http://absolutemichigan.com/michigan/why-we-are-called-the-wolverine-state/ All Michigan, All the Time Fri, 24 May 2013 02:11:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://absolutemichigan.com/michigan/why-we-are-called-the-wolverine-state/#comment-92043 State Nicknames, Part 2 | Julie Glover, Writer Wed, 18 Jul 2012 11:32:39 +0000 http://www.absolutemichigan.com/dig/michigan/why-we-are-called-the-wolverine-state/#comment-92043 [...] Michigan – The Great Lake State or the Wolverine State. Michigan appears to have two nicknames. On one state site, the preferred name was the Great Lake State. This is attributable to Michigan being situated on the Great Lakes and having 38,575 square miles of Great Lake water area and 3,126 miles of Great Lake shoreline. Another state source gave the nickname as the Wolverine State. This is not due to a high population of wolverines, but rather a nickname Ohioans gave Michiganians during the 1835 Toledo War between their states. Wolverines have a reputation for being ornery. The University of Michigan later adopted the wolverine as its school mascot.  Sources: Michigan Department of Transportation, Michigan-Your State Capitol, Absolute Michigan [...]

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