Lake Michigan

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Great Lake freshwater lake lake

Lake Michigan is one of North America’s five Great Lakes, a large freshwater lake bordered by the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

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All labels observed (22)

Label Occurrences
Lake Michigan canonical 776
Lake Michigan basin 5
Lake Michigan shoreline 3

Statements (68)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Great Lake ⓘ
freshwater lake ⓘ
lake ⓘ
averageDepth 279 feet ⓘ
85 meters ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
borderedBy Illinois ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ
Michigan (most of state) ⓘ
surface form: Michigan

Wisconsin ⓘ
cityOnShore Gary, Indiana ⓘ
Green Bay, Wisconsin ⓘ
Milwaukee ⓘ
Muskegon, Michigan ⓘ
Traverse City, Michigan ⓘ
connectedBy Straits of Mackinac ⓘ
connectedTo Lake Huron ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
drainageVia Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system ⓘ
surface form: St. Lawrence River
elevation 177 meters above sea level ⓘ
581 feet above sea level ⓘ
frozenSeason winter ⓘ
geologicOrigin glacial lake ⓘ
hasIsland Beaver Island ⓘ
North Manitou Island ⓘ
South Manitou Island ⓘ
Washington Island ⓘ
hasNationalLakeshore Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore ⓘ
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore ⓘ
hasNationalPark Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore ⓘ
surface form: Indiana Dunes National Park
inflow Fox River ⓘ
Grand River (Michigan) ⓘ
Manitowoc River ⓘ
Menominee River ⓘ
Milwaukee River ⓘ
Muskegon River ⓘ
Pere Marquette River ⓘ
St. Joseph River ⓘ
White River (Michigan) ⓘ
knownFor commercial and sport fishing ⓘ
recreation and tourism ⓘ
sand dunes along eastern shore ⓘ
shipping and transportation ⓘ
largestCityOnShore Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago
length 307 miles ⓘ
494 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Midwestern United States ⓘ
maximumDepth 281 meters ⓘ
923 feet ⓘ
nameLanguageOrigin Ojibwe language ⓘ
nameMeaning great water ⓘ
oceanDrainageBasin Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
onlyGreatLakeWhollyInUSA true ⓘ
outflow Straits of Mackinac ⓘ
outflowTo Lake Huron ⓘ
partOf Great Lakes ⓘ
rankBySurfaceAreaInGreatLakes second largest ⓘ
rankByVolumeInGreatLakes second largest ⓘ
separatedFrom Lake Superior by Lake Huron and St. Marys River ⓘ
shorelineLength 2633 miles including islands ⓘ
surfaceArea 58000 square kilometers ⓘ
approximately 22300 square miles ⓘ
volume about 1180 cubic miles ⓘ
about 4900 cubic kilometers ⓘ
waterType freshwater ⓘ
width 118 miles ⓘ
190 kilometers ⓘ

Referenced by (808)

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

Montrose Beach area → hasViewOf → Lake Michigan ⓘ
Petoskey, Michigan, United States → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Lake Michigan ⓘ
subject surface form: Petoskey, Michigan
Illinois → borderedBy → Lake Michigan ⓘ
Illinois → hasMajorLake → Lake Michigan ⓘ
Calumet River → mouthOf → Lake Michigan ⓘ
Calumet River → connectsTo → Lake Michigan ⓘ
Loop → borderedBy → Lake Michigan ⓘ
Green Bay, Wisconsin → locatedWestOf → Lake Michigan ⓘ
Beaver Island → locatedIn → Lake Michigan ⓘ
Beaver Island → largestIslandIn → Lake Michigan ⓘ
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore → locatedOn → Lake Michigan ⓘ
North Manitou Island → locatedIn → Lake Michigan ⓘ
North Manitou Island → bodyOfWater → Lake Michigan ⓘ
Washington Island → locatedIn → Lake Michigan ⓘ
Washington Island → bodyOfWater → Lake Michigan ⓘ
Museum Campus Chicago → hasView → Lake Michigan ⓘ
Wisconsin → bordersBodyOfWater → Lake Michigan ⓘ
South Manitou Island → locatedInBodyOfWater → Lake Michigan ⓘ
Chicago River → hasSourceLocation → Lake Michigan ⓘ
Chicago River → connectedTo → Lake Michigan ⓘ
North Avenue Beach area → locatedOn → Lake Michigan ⓘ
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore → borderedBy → Lake Michigan ⓘ
Dock Street → adjacentTo → Lake Michigan ⓘ
Holland State Park → locatedOnWaterbody → Lake Michigan ⓘ
Americas → hasMajorLake → Lake Michigan ⓘ
Lake County, Illinois → namedAfter → Lake Michigan ⓘ
Lake County, Illinois → bordersBodyOfWater → Lake Michigan ⓘ
Ottawa County → borders → Lake Michigan ⓘ
subject surface form: Ottawa County, Michigan
Ottawa County → hasShorelineOn → Lake Michigan ⓘ
subject surface form: Ottawa County, Michigan
Allegan County → borders → Lake Michigan ⓘ
Lake Macatawa → connectedTo → Lake Michigan ⓘ
Grant Park → borders → Lake Michigan ⓘ
U.S. Steel Gary Works complex → adjacentTo → Lake Michigan ⓘ
Illinois's 5th congressional district → borderFeature → Lake Michigan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Michigan (via Chicago lakefront areas in some maps)
Evanston, Illinois → locatedOn → Lake Michigan ⓘ
Annex 4 Nutrients → hasGeographicFocus → Lake Michigan ⓘ
Lake County, Indiana → locatedOn → Lake Michigan ⓘ
Lake County, Indiana → adjacentToBodyOfWater → Lake Michigan ⓘ
Lake County, Indiana → namedAfter → Lake Michigan ⓘ
63rd Street Beach area → locatedOn → Lake Michigan ⓘ
63rd Street Beach area → hasViewOf → Lake Michigan ⓘ
63rd Street Beach area → overlooks → Lake Michigan ⓘ
subject surface form: 63rd Street Beach House
Calumet City, Illinois → locatedNear → Lake Michigan ⓘ
Wilmette, Illinois → locatedOn → Lake Michigan ⓘ
containing Manitoulin Island, the world’s largest freshwater island → connectedTo → Lake Michigan ⓘ
subject surface form: Lake Huron
Lakeview → borderedBy → Lake Michigan ⓘ
McCormick Place → nearbyWaterBody → Lake Michigan ⓘ
Chicago Loop → borderedBy → Lake Michigan ⓘ
Mackinaw City, Michigan → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Lake Michigan ⓘ
Indiana → borderedBy → Lake Michigan ⓘ