The Blue Water Area
The Blue Water Area is another term describing the Thumb of Michigan. The term is usually used in respect to St. Clair County, parts of Sanilac County, Northern Macomb County, and Eastern Lapeer County. The title is also extended to include all of Michigan's Thumb.
The Blue Water Area is so named because of the Blue Water Bridge and the area's many bodies of water. It is a loosely defined sub-region of the Thumb, usually pertaining to tourism.
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Famous quotes containing the words blue, water and/or area:
“There is no blue without yellow and without orange.”
—Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890)
“The woman ... turned her melancholy tone into a scolding one. She was not very young, and the wrinkles in her face were filled with drops of water which had fallen from her eyes, which, with the yellowness of her complexion, made a figure not unlike a field in the decline of the year, when the harvest is gathered in and a smart shower of rain has filled the furrows with water. Her voice was so shrill that they all jumped into the coach as fast as they could and drove from the door.”
—Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)
“During the Civil War the area became a refuge for service- dodging Texans, and gangs of bushwhackers, as they were called, hid in its fastnesses. Conscript details of the Confederate Army hunted the fugitives and occasional skirmishes resulted.”
—Administration in the State of Texa, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)