LAKE MICHIGAN
Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America and the only one located entirely
within the United States. The other four Great Lakes are shared by the U.S. and Canada. It is the second largest of the Great
Lakes by volume and
the third largest by surface area, after Lake Superior and Lake Huron (and is slightly smaller than the U.S.
state of West Virginia). To the east, its basin is
conjoined with that of Lake Huron through the wide Straits of Mackinac, giving it the same surface
elevation as its easterly counterpart; the two are technically
a single lake.
within the United States. The other four Great Lakes are shared by the U.S. and Canada. It is the second largest of the Great
Lakes by volume and
the third largest by surface area, after Lake Superior and Lake Huron (and is slightly smaller than the U.S.
state of West Virginia). To the east, its basin is
conjoined with that of Lake Huron through the wide Straits of Mackinac, giving it the same surface
elevation as its easterly counterpart; the two are technically
a single lake.