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Lake Michigan is the only Great Lake located fully in the United States; the other four are shared between the U.S. and Canada. It is the world's largest lake, by area, located fully in one country, [ 10 ] and is shared, from west to east, by the U.S. states of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan.
Surface elevation. 713 ft (217 m) [2] Douglas Lake is an inland lake located in Cheboygan County on the northern tip of Michigan's lower peninsula. It is the 28th largest lake in Michigan with an areal coverage of 3,395 acres (1,374 hectares) and a maximum depth of 79 feet (24 meters). The Lake has two tributaries, Bessey Creek and Beavertail ...
Lake Michigan Triangle. Lake Michigan Triangle, or simply the Michigan Triangle, is an area of Lake Michigan where a number of disappearances, shipwrecks, and plane crashes have occurred under unexplained circumstances. Unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and unidentified submerged objects (USOs), have also allegedly been spotted in the area.
The lake is about 6 miles (9.7 km) long with a maximum width of 1.2 miles (1.9 km) and a surface area of 1,700 acres (2.7 sq mi; 6.9 km 2).The average depth of the lake is variable but generally less than 10 feet (3 m), excluding a navigation channel of fixed depth that crosses the lake to allow deep draft ships to access the dock at the City of Holland.
The Lac Vieux Desert Band independently joined the Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, Inc. in 1988. It was formed in 1966 to represent tribes in Michigan, share management resources, and gain funding through joint programs. As the tribes have grown and developed more of their own programs, the council has transferred functions to them.
Van Norman Lake was named for Zenas Harvey Van Norman, [8] who owned the property along the entire northern shore of the lake from 1886 to 1916. That property was section 32 in Independence Township, Michigan, also known as Waterford Hill. [9] With an elevation of 1,150 feet (350 m), his property was the second highest point in Independence ...
Long Lake is a large lake in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. Located about 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Traverse City, Long Lake is the largest lake in Grand Traverse County, and the 30th-largest inland lake in Michigan by surface area. [2] Its maximum depth of 70 feet (21 m) makes it the fifth-deepest lake in Grand Traverse County.
Dollar Lake is a lake along the main branch of the Clinton River. [2] The lake lies within Independence Township in Oakland County, Michigan. [3]Dollar Lake connects upstream with Middle Lake to the north and downstream (under a bridge over Dixie Highway) with Greens Lake to the west.