Portage Lake (Michigan)

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Portage Lake is an inland waterway in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that forms part of the Keweenaw Waterway, connecting to Lake Superior and supporting shipping, recreation, and the communities of Houghton and Hancock.

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Label Occurrences
Portage Lake (Michigan) canonical 4
Portage Lake 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf inland waterway
lake
adjacentTo Hancock, Michigan NERFINISHED
Houghton, Michigan
basinCountry United States of America
connectedBy Portage Canal
connectedTo Keweenaw Waterway
surface form: Portage River (Keweenaw Waterway)

Torch Lake (Houghton County, Michigan)
connectsTo Lake Superior
country United States of America
crossedBy Portage Lake Lift Bridge
drainageBasin Lake Superior Basin
surface form: Lake Superior basin
hasActivity ice fishing
kayaking
powerboating
sailing
hasFeature boat launches
harbors
marinas
hasNearbyCity Hancock, Michigan NERFINISHED
Houghton, Michigan
hasNearbyStructure Portage Lake Lift Bridge
hasShorelineCommunity Hancock, Michigan NERFINISHED
Houghton, Michigan
hasUse water-based transportation
watersports
locatedIn Houghton County, Michigan NERFINISHED
Michigan
Upper Peninsula of Michigan
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedNear Michigan Technological University
navigableFor commercial vessels
recreational boats
partOf Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system
surface form: Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Seaway system

Keweenaw Waterway
region Keweenaw Peninsula
supports local economy
local tourism
usedFor boating
fishing
recreation
shipping
waterBodyType freshwater lake
waterwaySystem Keweenaw Waterway

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Houghton County, Michigan contains Portage Lake (Michigan)
Houghton, Michigan locatedOn Portage Lake (Michigan)
this entity surface form: Portage Lake
Portage Charter Township, Michigan locatedNear Portage Lake (Michigan)
Portage Charter Township, Michigan hasNamedFor Portage Lake (Michigan)
Torch Lake Township, Michigan hasNearbyBodyOfWater Portage Lake (Michigan)