T&T: Boating in Florida

[Jeff Bacon]

Agreed !

I had half a feeling that it was an Urban Legend, but didn't know where 
to got to confirm.
Thanks....... Jeff

Wesley & Patty Eldred wrote:

>Jeff:
>There is a comparative table of state shorelines on the Michigan Dept. 
>of Environmental Quality's site that gives the measurements for states 
>touching the Great Lakes. See 
>http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3313_3677-15959--,00.html World 
>Book Encyclopedia (v.13, p.500 of the 2000 edition) states that 
>Michigan's shoreline, at 3,288 miles is "more than any other state 
>except Alaska. This includes 1,056 miles (1,699 kilometers) of island 
>shoreline." In v.1 (p.284 and 294) of the same edition it states that 
>Alaska has 6,640 miles or 10,686 kilometers of coastline.
>
>Maine is credited with having 3,500 miles of mainland coastline plus 
>another 5,000 miles of island coastline.  It appears that there is no 
>chance that Michigan could compare with the entire east coast. 
>
>Regards,
>
>Wesley
>weldred@adelphia.net
>
>Jeff Bacon wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Here is another astounding Michigan fact that I read quite some time 
>>ago. I cannot point to the article  this many years later, but it said 
>>that with all of Michigans little coastal nooks and crannies, and the 
>>Upper Peninsula, that Michigan has more coast line than the east coast 
>>of the US.
>>
>>Can anyone verify or discredit ?
>>    
>>
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