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Some of the earliest known human inhabitants of the Lake Michigan region were the Hopewell Indians. Their culture declined after 800 AD, and later was the home of peoples known as the Late Woodland Indians. It was in the early seventeenth century that western European explorers came to the region. The people they encountered were descendants of the Late Woodland Indians: the Chippewa, Menominee, Sauk, Fox, Winnebago, Miami, Ottawa, and Potawatomi.<ref>Lake Michigan[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Michigan](accessed 20 November 2013)</ref> <br><br> | Some of the earliest known human inhabitants of the Lake Michigan region were the Hopewell Indians. Their culture declined after 800 AD, and later was the home of peoples known as the Late Woodland Indians. It was in the early seventeenth century that western European explorers came to the region. The people they encountered were descendants of the Late Woodland Indians: the Chippewa, Menominee, Sauk, Fox, Winnebago, Miami, Ottawa, and Potawatomi.<ref>Lake Michigan[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Michigan](accessed 20 November 2013)</ref> <br><br> | ||
[[Image:Woodland indian camp.jpg|thumb|left]]The first Europeans to see Lake Michigan were French traders and explorers in the 1600's. One of which called Lake Michigan the Grand Lac. Later it would also be called by the names: "Lac Dauphin","Lake of the Stinking Water", and "Lake of the Puants" c. 1670(The Winnebago Indians were called Puans by the French explorers). On a 1688 map, Lake Michigan is called Lac des Illinois.<ref>Great Lakes Michigan Facts [http://great-lakes.net/lakes/ref/michfact.html](accessed 20 November 2013)</ref> | [[Image:Woodland indian camp.jpg|thumb|left]]The first Europeans to see Lake Michigan were French traders and explorers in the 1600's. One of which called Lake Michigan the Grand Lac. Later it would also be called by the names: "Lac Dauphin", "Lake of the Stinking Water", and "Lake of the Puants" c. 1670(The Winnebago Indians were called Puans by the French explorers). On a 1688 map, Lake Michigan is called Lac des Illinois.<ref>Great Lakes Michigan Facts [http://great-lakes.net/lakes/ref/michfact.html](accessed 20 November 2013)</ref> | ||
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In the late 17th century, the Europeans would use Lake Michigan as part of a series of waterways to travel between the Saint Lawrence River and the Mississippi River and on to the Gulf of Mexico. The French established small ports and trading communities, such as Green Bay, on the lake during the late 17th and early 18th centuries.<ref> Lake Michigan[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Michigan](accessed 20 November 2013)</ref> | |||
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An Indian name for Lake Michigan was "Michi gami" and through further interaction with the Indians, the "Lake of the Stinking Water" received its final name of Michigan.<br><br>The first person to reach the deep bottom of Lake Michigan was J. Val Klump, a scientist at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Klump reached the bottom via submersible as part of a 1985 research expedition.[7]<br> | An Indian name for Lake Michigan was "Michi gami" and through further interaction with the Indians, the "Lake of the Stinking Water" received its final name of Michigan.<br><br>The first person to reach the deep bottom of Lake Michigan was J. Val Klump, a scientist at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Klump reached the bottom via submersible as part of a 1985 research expedition.[7]<br> | ||