This one wasn’t even close. Of the 227 people who took this week’s Heller Poll on which Great Lake is the greatest of them all, 59 percent said Lake Michigan. In second place was Lake Superior with 30 percent, while Lake Huron finished a dismal third with 15 percent. (I realize that adds up to 104 percent, but that’s what the silly poll program said, so clearly it has my math skills.)
Lakes Erie and Ontario received no votes, not that any were expected because, c’mon, they’re Lakes Erie and Ontario, the red-headed step-children of the Great Lakes. (Apologies to any red-headed step-children out there.)
Enjoy the rest of summer, folks.
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And as the magnet on my fridge proclaims: 4 of the 5 Great Lakes chose the State of Michigan
The poll allowed you to choose more than one lake, I voted Huron/Michigan. (my rusty math skills say that means 9 people including me voted for two lakes or some combination of less than 9 people voted for 2 or 3 lakes)
I’m currently reading a 5 volume science fiction story that mentioned the 5 Great Canyons, I knew instantly they were going to say our lakes dried up. That’s a scary thought.
Give me the sunrise side with calmer water and less undertow, any day over Lake Michigan. The sunrise side is less expensive for living full time and for us tourists.
I’m partial to Huron lately, Lakeport State Park is just over an hour east of Flint. On a weekday you can practically have the beach to yourself. They have campgrounds too so I can take a daytrip or overnight spur of the moment which is a huge plus.
I think a lot of the Lake Michigan voters have never seen Lake Superior. She gets in your blood. Lake Michigan is a close second. But Superior truly is Superior.
It’s probably more due to the fact even if you’ve been to Lake Superior you pretty much visited both Lake Michigan and Lake Huron by crossing the Mackinac Bridge. I agree many people go no further north than the ferries to the island, Tahquamenon Falls or maybe the Soo Locks.