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Detailed map of lakes of the Inland Waterway. The Inland Waterway or Inland Water Route is a 38-mile-long (61 km) series of rivers and lakes in the U.S. state of Michigan.With only a short portage, it forms a navigable route for small craft connecting Lake Huron and Crooked Lake, across the Northern Michigan region.
English: Map of the Inland Waterway in Michigan, USA. Date: 13 February 2011: Source: Self-made using OpenJUMP with State of Michigan GIS data and Inkscape. Author:
Inland Waterways, Intracoastal Waterways, and navigable waterways. The inland waterways of the United States include more than 25,000 mi (40,000 km) of navigable waters. Much of the commercially important waterways of the United States consist of the Mississippi River System—the Mississippi River and connecting waterways.
The site serves as an access point to Michigan's inland waterway in northern Michigan, raising and lowering the Cheboygan River for watercraft to pass through.
English: Inland waterway system map of the United States. Date: 9 November 2024: Source: Own work
The state has 11,037 inland lakes comprising 1,305 square miles (3,380 km 2) of inland water. No point in Michigan is more than 6 miles (9.7 km) from an inland lake or more than 85 miles (137 km) from one of the Great Lakes. [5] The state's numerous rivers are generally short and shallow, though several are navigable by recreational watercraft.
Deicing products used at Milwaukee Mitchell Airport may be harming Lake Michigan and local waterways, study finds. Gannett. Caitlin Looby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. December 28, 2023 at 7:30 AM.
The waterway allows passage from the Atlantic Ocean to the inland port of Duluth on Lake Superior, a distance of 2,340 miles (3,770 km) and to Chicago, on Lake Michigan, at 2,250 miles (3,620 km). [3] The elevation change from Lake Superior to sea level is 601 feet (183 m).