The state of Michigan is divided by the Great Lakes.
Lansing
The state is Michigan. The capital of the state is Lansing.
In the Great Lakes region, the state that does not border a Great Lake is Michigan. While Michigan has coastlines on four of the five Great Lakes, it is the only state that is divided by the lakes, and its Upper Peninsula does not directly border any lakes. Other states like Ohio, Indiana, and Wisconsin do border at least one of the Great Lakes.
During the Civil War, Virginia was divided into Virginia and West Virginia. Michigan is divided into two by the Great Lakes.
The US state divided completely in two by a body of water is Michigan.
Michigan is divided into north and south divided by the Great Lakes.
The capital of the state that is cut into by one of the Great Lakes is Lansing, Michigan. Michigan is divided into two peninsulas by Lake Michigan.
Michigan is divided into the Upper Peninsula and the Lower Peninsula,
Michigan
Not just one state has the five Great Lakes. In fact, the five great lakes aren't all in just the United States. Both Canada and the USA have some of the five great lakes. The border crosses right in the middle of each of the lakes, so Canada and the USA both have parts of each of the lakes. You can go to this link to see a picture example: http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/willow/the-great-lakes0.gif
Michigan, up in the Great Lakes "Michigan has the longest freshwater coastline of any political subdivision in the world, being bounded by four of the five Great Lakes, plus Lake Saint Clair."