michigan Actually Has 4 Southernmost Points</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 21:00:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[From Lake Michigan to Lake Erie, the Indiana and Ohio lines, there are 4 distinct points to know on Michigan's southern border. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/45/p/michigan-southern-border-points/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[From Lake Michigan to Lake Erie, the Indiana and Ohio lines, there are 4 distinct points to know on Michigan&apos;s southern border. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/45/p/michigan-southern-border-points/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Is Michigan Truly Midwest? Redditors Weigh In On Geography</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2024 15:28:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A Michigan resident's perspective on the American Midwest sparks debate on Reddit <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/45/p/michigan-resident-debates-american-midwest/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[A Michigan resident&apos;s perspective on the American Midwest sparks debate on Reddit <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/45/p/michigan-resident-debates-american-midwest/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>12 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Great Lakes</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2020 17:01:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[When you have spent as much time surrounded by the Great Lakes as we have here in Michigan, it's easy to think you know it all.  <a href="https://wgrd.com/12-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-the-great-lakes/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[When you have spent as much time surrounded by the Great Lakes as we have here in Michigan, it&apos;s easy to think you know it all.  <a href="https://wgrd.com/12-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-the-great-lakes/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Maitlynn Mossolle]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Poo-Pourri Forgets The U.P., Michiganders Now Get Free Poo-Pourri</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2019 03:57:43 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[It stinks the U.P. keeps getting left off the maps, but this time, not AS much.  <a href="https://wgrd.com/poo-pourri-forgets-the-u-p-michiganders-now-get-free-poo-pourri/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[It stinks the U.P. keeps getting left off the maps, but this time, not AS much.  <a href="https://wgrd.com/poo-pourri-forgets-the-u-p-michiganders-now-get-free-poo-pourri/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob Sparks]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Um, Excuse Me.  The U.P. Got Snubbed Again</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2019 20:37:09 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This may be a Michigan lack of "selling it" problem though.  <a href="https://wgrd.com/um-excuse-me-the-u-p-get-snubbed-again/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This may be a Michigan lack of &quot;selling it&quot; problem though.  <a href="https://wgrd.com/um-excuse-me-the-u-p-get-snubbed-again/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob Sparks]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>This Obscure Michigan Location is the Westernmost Point in the Eastern Time Zone</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2019 16:14:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Michigan's time zone boundary gives us a geographic oddity - the westernmost point of the Eastern Time Zone in the United States. <a href="https://wgrd.com/this-obscure-michigan-location-is-the-westernmost-point-in-the-eastern-time-zone/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Michigan&apos;s time zone boundary gives us a geographic oddity - the westernmost point of the Eastern Time Zone in the United States. <a href="https://wgrd.com/this-obscure-michigan-location-is-the-westernmost-point-in-the-eastern-time-zone/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Meier]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Mount Arvon is No Longer Michigan’s Highest Point, This Pile of Mining Waste Is</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:08:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Mount Arvon in northern Michigan's Huron Mountains has always been considered the highest point in the state. Surprisingly, that high point has been replaced by a pile of mining waste from the Tiden Mine near Ishpeming. <a href="https://wgrd.com/mount-arvon-is-no-longer-michigans-highest-point-this-pile-of-mining-waste-is/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Mount Arvon in northern Michigan&apos;s Huron Mountains has always been considered the highest point in the state. Surprisingly, that high point has been replaced by a pile of mining waste from the Tiden Mine near Ishpeming. <a href="https://wgrd.com/mount-arvon-is-no-longer-michigans-highest-point-this-pile-of-mining-waste-is/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Meier]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>These 8 Upper Peninsula Locations Are Actually South of the Mackinac Bridge</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2019 20:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Maybe being "Up North" is just a state of mind, when you consider how many spots in the Upper Peninsula area actually south of the Mackinac Bridge. <a href="https://wgrd.com/these-8-upper-peninsula-locations-are-actually-south-of-the-mackinac-bridge/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Maybe being &quot;Up North&quot; is just a state of mind, when you consider how many spots in the Upper Peninsula area actually south of the Mackinac Bridge. <a href="https://wgrd.com/these-8-upper-peninsula-locations-are-actually-south-of-the-mackinac-bridge/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Meier]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Today No One Knows the True Border Between Michigan and Ohio</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2019 14:20:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[From the Toledo War to a 1973 Supreme Court Case, the Michigan-Ohio border is one of the most contested in American history. The reason? The point that was to mark the beginning of the border is lost forever. <a href="https://wgrd.com/today-no-one-knows-the-true-border-between-michigan-and-ohio/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[From the Toledo War to a 1973 Supreme Court Case, the Michigan-Ohio border is one of the most contested in American history. The reason? The point that was to mark the beginning of the border is lost forever. <a href="https://wgrd.com/today-no-one-knows-the-true-border-between-michigan-and-ohio/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Even If You Had a Typewriter, You Couldn’t Duplicate This Amazing Michigan Map</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2018 19:53:45 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Good luck even finding a typewriter these days. But if you could find one, would you have the ability to produce this amazingly unique map of Lake Michigan. <a href="https://wgrd.com/typewriter-lake-michigan-map/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Good luck even finding a typewriter these days. But if you could find one, would you have the ability to produce this amazingly unique map of Lake Michigan. <a href="https://wgrd.com/typewriter-lake-michigan-map/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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