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Jean Nicollet was the first European who travel through the Great Lakes area. he was a French explorer who visited the Lake Michigan that possibly reached the Mississippi River.
The French explorer Jean Nicolet is believed to be the first non-Native American to discover Lake Michigan in 1634 or 1638. ---Actually it was first discovered by the explorer Aubert in the year 1508.
The first European to sight the lake in 1858 was the British explorer John Hanning Speke and named the lake after the British Queen , Queen Victoria
A French explorer named Samuel de Champlian was the first European to set foot in what is now Vermont. The lake was later named after him.
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Frenchman, Jean Nicollet (also spelled Nicolet), who was known for wearing loud, flowery robes while exploring, was first to travel this area in 1633.
Lake Michigan
Wisconsin is not separated by Lake Michigan. Michigan is separated by Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.
Lake Michigan separates lower Michigan from Wisconsin.
Minnesota; Touches Lake superior Wisconsin; Touches Lake superior and lake Michigan Michigan; touches Lake Superior, Lake Michigan , Lake Huron and Lake Erie. Illinois; Touches Lake Michigan. Indiana; Touches Lake Michigan.
Michigan is effectively divided in two by Lake Michigan.
You can find lake Michigan going through Chicago.