Being bordered by four of the five Great Lakes—Erie, Huron, Michigan, and Superior—Michigan also has 64,980 inland lakes and ponds, as well as innumerable rivers, that may contain their own islands included in this list.

Some of these otherwise unusable islands have been used for the large number of Michigan's lighthouses to aid in shipping throughout the Great Lakes, while others have been set aside as nature reserves.

The islands in the southern portion of the county are part of the North Maumee Bay Archeological District of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge, while northern islands are part of Pointe Mouillee State Game Area at the mouth of the Huron River and Detroit River.

While Mackinac Island had a population of 492, there are thousands more seasonal workers and tourists during the summer months.

The following is a list of islands in Lake Superior that are not part of Isle Royale National Park.

For its entire length, it carries the international border between the United States and Canada.

It carries the international border throughout its length, and some of the islands belong to neighboring Ontario.

The whole length of the Michigan portion of the river is part of Chippewa County.

Download coordinates as: Michigan has numerous inland lakes and rivers that also contain their own islands.

At its shortest distance, it is located less than one mile (1.6 kilometres) from Lake Huron, but the two are not connected.