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Lake Michigan (Western route)

 
 
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Lake Michigan (Western route) is a lake and is part of Lake Michigan. It runs for 569.56 miles from Mackinac Bridge (where it joins Lake Huron (Western route), Lake Huron (Eastern route) and Lake Michigan (Eastern route)) to Chicago (where it joins Lake Michigan (Eastern 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 junctions with Lake Michigan (Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal) at Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal (northwestern entrance); with Lake Michigan (Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal) at Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal (southeastern entrance) and with the Illinois Waterway (Chicago River) at Chicago Harbour Entrance.

Mackinac Bridge
Boundary of Lake Huron and Lake Michigan
Brevort 21.01 miles 0 locks
Manistique 80.33 miles 0 locks
Summer Island 111.82 miles 0 locks
Escanaba 134.99 miles 0 locks
Marinette 182.85 miles 0 locks
Oconto 201.02 miles 0 locks
Green Bay 227.72 miles 0 locks
Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal (northwestern entrance) 266.15 miles 0 locks
Egg Harbor 284.99 miles 0 locks
Fish Creek 290.16 miles 0 locks
Sister Bay 298.45 miles 0 locks
Ellison Bay 303.63 miles 0 locks
Plum Island 310.21 miles 0 locks
Baileys Harbor 329.99 miles 0 locks
Jacksonport 335.69 miles 0 locks
Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal (southeastern entrance) 350.66 miles 0 locks
Algoma 365.23 miles 0 locks
Kewaunee 376.35 miles 0 locks
Two Rivers 399.45 miles 0 locks
Manitowoc 404.96 miles 0 locks
Sheboygan 429.65 miles 0 locks
Port Washington 457.29 miles 0 locks
Milwaukee 482.14 miles 0 locks
Cudahy 488.13 miles 0 locks
Oak Creek 493.43 miles 0 locks
Racine 505 miles 0 locks
Kenosha 515.81 miles 0 locks
Waukegan 531.98 miles 0 locks
Lake Forest 539.12 miles 0 locks
Highland Park 544.51 miles 0 locks
Evanston 556.76 miles 0 locks
Chicago Harbour Entrance 568.54 miles 0 locks
Chicago 569.56 miles 0 locks
 
 
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Wikipedia

Wikipedia has a page about Lake Michigan

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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