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Vacationland was an American double-ended automobile ferry, built by Great Lakes Engineering Works for the Michigan State Highway Department.She was built to operate the route from St. Ignace to Mackinaw City through the Straits of Mackinac year-round, and was equipped with powerful engines and a reinforced hull to break through heavy ice.
The ice on Lake Michigan at/near the shore was about 12 to 18 inches thick and was rock solid like a fortress. MUSKEGON, MI. — It was back in early winter 2015 when we had just recorded the ...
This ice recession went far enough to allow the lake to drop about 20 feet (6.1 m) below the lowest of the Arkona beaches to Lake Warren levels. [1] The strip of Lake bottom between the Whittlesey and Warren beaches in southeastern Michigan is largely a clayey plain, the principal exceptions being at deltas of Lake Arkona.
ST. JOSEPH, Mich. — An arctic blast this week left an intricate frozen fingerprint behind in its wake. The blowing spray off Lake Michigan, tossed by winds gusting to 47 mph, froze on contact ...
The ice must be cut through, broken up, or melted. Tools can be directly pushed into snow and firn (snow that is compressed, but not yet turned to ice, which typically happens at a depth of 60 metres (200 ft) to 120 metres (390 ft)); [22] this method is not effective in ice, but it is perfectly adequate for obtaining samples from the uppermost layers. [23]
By ANDREW TAVANI Lake Michigan set a record milestone this weekend when it reached 93.29 percent ice concentration on March 9, 2014, according to the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory.
ST. JOSEPH, Mich. — It was quite the unusual scene in a frosty Michigan Thursday as strong winds made some unique sculptures along a frozen beach. Sand sculptures in St. Joseph along the shores ...
Michigan's 20 largest inland lakes. This is a list of lakes in Michigan. The American state of Michigan borders four of the five Great Lakes. The number of inland lakes in Michigan depends on the minimum size. There are: 62,798 lakes ≥ 0.1 acres (0.00040 km 2) [1] 26,266 lakes ≥ 1.0 acre (0.0040 km 2) [1] 6,537 lakes ≥ 10.0 acres (0.040 ...