Chain Lake | |
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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]
Chain Lake | |
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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]