Michigan State Highway 27, or M-27, is a short north-south highway in the extreme north of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan between Interstate 75 just north of Indian River and Cheboygan, where it meets U.S. Highway 23 near Lake Huron. It remains as a relic of the old U.S. Highway 27 which disappeared north of Grayling because Interstate 75 lies close to old US 27 between Grayling and Indian River. Michigan decommissions almost all US or state highways that any Interstate Highway supplants.
Interstate 75 takes a more direct route between Indian River and Mackinaw City, old US 27 leading through Topinabee and Cheboygan. Between Cheboygan and Mackinaw City, US 23 and US 27 coincided before 1963; US 23 remains intact. Interstate 75 angles west of due north toward Mackinaw City; US 27 (and now M-27) angles to the east toward the north.
With US 23 it is a scenic, if indirect alternative to Interstate 75 on its approach to the Mackinac Bridge.
The state is bordered on the N and E by Ontario, on the S by Ohio and Indiana, and on the W by Wisconsin.
Michigan’s scenic and recreation resources, which exceed those of neighboring, equally densely populated states, include lengthy, often spectacular shorelines on lakes and rivers; hilly terrain; large areas covered by forests; a climate that provides relief from summer heat and is more conducive to winter sports than areas farther S; and bountiful fish and wildlife populations.
The population swelled from 9000 in 1820 to 29,000 in 1830 and 212,000 in 1840.
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