Chain Lake (Michigan)
| Chain Lake | |
|---|---|
  Chain Lake  Chain Lake | |
| Location | Mackinac County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 45°52′41″N 84°45′25″W / 45.878°N 84.757°W |
| Type | Lake |
| Primary outflows | Moran River |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface elevation | 600 ft (180 m) |
Chain Lake is a large pond or small lake in Mackinac County near St. Ignace in the U.S. state of Michigan at an elevation of 600 feet (180 m).[1] The lake is served by Interstate 75, which provides a rest area and lake overlook for southbound drivers at mile 346. The lake is also served by the North Country Trail, running in concurrence with the St. Ignace-Trout Lake Trail. This trail uses the right-of-way abandoned by a spur line of the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway, a logging-era railroad that helped remove most of the old-growth timber from around the lake. Second-growth woodland surrounding the small sheet of water is owned by the private sector and by Hiawatha National Forest.[2]
The lake is noted for rock bass, bullhead, sunfish, sucker, largemouth bass, perch, and northern pike.[3] In winter seasons with suitable weather conditions it can be used to play pond hockey. It may be named for being part of a "chain" of streams and lakes that offered alternative canoe passage from St. Ignace westward. Although the eastern tip of the lake is less than 1 mile from Lake Huron, it drains down the Moran River and through Freschette Lake into West Moran Bay in Lake Michigan.[2]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chain Lake (Michigan)
- ^ a b Michigan Atlas and Gazetteer (10th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2002. p. 94.
- ^ "Description for Chain Lake, Mackinac County, Michigan". Hook and Bullet. Retrieved 2017-03-14.