Munising is a city on the southern shore of Lake Superior in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The name is derived from "Minissing", an Ojibwe word meaning island in a lake, for the nearby Grand Island. The town began in 1850 as a company town on the east side of the bay, when the Munising Iron Company bought land there and platted a community first known as "Old Munising" and later as "East Munising". Little known, the quiet little city of Munising in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, is one of the most beautiful cities in the Mid West.