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Cheboygan Police Department (Michigan)
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Cheboygan may refer to a location in the United States: *Cheboygan, Michigan, the city * Cheboygan County, Michigan * Cheboygan River *Cheboygan Point in Lake Huron near the city of Cheboygan * Cheboygan State Park near the city of Cheboygan See also *Sheboygan (other) Sheboygan may refer to: Places in Wisconsin * Sheboygan, Wisconsin, city * Sheboygan (town), Wisconsin, town * Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, county * Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, city * Sheboygan Falls (town), Wisconsin, town * Sheboygan River ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheboygan, Michigan
Cheboygan ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 4,876. It is the county seat of Cheboygan County. The name of the city shares the name of the county and probably has its origin from the Cheboygan River, although the precise meaning is no longer known. It may have come from an Ojibwe word ''zhaabonigan'' meaning "sewing needle". Alternatively, the origin may have been "Chabwegan," meaning "a place of ore." The city is at the mouth of the Cheboygan River on Lake Huron. U.S. Highway 23 (US 23) connects with Interstate 75 (I-75) at Mackinaw City and the Mackinac Bridge, about to the northwest. Rogers City is about to the southeast. M-27 runs south from the city along the north shore of Mullett Lake to I-75 at Indian River about to the southwest. M-33 runs due south along the east shore of Mullett Lake to M-68 about to the south. History Cheboygan was originally an Ojibwe settlement. In 1844, Jacob Sammons, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheboygan County, Michigan
Cheboygan County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 25,579. The county seat is Cheboygan. The county boundaries were set off in 1840, with land partitioned from Mackinac County. The Cheboygan County government was organized in 1853. Etymology of the name Cheboygan The name of the county shares the same origin as that of the Cheboygan River, although the precise meaning is no longer known. It may have come from an Ojibwe word ''zhaabonigan,'' meaning "sewing needle". Alternatively, the origin may have been ''Chabwegan,'' meaning "a place of ore". It has also been described as "a Native American word first applied to the river. ''See'' List of Michigan county name etymologies. "Cheboygan" is pronounced the same as " Sheboygan" (a city in Wisconsin). Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (19%) is water. The county is considered to be part of Northern Michigan. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheboygan River
The Cheboygan River ( ) is a short but significant river in the Lake Huron drainage basin of the U.S. state of Michigan. in length,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed November 21, 2011 the Cheboygan River flows from the north end of Mullett Lake at to the Straits of Mackinac at . The river forms the boundary between Benton Township and Inverness Township before flowing into the city of Cheboygan. The largest tributary is the Black River. The Cheboygan River is entirely contained within Michigan's Cheboygan County, and the county seat of Cheboygan is located at the river's mouth. The river forms the port of Cheboygan and serves as a dock for the ferry boat to Bois Blanc Island and the Coast Guard cutter ''Mackinaw''. Cheboygan was founded as a lumbering town to cut timbers harvested from the Cheboygan River's drainage and floated down to mills (now mostly vanished) at the mouth of the river. Today, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Huron
Lake Huron ( ) is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. Hydrology, Hydrologically, it comprises the easterly portion of Lake Michigan–Huron, having the same surface elevation as Lake Michigan, to which it is connected by the , Straits of Mackinac. It is shared on the north and east by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south and west by the U.S. state of Michigan. The name of the lake is derived from early French explorers who named it for the Wyandot people, Huron people inhabiting the region. The Huronian glaciation was named from evidence collected from Lake Huron region. The northern parts of the lake include the North Channel (Ontario), North Channel and Georgian Bay. Saginaw Bay is located in the southwest corner of the lake. The main inlet is the St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario), St. Marys River, and the main outlet is the St. Clair River. Geography By surface area, Lake Huron is the second-largest of the Great Lakes, with a surface area of — ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheboygan State Park
Cheboygan State Park is a public recreation area covering on the shores of Lake Huron in Cheboygan County, Michigan, United States. The state park offers views of the Fourteen Foot Shoal Light and the remains of the 1859 Cheboygan Point Light plus a distant view of the Poe Reef Light Poe Reef is a lighthouse located at the east end of South Channel between Bois Blanc Island and the mainland of the Lower Peninsula, about east of Cheboygan, Michigan. Poe Reef has historically caused problems for shipping. Powered vessels hea ..., some six miles to the northeast. Park history The current Cheboygan State Park is the second state park unit bearing this name. From 1921 to 1945, a 15-acre Cheboygan State Park, originally referred to as O'Brien's Grove, existed on East Lincoln Avenue in the City of Cheboygan, now the site of the Cheboygan County Fairgrounds. The State of Michigan deeded the former Cheboygan State Park to the County of Cheboygan in 1945 for fair purposes. Then, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
