Botanical Laboratory

Historical marker location:

330 West Circle Drive, East Lansing, Michigan

( Marker is on West Circle Drive, 0.1 miles east of Kalamazoo Street, on the right when traveling east.)

Michigan State University.

The name "Michigan" comes from the Ojibwe word "mishigamaa," which means "large water" or "large lake." This refers to Lake Michigan, which is one of the five Great Lakes that border the state.