Black Lake is located in Cheboygan and Presque Isle counties in

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, United States. With a surface area of , it is the seventh largest inland lake in Michigan. The largest body of water in the Black River watershed, it drains through the Lower Black and Cheboygan rivers into

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. Black Lake is a summer destination for many families from the suburban

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area and from other nearby states as well as residents of the neighboring town of Onaway.

Onaway State Park Onaway State Park is a public recreation area covering on the southeast shore of Black Lake in North Allis Township, Presque Isle County, Michigan. The state parks sits at the end of M-211 five miles north of Onaway. It contains sand and co ...

, at the southeastern end of the lake, offers camping, swimming and fishing. Its buildings, built during the

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, have been deemed eligible for inclusion in the

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. Businesses on or near the lake include the Black River Marina, The Bluffs Restaurant and the 211 Outpost. Since the late 1960s, the

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Union has maintained the Walter and May Reuther Family Education Center on the site of a former private estate. Black Lake is noted for its unusual fishing season. A limited

lake sturgeon The lake sturgeon (''Acipenser fulvescens''), also known as the rock sturgeon, is a North American temperate freshwater fish, one of about 25 species of sturgeon. Like other sturgeons, this species is a bottom feeder with evolutionarily basal t ...

ice fishing Ice fishing is the practice of catching fish with lines and fish hooks or spears through an opening in the ice on a frozen body of water. Ice fishers may fish in the open or in heated enclosures, some with bunks and amenities. Shelters Longer ...

season is permitted in the winter. The fishery is limited to six total fish taken each year, each over 36 inches and taken through the ice with fishing spears. 25 anglers are chosen by lottery each day and given a flag to raise when they have caught a fish. When five flags have been raised the season is closed for the year. Seasons have lasted as little as a few hours.

History

*The early history of the area was dominated by lumbering and mining. The remains of a long-abandoned limestone quarry are still visible on the south shore of the lake. *The Black Lake Association, founded in 1920, works to maintain the lake's water quality, to promote and improve its

walleye The walleye (''Sander vitreus'', synonym ''Stizostedion vitreum''), also called the yellow pike or yellow pickerel, is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the Northern United States. It is a North American close relat ...

and sturgeon fisheries, to keep its members informed about environmental issues that affect them, their property, and the lake itself, and to maintain a record of the lake's vital statistics. * During the tornado outbreak of October 17, 2007, Black lake was impacted by an EF1 tornado that lasted 10 minutes on the ground. No deaths were recorded, but a barn and some land was partially ruined in the wake.

References

External links

Michigan DNR map of Black Lake
{{authority control Lakes of Michigan Bodies of water of Cheboygan County, Michigan Bodies of water of Presque Isle County, Michigan

History

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