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Lake Michigan (Eastern route)

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Lake Michigan (Eastern route) is a lake and is part of Lake Michigan. It runs for 412.59 miles from Mackinac Bridge (where it joins Lake Huron (Western route), Lake Huron (Eastern route) and Lake Michigan (Western route)) to Chicago (where it joins Lake Michigan (Western route)).

The exact dimensions of the largest boat that can travel on the waterway are not known. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

It has a junction with the Illinois Waterway (Calumet River Route) at Calumet Harbour Entrance.

Mackinac Bridge Boundary of Lake Huron and Lake Michigan
Harbor Springs	48.88 miles	0 locks
Petoskey	52.38 miles	0 locks
Charlevoix	68.11 miles	0 locks
Grand Traverse Bay	78.59 miles	0 locks
Leland	102.15 miles	0 locks
Glen Arbor	119.21 miles	0 locks
Frankfort	148.24 miles	0 locks
Manistee	175.10 miles	0 locks
Ludington	199.08 miles	0 locks
Muskegon	252.84 miles	0 locks
Grand Haven	264.68 miles	0 locks
Holland	283.75 miles	0 locks
Saugatuck	292.89 miles	0 locks
South Haven	310.60 miles	0 locks
Benton Harbor	332.86 miles	0 locks
New Buffalo	358.53 miles	0 locks
Michigan City	367.66 miles	0 locks
Gary	389.61 miles	0 locks
Whiting	398.81 miles	0 locks
Calumet Harbour Entrance	401.54 miles	0 locks
Chicago	412.59 miles	0 locks

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Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume (1,180 cu mi (4,900 km³)) and the third-largest by surface area (22,404 sq mi (58,030 km²)), after Lake Superior and Lake Huron. To the east, its basin is conjoined with that of Lake Huron through the narrow Straits of Mackinac, giving it the same surface elevation as its easterly counterpart; the two are technically a single lake.

Lake Michigan is the largest lake by area in one country. Located in the United States, it is shared, from west to east, by the states of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. Ports along its shores include Milwaukee and Green Bay in Wisconsin; Chicago in Illinois; Gary in Indiana; and Muskegon in Michigan. Green Bay is a large bay in its northwest, and Grand Traverse Bay is in the northeast. The word "Michigan" is believed to come from the Ojibwe word michi-gami meaning "great water".

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