"The portion of highway M-95 beginning at the border between Michigan and Wisconsin in Dickinson county and extending north to Champion in Marquette County..." (2001)
From MDOT: "Named in honor of Leif Erickson, a Norse explorer, born in Iceland and son of Eric the Red, discoverer and colonizer of Greenland. It is believed that Leif Erickson visited the shores of North America early in the l1th century, Dedicated by (Resolution of 1952)
Eriksson is considered by many to be the first European to reach North America, centuries ahead of Christopher Columbus. In1964 the United States Congress authorized the president to proclaim each October 9 as Leif Eriksson Day."
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