Fife Lake ( ) is a

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in the

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of the

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Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...

. Located primarily in Fife Lake Township, Grand Traverse County, a small portion extends east into Springfield Township,

Kalkaska County Kalkaska County ( ) is located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 17,939. The county seat is Kalkaska. Kalkaska County is included in the Traverse City Micropolitan Statistical Area. Although it is locat ...

. The eponymous village of Fife Lake lies upon the lake's northern and western shores. The lake and village are named for William H. Fife, a

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from Yuba, elsewhere in Grand Traverse County. Fife Lake is part of the

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watershed. Water from Fife Lake crosses south into Wexford County before encountering the Manistee River, where it flows west to

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 () and the third-largest by surface area (), after Lake Superior and Lake Huron. To the east, its basin is conjoined with that o ...

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Lakes of Michigan Lakes of Grand Traverse County, Michigan Lakes of Kalkaska County, Michigan {{GrandTraverseCountyMI-geo-stub

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