Chain Lake (Michigan)

Chain Lake is a large pond or small lake in Mackinac County near St. Ignace in the U.S. state of Michigan at an elevation of 600 feet (180 m).[1] The lake is served by Interstate 75, which provides a rest area and lake overlook for southbound drivers at mile 346. The lake is also served by the North Country Trail, running in concurrence with the St. Ignace-Trout Lake Trail. This trail uses the right-of-way abandoned by a spur line of the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway, a logging-era railroad that helped remove most of the old-growth timber from around the lake. Second-growth woodland surrounding the small sheet of water is owned by the private sector and by Hiawatha National Forest.[2]

Chain Lake
Chain Lake
LocationMackinac County, Michigan
Coordinates45.878°N 84.757°W / 45.878; -84.757
Typelake
Primary outflowsMoran River
Surface elevation600 feet (180 m)

The lake is noted for rock bass, bullhead, sunfish, sucker, largemouth bass, perch, and northern pike.[3] In winter seasons with suitable weather conditions it can be used to play pond hockey. It may be named for being part of a "chain" of streams and lakes that offered alternative canoe passage from St. Ignace westward. Although the eastern tip of the lake is less than 1 miles from Lake Huron, it drains down the Moran River and through Freschette Lake into West Moran Bay in Lake Michigan.[2]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chain Lake (Michigan)
  2. Michigan Atlas and Gazetteer (10th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2002. p. 94.
  3. "Description for Chain Lake, Mackinac County, Michigan". Hook and Bullet. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
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