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Lake St. Clair (French: Lac Sainte-Claire) is a freshwater lake that lies between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of Michigan.It was named in 1679 by French Catholic explorers after Saint Clare of Assisi, on whose feast day they first saw the lake.
The lakes are connected by no-wake canals and are mainly navigated by order of Little Portage, Big Portage, Baseline, Whitewood, Gallagher, Strawberry, and Zukey. Big Portage is 680 acres (2.8 km 2) with the deepest point at 84 feet (26 m), making it the largest lake on the chain.
Anchor Bay is a freshwater bay forming the northern region of Lake St. Clair in the U.S. state of Michigan.It generally encompasses the waters north of a line between Huron Point (part of the Lake St. Clair Metro Park Beach, not to be confused with Port Huron) and the Middle Channel of the St. Clair River (which enters Lake St. Clair between Dickinson Island and Harsens Island).
Peninsular Dam, Ypsilanti Huron Parkway bridge over Geddes Pond viewed from Gallup Park, Ann Arbor Huron River near downtown Ann Arbor . The Huron River is a 130-mile-long (210 km) [2] river in southeastern Michigan, rising out of the Huron Swamp in Springfield Township in northern Oakland County and flowing into Lake Erie, as it forms the boundary between present-day Wayne and Monroe counties.
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.
The state averages from 30–40 inches (76–102 centimetres) of precipitation annually. Snow cover tends to be intermittent in the southern part of the state, but persistent in northern Lower Michigan and especially in the Upper Peninsula. Michigan USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map. The entire state averages 30 days of thunderstorm activity per year.
The following is a list of Michigan islands in Lake Huron. Lake Huron is the second largest of the Great Lakes (after Lake Superior ). With a surface area of 23,010 mi² (59,596 km²), it ranks as the third largest fresh water lake in the world.
The National Data Buoy Center lists the Site Elevation as 588 feet (179.2 m) above sea level; an automatic readout for wind, waves and weather is operated there. [13] The National Weather Service operates an automated weather observing station at the lighthouse. An added large steel tower atop the light is a radio beacon.