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Muskegon Lake is a 4,150-acre (16.8 km 2) fresh-water lake in Muskegon County, Michigan, USA. Located in the lower peninsula at the mouth of the Muskegon River , Muskegon Lake forms a 12-square-mile (31 km 2 ) broad harbor along the eastern shoreline of Lake Michigan , approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) wide by 5.5 miles (8.9 km) long.
The Muskegon River (/ m ə ˈ s k iː ɡ ən / mə-SKEE-gən) is a 216-mile-long (348 km) [1] river in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.From its source at Houghton Lake in Roscommon County, the river flows in a generally southwesterly direction to its mouth at Lake Michigan at the eponymous city of Muskegon.
The wildlife management area owes its creation to the Reedsburg Dam, which was constructed in 1940 along the Muskegon River to alleviate flooding from Houghton Lake. The resulting reservoir became known as the Dead Stream Flooding (or Dead Stream Swamp) at a fluctuating size of approximately 540 acres (2.19 km 2 ).
The Reedsburg Dam is a non-hydroelectric barrage dam crossing the Muskegon River in eastern Missaukee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. [1] Located in rural Enterprise Township, the dam was constructed in 1940 by the Civilian Conservation Corps to alleviate flooding from Houghton Lake, which is the source of the Muskegon River approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) upstream.
Lake Surface area Maximum depth County GNIS ID Lake Minnewauken 145 20 feet (6.0 m) St. Joseph County Ackerson Lake 187 acres (76 ha) Jackson County: 619801 Alcona Dam Pond: 975 acres (395 ha) 40 feet (12 m) Alcona County: 1619004 Aginaw Lake 100 acres (40 ha) Shiawassee County: 619867 Algonquin Lake 182 acres (74 ha) Barry County: 619953 Lake ...
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Croton Dam (or Croton Hydroelectric Plant) is an earth-filled embankment dam and powerplant complex on the Muskegon River in Croton Township, Newaygo County, Michigan.It was built in 1907 under the direction of William D. Fargo by the Grand Rapids - Muskegon Power Company, a predecessor of Consumers Energy.
The township is in western Muskegon County, bordered to the west by Lake Michigan and to the south by the cities of Muskegon and North Muskegon.According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 18.7 square miles (48 km 2), of which 17.4 square miles (45 km 2) are land and 1.3 square miles (3.4 km 2), or 6.97%, are water.