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Castle Rock Lake is situated within the ancient bed of Glacial Lake Wisconsin. Prior to the completion of the Castle Rock Dam in 1951, the area held farmlands, vast prairies, and forested knolls separated by the Wisconsin River. [3]
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).
Castle Rock, which rises 195.8 feet (59 m) over the waters of nearby Lake Huron, was created by erosion of surrounding land. After the Wisconsinan Glaciation, post-glacial Lake Algonquin formed. The Ice Age melt off caused the waters of Lake Algonquin to be much higher than the water level of Lake Huron is today. Over time, the declining water ...
Lake Petenwell is an artificial lake on the Wisconsin River in central Wisconsin. It is located in Adams, Juneau, and Wood counties next to Castle Rock Lake. It covers over 23,000 acres (93 km 2) and is 42 feet (13 m) deep. Lake Petenwell is Wisconsin's second largest lake at 23,040 acres (93.2 km 2) or approximately 36 square miles (93 km 2).
Indianford Dam, Lake Koshkonong, Rock County; Jim Falls Dam, Old Abe Lake, upper overflow dam, 45.06044, -91.2663; Jim Falls Dam, Old Abe Lake on the Chippewa River, lower hydroelectric dam, Xcel Energy, 45.05137, -91.27417; Kilbourn Dam, Dells of the Wisconsin River, Alliant Energy; La Farge Dam (uncompleted), Kickapoo River, USACE
Miners' Castle after one turret collapsed in April 2006 [1] Pictured Rocks in the distance. Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is a U.S. National Lakeshore in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, United States. It extends for 42 mi (68 km) along the shore of Lake Superior and covers 73,236 acres (114 sq mi; 296 km 2).
The lake has a uniform bathymetry with maximum depth of about twenty feet. The majority of the lake has a depth of less than fifteen feet. In the shallow areas of the lake, the substrate at the bottom of the lake consists of sand, gravel, and rock, while in deeper areas, the substrate at the bottom of the lake consists of sand and organic matter.
Tippy Dam State Recreation Area is managed and operated by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources as a state park. Just below Tippy Dam is one of the finest trout, steelhead, and salmon fishing areas in Michigan. During the fall salmon run anglers line the banks shoulder to shoulder trying to catch king salmon that can weigh well over 20 ...