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Tahquamenon Falls in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.. The heavily forested Upper Peninsula is relatively mountainous in the west. The Porcupine Mountains, which are part of one of the oldest mountain chains in the world, [3] rise to an altitude of almost 2,000 feet (610 m) above sea level and form the watershed between the streams flowing into Lake Superior and Lake Michigan.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 23.8 square miles (62 km 2), of which 23.7 square miles (61 km 2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km 2) (0.08%) is water.
Energy generation is a large user of water. From damming rivers to generate electricity, to power plant cooling, to the Ludington Pumped Storage Power Plant. [5] Irrigation and industrial uses also account for water usage. [5] Bottled water such as BlueTriton Brands Ice Mountain is extracted and bottled in Michigan. [6]
The Watervale Historic District is a resort, originally constructed as a lumber camp, located at 975-1422 Watervale Road on the shore of Lower Herring Lake in Blaine Township, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1991 [ 2 ] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Michigan. Major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).
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According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 180.8 square miles (468 km 2), of which 179.8 square miles (466 km 2) is land and 1.0 square mile (2.6 km 2) (0.54%) is water.
Lake Charlevoix (/ ˈ ʃ ɑːr l ə v ɔɪ / SHAR-lə-voy) is a lake in Charlevoix County in the U.S. state of Michigan.It is the third largest inland lake in the state with a surface area of over 17,200 acres (70 km 2) and 56 miles (90 km) of shoreline.