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Hydrologically the lake and river section are an arm of Lake Huron, and Munuscong Lake shares a common water level with the Great Lake into which it flows. [1] Munuscong Lake is bounded by the Upper Peninsula, Neebish Island in Michigan, and St. Joseph Island in Ontario. The lake's surveyed elevation, like Lake Huron, is 581 feet (177 m) above ...
The Munuscong River is a 31.8-mile-long (51.2 km) [1] river on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It is a tributary of Munuscong Lake , which is part of the St. Marys River waterway and an arm of Lake Huron .
The Little Munuscong River is a 16.2-mile-long (26.1 km) [1] river on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It is a tributary of Munuscong Lake , which is part of the St. Marys River waterway and an arm of Lake Huron .
Meauwataka – Potawatomi word meaning "halfway", as the location is about halfway between Lake Mitchell and the Manistee River. [ 47 ] Michigamme – Ojibwe word " mishigamaa " meaning " great water ", also etymology for state of Michigan .
Grand Lake is a large 8.8 square miles (23 km 2) lake in Presque Isle County. While it is not the largest inland lake in Michigan, it does contain the most inland islands that are officially named. At its shortest distance, it is located less than one mile (1.6 kilometres) from Lake Huron, but the two are not connected. Grand Lake contains 14 ...
Grand Island is located one half mile north in Munising Bay. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 9.03 square miles (23.39 km 2 ), of which 5.25 square miles (13.60 km 2 ) is land and 3.78 square miles (9.79 km 2 ) is water.
The Grand Sable Dunes today form a five-mile-long sand slope that rises from Lake Superior at a 35° angle. The summits of the tallest dunes are as high as 275 feet (85 m) above lake level. Glacial melt during the last major advance/retreat called the Marquette Readvance created the conditions for the formation of the Grand Sable Banks.
St. Marys River connects Lake Superior (top left) to Lake Huron (bottom and right) Before Europeans arrived, Ojibwe (Chippewa) Indigenous Americans fished, traded, and maintained a portage around the rapids of the St. Marys River, which they referred to as Baawitigong, meaning "at the cascading rapids".