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44-771: The Scouting program in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan saw a drastic drop in membership beginning in the early 2000s. The decrease in population was due to the economy in Michigan and the resulting out-migration of population, jobs and industry. The Area 2 Project was created in 2010 and studied the impact on Scouting and presented the Crossroads Recommendation, which proposed that the ten councils in Michigan merge into one large council. Erie Shores Council in northwest Ohio voted not to join Area 2 project. Hiawathaland Council in

88-646: A decision to merge their Field Service Councils to create one central Council. The Organization of the Michigan Crossroads Council Boy Scouts of America councils in Area 2 of the Central Region is unique to Michigan. The Michigan Crossroads Council (MCC) was created by the merger of nine councils in the lower peninsula of Michigan . It is a coordinating council that oversees properties, personnel, and program. As of 2021, Michigan Crossroads council has absorbed it's Field Service Councils and

132-461: A few hundred feet tall, most common in the north. The highest point in the Lower Peninsula is not definitely established, but is either Briar Hill at 1,705 feet (520 m), or one of several points nearby in the vicinity of Cadillac . The lowest point is at the shore of Lake Erie at 571 feet (174 m). The western coast features extensive sandy beaches and dunes produced by Lake Michigan and

176-520: A few hundred feet tall. The highest point in the Lower Peninsula is either Briar Hill at 1,705 feet (520 m), or one of several points nearby in the vicinity of Cadillac . The lowest point is the surface of Lake Erie at 571 feet (174 m). A feature of Michigan that gives it the distinct shape of a mitten is the Thumb . This peninsula projects out into Lake Huron and the Saginaw Bay . The geography of

220-496: A total area of 97,990 square miles (253,800 km ) – including those territorial waters – Michigan is the largest state east of the Mississippi River , and the eleventh largest state overall. More than half of the state's land area – 30,156 square miles (78,100 km ) – is still forest . The state lies roughly between 41° and 49° north latitude, and between 82° and 91° west longitude. The heavily forested Upper Peninsula

264-557: A variety of nearby islands. The Upper Peninsula is bounded on the southwest by Wisconsin , and the Lower Peninsula is bounded on the south by Indiana and Ohio . Both land masses are also separated from the Canadian province of Ontario by waterways of the Great Lakes, and from each other by the Straits of Mackinac . Because its land is largely surrounded by the Great Lakes, which flow into

308-402: A warmer climate ( Köppen climate classification Dfa ) with hot summers and cold winters. The northern two-thirds of the Lower Peninsula and the entire Upper Peninsula has a more severe climate (Köppen Dfb ), with warm, but shorter summers and longer, cold to very cold winters. Some parts of the state average high temperatures below freezing from December through February, and into early March in

352-469: Is Mount Arvon at 1,979 feet (603 m). The peninsula is as large as Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island combined but has fewer than 330,000 inhabitants. The geographic orientation of Michigan's peninsulas makes for a long distance between the ends of the state. Ironwood , in the far western Upper Peninsula, lies 630 highway miles (1,015 km) from Lambertville in the Lower Peninsula's southeastern corner. The geographic isolation of

396-1089: Is a weekend full of trainings, fellowship, amazing shows, and more, all with the main purpose of activating and inspiring arrowmen. The Order of the Arrow consists of four main levels: National, Regional, Sectional, and Council. Mishigami lodge sits at the council level. Beyond the council level arrowmen have a variety of opportunities to serve larger parts of the organization as a whole. Adults also have opportunities to serve at these levels as well. Individuals from Mishigami that have provided such service may be found below. Service Beyond The Lodge: Daniel Miller: 2021-2022 Section C2 Chief Zachary Dotson: 2021-2022 Section C2 Vice Chief Michael Ferdig: 2021-2022 Section C2 Secretary; 2022-2024 Section E2 Vice Chief Broan Chrzanowski: 2022-Present Section E2 Adviser Timothy Pfeiffer: 2022-2023 Section E2 Secretary; 2023-2024 Section E2 Chief Madison Wagner: 2024-2025 Section E2 Chief Jack Lehmann: 2024-2025 Section E2 Vice Chief Ryan Shork: 2024-2025 Section E2 Secretary All properties in

440-562: Is home to three National Park Service preserves: Isle Royale National Park , located in Lake Superior, about 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Thunder Bay, Ontario ; Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore , on the Lake Superior shore between Munising and Grand Marais ; and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore , on the Lake Michigan shore between the villages of Frankfort , Empire , and Glen Arbor . Other national protected areas in

484-526: Is more than six miles (9.7 km) from one of these bodies of water, and at most 85 miles (137 km) from one of the Great Lakes (near Lansing ). The American Bird Conservancy and the National Audubon Society have designated several locations as internationally Important Bird Areas . The Lower Peninsula is dominated by a geological basin known as the Michigan Basin . That feature

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528-608: Is now divided into two administrative divisions. These divisions are formally called the President Ford Division, encompassing most of the western counties of Michigan's lower peninsula; and the Great Lakes Division encompassing the lower peninsula's eastern counties. President Ford Division Great Lakes Division The council is served by the Mishigami Lodge 29. The word Mishigami means "Land of Great Waters" in

572-598: Is performed by committees which have youth chairmen and adult advisers. A volunteer Lodge Adviser is appointed by the Scout Executive. The lodge adviser appoints other adults to serve as advisers to specific lodge officers and committees. The Scout Executive also appoints a member of the professional staff to serve a Staff Adviser to the lodge. Mishigami is one of the six lodges that make up Section E2. Section E2 serves to support six lodges all across Michigan, Western Ohio, and Northern Kentucky. The section works closely with

616-476: Is relatively mountainous in the west. The Porcupine Mountains , which are part of one of the oldest mountain chains in the world, rise to an altitude of almost 2,000 feet (610 m) above sea level and form the watershed between the streams flowing into Lake Superior and Lake Michigan. The surface on either side of this range is rugged. The state's highest point, in the Huron Mountains northwest of Marquette,

660-617: Is represented by a nearly circular pattern of geologic sedimentary strata in the area with a nearly uniform structural dip toward the center of the peninsula. The basin is centered in Gladwin County where the Precambrian basement rocks are 16,000 feet (4,900 m) deep. Around the margins, such as under Mackinaw City, Michigan , the Precambrian surface is around 4,000 feet (1,200 m) down. This 4,000-foot (1,200 m) contour on

704-688: The Fox Islands , North Manitou Island , and South Manitou Island in Lake Michigan; Harsens Island in Lake St. Clair; and Belle Isle and Grosse Ile in the Detroit River . Keweenaw Bay , Whitefish Bay , and the Big and Little Bay de Noc are the principal bays of the Upper Peninsula. The Grand and Little Traverse , Thunder , and Saginaw bays are found on the Lower Peninsula. After Alaska, Michigan has

748-742: The Saint Lawrence River , Michigan is the only U.S. state whose streams and rivers are almost entirely within the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence watershed. Michigan's territorial waters include roughly half each of Lake Superior , Lake Michigan , and Lake Huron , and smaller areas of Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie . It includes an estimated 11,000 inland lakes. It encompasses 58,110 square miles (150,500 km ) of land, 38,575 square miles (99,910 km ) of Great Lakes waters, and 1,305 square miles (3,380 km ) of inland waters. Its territorial waters are second in area only to those of Alaska . At

792-639: The Upper Peninsula of Michigan , voted against merging into MCC and later merged with the Bay-Lakes Council in Wisconsin. As a result, in 2012, the remaining Lower Peninsula councils were merged into the Michigan Crossroads Council (MCC). The MCC is then split into four sub-councils or "Field Service Councils" which are then divided into districts. In 2020, Michigan Crossroads Council made

836-437: The two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan ; the other being the Upper Peninsula , which is separated by the Straits of Mackinac . It is surrounded by water on all sides except its southern border, which it shares with Indiana and Ohio . Although the Upper Peninsula is commonly referred to as "the U.P.", it is uncommon for the Lower Peninsula to be called "the L.P.". Because of its recognizable shape,

880-599: The Great Lakes. The state's numerous rivers are generally short and shallow, though several are navigable by recreational watercraft. The principal ones include the Au Sable , Thunder Bay , Cheboygan , and Saginaw , all of which flow into Lake Huron; the Ontonagon , and Tahquamenon , which flow into Lake Superior; and the St. Joseph , Kalamazoo , Grand , Muskegon , Manistee , and Escanaba , which flow into Lake Michigan. The state

924-415: The Lower Peninsula is nicknamed The Mitten , with the eastern region identified as " The Thumb ". This has led to several folkloric creation myths for the area, one being that it is a handprint of Paul Bunyan , a giant lumberjack and popular European-American folk character in Michigan. When asked where they live, Lower Peninsula residents may hold up their right palm and point to a spot on it to indicate

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968-601: The Michigan Crossroads Council are operated by the council-wide Outdoor Adventures Division. Each year, the Outdoor Adventures Committee assesses the council property and determines which programs each camp will be operating such as resident summer camps, weekend camping, or shooting sports activities. The following is a list of camps that MCC operates: The following are open in the summer for Cub Scout, Boy Scout, and Venturing resident camps. They are also open for weekend reservations year-round. Since its inception,

1012-403: The Michigan Crossroads Council has closed and sold several camps owned by predecessor councils to balance its finances. The following camp properties are no longer operated for an indefinite amount of time and are not available for reservations: Lower Peninsula of Michigan The Lower Peninsula of Michigan – also known as Lower Michigan – is the larger, southern and less elevated of

1056-711: The Ojibwa language. The lodge uses the Mastodon as its totem. Mishigami Lodge performs service to all Michigan Crossroads Council Camps, hosts fellowship activities, promotes camping among council Scout Troops, Venturing Crews, and Cub Scout Packs, and attends regional and national Order of the Arrow events. Like all Order of the Arrow programs, the Mishigami Lodge has youth leaders who are advised by appointed adults. The six lodge officers (Chief, Vice-Chief of Program, Vice-Chief of Unit Relations, Vice-Chief of Administration, Treasurer, and Lodge Secretary) are elected annually. The lodge's work

1100-503: The Thumb is mainly flat with a few rolling hills. The Leelanau Peninsula lies in the Northern Lower Michigan region. See Also Michigan Regions The Great Lakes that form most of the water boundary of Michigan are Lake Erie , Lake Huron , Lake Michigan , and Lake Superior . Because of the historical importance of shipping on the lakes, Michigan has about 150 lighthouses , more than any other state. ( see Lighthouses in

1144-602: The United States ) The state is bounded on the south by the states of Ohio and Indiana , sharing land and water boundaries with both. Michigan's northern boundaries are almost entirely water boundaries, from south to north, with Illinois and Wisconsin in Lake Michigan; then a land boundary with Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula, that is principally demarcated by the Menominee and Montreal Rivers ; then water boundaries again, in Lake Superior, with Wisconsin and Minnesota to

1188-458: The Upper Peninsula are sometimes mistakenly presented as "Michigan", which contributes to resentment by "Yoopers" (residents of "the U.P"). Yoopers jokingly refer to residents of the Lower Peninsula as "flat-landers" (referring to the region's less rugged terrain) or " trolls " (because, being south of the Mackinac Bridge , they " live under the bridge "). The Lower Peninsula is bounded on

1232-442: The Upper Peninsula from Michigan's political and population centers makes the U.P. culturally and economically distinct. The Lower Peninsula, shaped like a mitten, is 277 miles (446 km) long from north to south and 195 miles (314 km) from east to west and occupies more than two-thirds of the state's land area. The surface of the peninsula is generally level, broken by conical hills and glacial moraines usually not more than

1276-665: The bedrock clips the northern part of the lower peninsula and continues under Lake Michigan along the west. It crosses the southern counties of Michigan and continues on to the north beneath Lake Huron . Most monthly temperatures in the lower peninsula range from a low of 14 degrees to a high of 84 degrees Fahrenheit. Michigan's Lower Peninsula can be divided into four main regions based on geological, soil, and vegetation differences; amount of urban areas or rural areas; minority populations; and agriculture . The four principal regions listed below can further be separated into sub-regions and overlapping areas. Interstate Highways in

1320-625: The entire lengths of the St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair (including the First Nation reserve of Walpole Island ) and the Detroit River. The southeastern boundary ends in the western end of Lake Erie with a three-way convergence of Michigan, Ohio and Ontario. With the exception of two tiny areas on its borders – one drained by the Mississippi River by way of the Wisconsin River in the Upper Peninsula,

1364-578: The entire surface of the Upper Peninsula (being principally of primitive origin), while Secondary deposits cover the entire Lower Peninsula. The Upper Peninsula exhibits Lower Silurian sandstones, limestones, copper and iron bearing rocks, corresponding to the Huronian system of Canada . The central portion of the Lower Peninsula contains coal measures and rocks of the Permo-Carboniferous period. Devonian and sub-Carboniferous deposits are scattered over

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1408-488: The far northern parts. During the winter through the middle of February parts of the state are frequently subjected to heavy lake-effect snow . The state averages from 30–40 inches (76–102 centimetres) of precipitation annually. Snow cover tends to be intermittent in the southern part of the state, but persistent in northern Lower Michigan and especially in the Upper Peninsula. The entire state averages 30 days of thunderstorm activity per year. These can be severe, especially in

1452-456: The largest state park and state forest system of any state. These parks and forests include Holland State Park , Mackinac Island State Park , Au Sable State Forest , and Mackinaw State Forest . Michigan has a humid continental climate , although there are two distinct regions. The southern third of the Lower Peninsula (south of Saginaw Bay and from the Grand Rapids area southward) have

1496-556: The location. The peninsula is sometimes divided into the Northern Lower Peninsula —which is more sparsely populated and largely forested—and the Southern Lower Peninsula—which is largely urban or farmland. Southern Lower Michigan is sometimes further divided into economic and cultural subregions. The more culturally and economically diverse Lower Peninsula dominates Michigan politics, and maps of it without

1540-526: The lodge Key 3(Lodge Adviser, Lodge Chief, and Lodge Staff Adviser) to encourage growth and activation by offering the Section Leadership Seminar(SLS) and Section Conclave. SLS is an annual training tailored to each lodge and current challenges they are facing in order to give their arrowmen the tools they need to overcome those challenges. Later in the year, the Section holds Section Conclave which

1584-501: The longest shoreline of any state, 3,288 miles (5,292 km). An additional 1,056 miles (1,699 km) can be added if islands are included. This roughly equals the length of the Atlantic Coast from Maine to Florida. The state has 11,037 inland lakes comprising 1,305 square miles (3,380 km ) of inland water. No point in Michigan is more than 6 miles (9.7 km) from an inland lake or more than 85 miles (137 km) from one of

1628-536: The other by way of the Kankakee - Illinois River in the Lower Peninsula – the rivers and streams of Michigan drain entirely into the Great Lakes. The larger islands of Michigan include Isle Royale and Grand Island in Lake Superior; Neebish and Sugar islands in the St. Mary's River ; Drummond Island , Les Cheneaux Islands , Mackinac Island , Bois Blanc Island , and Charity Island in Lake Huron; Beaver Island ,

1672-483: The prevailing winds from the west. The relatively shallow Saginaw Bay is surrounded by a similarly shallow drainage basin . Several large river systems flow into the adjacent Great Lakes, including the Kalamazoo , Grand , Muskegon , and Manistee rivers (Lake Michigan), and the Au Sable and Tittabawassee – Shiawassee – Saginaw rivers (Lake Huron). Because of the networks of rivers and numerous lakes, no point on land

1716-471: The region include: U.S. Highways in the region include: The Great Lakes Circle Tour is a designated scenic road system connecting all of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River. 43°40′N 84°45′W  /  43.667°N 84.750°W  / 43.667; -84.750 Geography of Michigan Michigan consists of two peninsulas surrounded primarily by four of the Great Lakes and

1760-399: The southern part of the state. The state averages 17 tornadoes per year, which are more common in the extreme southern portion of the state. Portions of the southern border have been nearly as vulnerable historically as parts of Tornado Alley . Farther north, in the Upper Peninsula, tornadoes are rare. The geological formation of the state is greatly varied. Primary boulders are found over

1804-491: The state include: Keweenaw National Historical Park , Huron National Forest , Manistee National Forest , Hiawatha National Forest , Ottawa National Forest , Fumee Lake Natural Area, and Father Marquette National Memorial . The largest section of the North Country National Scenic Trail also passes through Michigan. With 78 state parks , 19 state recreation areas, and 6 state forests , Michigan has

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1848-545: The west by Lake Michigan and on the northeast by Lake Huron , which connect at the Straits of Mackinac . In the southeast, the waterway consisting of the St. Clair River , Lake St. Clair , Detroit River , and Lake Erie separates it from the province of Ontario , Canada. It is bounded on the south by the states of Indiana and Ohio . This border is irregular: the border with Indiana was moved 10 miles northward from its territorial position to give Indiana more access to Lake Michigan, and its slightly angled border with Ohio

1892-470: The west, capped around by the Canadian province of Ontario to the north and east. The northern boundary then runs completely through Lake Superior, from the western boundary with Minnesota to a point north of and around Isle Royale , thence traveling southeastward through the lake in a reasonably straight line to the Sault Ste. Marie area. In Southeastern Michigan there is a water boundary with Canada along

1936-599: Was part of the compromise which ended the Toledo War . The Lower Peninsula is a part of the Great Lakes Plain, which include large parts of Wisconsin and Ohio. At its widest points, the Lower Peninsula is 277 miles (446 km) long from north to south and 195 miles (314 km) from east to west. It contains nearly two-thirds of Michigan's total land area. The surface of the peninsula is generally level, broken by conical hills and glacial moraines usually not more than

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