• The Detroit-Windsor international border crossing is the busiest between the U.S. and Canada
  • The first soda pop made in the U.S., Vernor’s ginger ale, was created by accident in 1866 in Detroit
  • More tonnage passes though the historic Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, than the Suez and Panama Canals combined
  • Michigan has the most registered boats (over 1 million) of any state in the Union
    52% of Michigan is covered in forest
  • The city of Novi, Michigan, was named for its stagecoach designation of Stop # 6 or No.VI
  • The nation’s first regularly scheduled air service began operation between Grand Rapids and Detroit in 1926