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Munising is a city on the southern shore of Lake Superior in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and the county seat of Alger County.

Its name comes from the Ojibwe word minisiing, meaning "at the island," a reference to Grand Island, which sits about half a mile offshore in Munising Bay.

Munising was settled in 1855, incorporated as a village in 1896, and became a city in 1915.

The city is the western gateway to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and the main embarkation point for boat cruises to the Pictured Rocks cliffs and to Grand Island National Recreation Area.

The 2020 census counted 1,986 people in Munising, living in 918 households, with 1,198 total housing units.

Munising was once far bigger: its population peaked at 5,037 in 1920 during the lumber era and has declined in nearly every census since.

The Munising area is famous for its waterfalls, including Alger Falls, Horseshoe Falls, Memorial Falls, Munising Falls, Miners Falls, Scott Falls, Wagner Falls and Tannery Falls.

Munising endures some of the heaviest lake-effect snow in the eastern United States, averaging about 161 inches of snow per year.

More than 40 percent of the city's 9.04 square miles is water, since its boundaries extend into Munising Bay.

The city's motto is "Gateway to Adventure."