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Torch Lake is a lake in the Northern Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. At 19 miles (31 km) long, is Michigan's longest inland lake, and at approximately 29.3 mi 2 (76 km 2 ), it is Michigan's second largest inland lake, after Houghton Lake .
The lake is about five miles (8.0 km) east-northeast of Houghton and is approximately six miles (9.7 km) long and 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (2.4 km) wide at The lake has a total surface area of 2,659 acres (11 km 2 ), and a maximum depth of 120 feet (37 m).
Torch Lake is the second-largest and deepest inland lake in Michigan. The chain of lakes system begins with the upper stage of the Intermediate River, which rises in hill country at 45°00′20″N 85°04′45″W / 45.00556°N 85.07917°W / 45.00556; -85.07917 [ 3 ] in the northwest corner of Chestonia Township in central Antrim County
The waterway connects to Lake Superior at its north and south entries (upper and lower portage entry lighthouses), with sections known as Portage Lake and Torch Lake in between. The primary tributary to Portage Lake is the Sturgeon River. The Keweenaw Waterway in winter, looking west toward the Portage Lake Lift Bridge.
Trout fishing has also slowed with the lack of planting since the annual trout derby in May. A webcam of the launch ramp is available at https: ... Call: Mike Beighey, Bass Lake Fishing 676-8133.
It has maximum depth of 192 ft (59 m), making it Michigan's second deepest after Torch Lake. It is a popular lake for fishing, featuring lake trout, rock bass, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, muskellunge, ciscoes, brown trout, rainbow trout, and whitefish. Elk Lake lies to the west of the larger Torch Lake, which lies just to the east.
The lake's primarily inflow is the Torch River, bringing in water from Torch Lake and elsewhere in the Chain of Lakes. The lake is connected at the west to Elk Lake, and through Elk Lake, water outflows through the short Elk River. The Elk River then empties into the East Arm of the Grand Traverse Bay, itself a bay of Lake Michigan.
The Quincy Dredge Number Two (previously known as the Calumet and Hecla Dredge Number One) is a dredge currently sunk in shallow water in Torch Lake, across M-26 from the Quincy Mining Company Stamp Mills Historic District and just east of Mason in Osceola Township. [2]