Michigan is the eighth most populous state in the United States. It has
the longest freshwater shoreline in the world, bounded by four of the
five
Great Lakes, plus
Lake Saint Clair.
In 2005, Michigan ranked third for the number of registered
recreational boats, behind
California and
Florida. Michigan has 64,980 inland lakes.
A person is never more than six miles (10 km) from a natural water
source, or more than 87.2 miles (137 km) from Great Lakes coastline.
