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  2. Houghton Lake, Michigan - Wikipedia

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    Houghton Lake (/ ˈ h oʊ t ən /; HOH-tən) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Roscommon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,294 during the 2020 census , making it the largest unincorporated community in Northern Michigan .

  3. Houghton Lake (Michigan) - Wikipedia

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    It is the largest inland lake in the state of Michigan, and one of the largest natural inland lakes in the United States (many man-made impoundments are much larger). The lake is approximately 10 miles (16 km) north to south, and about miles (8.9 km) at it widest point. Houghton Lake has c. 30 miles (48 km) of total shoreline and its waters ...

  4. Houghton Lake Flats Flooding State Wildlife Management Area

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    Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The Houghton Lake Flats Flooding State Wildlife Management Area is a protected wildlife area located in rural Lake Township within Roscommon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The wildlife management area incorporates 1,830 acres (7.41 km 2) of artificially restored marsh and wetlands just west of ...

  5. The Cut (Michigan) - Wikipedia

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    The Cut is a small river located entirely within Roscommon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. [ 2] The river begins at Higgins Lake and meanders to Houghton Lake at a length of approximately 10 miles (16 km). [ 1] It also passes through the small Marl Lake within South Higgins Lake State Park near its source.

  6. Backus Creek State Game Area - Wikipedia

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    The area contains three dams and receives its water source from Backus Creek, which itself flows into the Cut River and eventually to Houghton Lake. [4] The state game area is mostly surrounded by undeveloped state forest lands, which are part of the Roscommon section of the Au Sable State Forest. Only a small portion along the western boundary ...

  7. Houghton Lake Heights, Michigan - Wikipedia

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    The Houghton Lake Heights also offered many services in the early to mid 1900s. According to Beulah Carman: [5] The Heights merchants, because of the variety of stores, hotels, and other attractions, enjoyed a thriving business during the mid-twenties and the thirties, and acquired the reputation and prestige of being the most popular business center of the area.

  8. Portage Lake Lift Bridge - Wikipedia

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    Location. The Portage Lake Lift Bridge (officially the Houghton–Hancock Bridge[3]) connects the cities of Hancock and Houghton, in the US state of Michigan. It crosses Portage Lake, a portion of the waterway which cuts across the Keweenaw Peninsula with a canal linking the final several miles to Lake Superior to the northwest.

  9. Twin Lakes State Park (Michigan) - Wikipedia

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    Michigan state park. Established. 1964 [ 3] Administrator. Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Website. Twin Lakes State Park. Twin Lakes State Park is a 175-acre (71 ha) state park on the western shore of Lake Roland in Houghton County, Michigan. It is located in the Elm River Township, Michigan along M-26.