This is a list of lakes in the

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Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...

. The lakes are ordered by their unique names (i.e. Lake Indiana or Indiana Lake would both be listed under "I"). Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all. Map of Indiana Counties

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Adams Lake Adams Lake is a large, deep, coldwater lake in British Columbia, Canada; its average depth ranks 6th in the world. The southern end of the lake is approximately north of the town of Chase in the Shuswap Country region of British Columbia. The l ...

, LaGrange Co. * Atwood Lake

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* Ball Lake, Steuben County * Banning Lake, Kosciusko County * Barton Lake, Steuben County * Bass Lake, Starke County is partially in

Bass Lake State Beach Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass ...

* Big Barbee Lake, Kosciusko County *

Big Long Lake Big or BIG may refer to: * Big, of great size or degree Film and television * ''Big'' (film), a 1988 fantasy-comedy film starring Tom Hanks * ''Big!'', a Discovery Channel television show * ''Richard Hammond's Big'', a television show presente ...

, LaGrange County * Big Turkey Lake,

LaGrange County Joseph-Louis Lagrange (born Giuseppe Luigi LagrangiaSteuben County * Blue Lake, Southwest

Indianapolis Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the state capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the consolidated population of Indianapolis and Marion ...

* Boot Lake, Elkhart County *

Briarwood Lake Briarwood can refer to: * Briar root wood (tree heath), a type of wood used for making smoking pipes Communities ;United States * Briarwood, Indiana * Briarwood, Kentucky * Briarwood, New Jersey (in Mercer County) *Briarwood East, New Jersey (in M ...

Brookville Lake Brookville Lake Dam (National ID # IN03017) is a dam in Brookville Township, Franklin County, Indiana, just north of Brookville, in the southeastern part of the state. The earthen dam was constructed in 1974 by the United States Army Corps of ...

* Lake Bruce, Pulaski and Fulton counties

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* Cagles Mill Lake *

Cecil M. Harden Lake Cecil may refer to: People with the name * Cecil (given name), a given name (including a list of people and fictional characters with the name) * Cecil (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Places Canada *Cecil, Alberta, ...

* Cedar Lake * Chamberlain Lake, St. Joseph County * Chapman Lake, Kosciusko County * Clear Lake, Steuben County *

Cordry Lake Robert William Corddry (born February 4, 1971) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his work as a correspondent on '' The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' (2002–2006) and for his starring role in the film ''Hot Tub Time Machine''. ...

* Crooked Lake, Steuben County * Crooked Lake, Whitley County

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Dallas Lake Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County wit ...

LaGrange County Joseph-Louis Lagrange (born Giuseppe Luigi LagrangiaDewart Lake Dewart Lake, (formerly Lake Wawasee before Turkey Lake became Lake Wawasee), is a natural lake southwest of Syracuse in Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States. It was formed during the most recent glacial retreat of the Pleistocene era. Dewart ...

Dogwood Lake ''Cornus'' is a genus of about 30–60 species of woody plants in the family Cornaceae The Cornaceae are a cosmopolitan family of flowering plants in the order Cornales. The family contains approximately 85 species in two genera, ''A ...

, Daviess County

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Eagle Creek Reservoir Eagle is the common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of genera, some of which are closely related. Most of the 68 species of eagle are from Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just ...

* Eagle Lake *

Earlham Lake Earlham can refer to the following places: * Earlham, Norfolk, England **Earlham Hall, a historic house in Norfolk, England **Earlham Road, Norwich, England *Earlham, Iowa, United States *Earlham College, a liberal arts college in Richmond, Indiana ...

Lake Edgewood A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...

* Lake Everett

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* Fish Lake, Shipshewana, IN, LaGrange County * Fishtrap Lake, LaPorte County * Fites Lake, Porter County * Fletcher Lake, Fulton County *

Flint Lake This is a list of lakes in Nova Scotia. Cape Breton Island All Four Counties * Bras d'Or Lake Cape Breton Regional Municipality * Anse aux Cannes Pond *The Barachois *Bear Cove Pond *Bear Gulch Ponds * Beaverdam Pond *Belle Lake *Benn ...

, Porter County * Fox Lake, Steuben County *

Lake Freeman Lake Freeman is a reservoir outside of Monticello, Indiana formed in 1925 by the completion of the Oakdale Dam. Lake Freeman, together with its sister lake, Lake Shafer is part of the Twin Lakes region, a popular summer recreational area centered ...

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* Lake Gage, Steuben County *

Geist Reservoir Geist Reservoir is a reservoir in the northeastern part of metropolitan Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It was constructed in 1943 by damming Fall Creek to provide water for Indianapolis. Upon completion, Geist Reservoir was the second-lar ...

* Lake Geneva (Switzerland County) * Lake George, Hammond, Lake County * Lake George, Hobart, Lake County * Lake George, Steuben County, extending into

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 ...

* Gibson Lake * Golden Lake, Steuben County * Goose Lake (Whitley County, Indiana) * Grandview Lake, Bartholomew County, Indiana * Lake Greenwood * Griffy Lake

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Hackenburg Lake Frederick Lincoln Hackenburg (March 27, 1887, Prague – January 10, 1952, West Brighton) was a Czech-American lawyer, politician, judge, and author. Life Hackenburg was born on March 27, 1887, in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary, the son of Zi ...

, LaGrange County *

Hadley Lake Hadley may refer to: Places Canada * Hadley Bay, on the north of Victoria Island, Nunavut England * Hadley, London, a former civil parish within Barnet Urban District from 1894 to 1965 * Hadley, Shropshire, part of the new town of Telford, ...

, Tippecanoe County * Hamilton Lake, Steuben County * Hardy Lake *

Harrison Lake Harrison Lake is the largest lake in the southern Coast Mountains of Canada, being about 250 square kilometres (95 mi²) in area. It is about 60 km (37 mi) in length and at its widest almost 9 km (5.6 mi) across. Its so ...

* Hart Lake * Heaton Lake, Elkhart County * Heritage Lake * Hoffman Lake * Lake Holiday Hide-Away, Fountain County * Hudson Lake, LaPorte County *

Huntington Lake Huntington Lake is a reservoir in Fresno County, California on Big Creek, located in the Sierra Nevada at an elevation of 7000 ft. The lake receives water from Southern California Edison's Big Creek Hydroelectric Project, as well as the ...

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* Indian Lake * Indiana Lake, Elkhart County (extends into Michigan) *

Irish Lake Watonwan County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,253. Its county seat is St. James. History In 1849, the recently organized Minnesota Territory legislature authorized the creation of nin ...

, Kosciusko County

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Lake James Lake James is a large reservoir in the mountains of Western North Carolina which straddles the border between Burke and McDowell Counties. It is named for tobacco tycoon and benefactor of Duke University James Buchanan Duke. The lake, with su ...

, Steuben County—adjacent to Pokagon State Park * Jimmerson Lake, Steuben County

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* Kayak Lake, a water-filled, surface, coal mine in Hamilton Twp., Sullivan County *

Lake Kickapoo Lake Kickapoo is a reservoir located on the North Fork Little Wichita River in the Red River Valley, Red River Basin of Archer County, Texas. It is neighbored by Archer City, Texas (population of 1,834) and Wichita Falls, Texas (population of 104, ...

, Greene County – located in

Shakamak State Park Shakamak State Park is a state park in Indiana, United States. It is located southeast of Terre Haute, Indiana. Shakamak's main attraction is its fishing. Shakamak has several outdoor recreational activities such as swimming, hiking, paddle boat ...

* Knapp Lake * Koontz Lake *

Kuhn Lake Kuhn is a surname of German origin. It may refer to the following: * Abraham Kuhn (banker) (1819–1892), German-American founder of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. * Abraham Kuhn (otolarynologist) (1838–1900), Alsatian otolaryngologist * Adam Kuhn (1741–181 ...

, Kosciusko County

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Lamb Lake Lamb Lake, Indiana is a private lake located in Hensley Township, Champaign County, Illinois, Hensley Township in southwestern Johnson County, Illinois, Johnson County, Indiana. It is home to many full-time residents as well as vacation and weeke ...

, a 500-acre private lake in Hensley Township, Johnson County * Lake Lemon * Little Barbee, Kosciusko County * Long Lake,

Indiana Dunes National Park Indiana Dunes National Park is a United States national park located in northwestern Indiana managed by the National Park Service. It was authorized by Congress in 1966 as the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and was redesignated as the nation ...

, Porter County * Long Lake, Valparaiso, Porter County * Long Lake, Steuben County * Long Lake, Wabash County * Loomis Lake, Porter County * Loon Lake, Whitley/Noble Counties * Lutheran Lake, Bartholomew County

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Lake Manitou Lake Manitou is the largest lake on Manitoulin Island in Ontario, Canada. With an area of , it is the largest lake on a lake island in the world. It is drained by the Manitou River. There are several small islands in Lake Manitou, such as Rope ...

* Martin Lake,

LaGrange County Joseph-Louis Lagrange (born Giuseppe Luigi LagrangiaLake Maxinkuckee Lake Maxinkuckee is the second largest natural lake in the U.S. state of Indiana, covering . The Town of Culver, Indiana, in southwestern Marshall County is located on its northwestern edge. Lake Maxinkuckee has a maximum depth of 88 feet (27 m) ...

* McDonald Lake *

Messick Lake Messick may refer to: Places * Messick, Indiana, United States * Messick, Virginia, one of the towns incorporated into the independent city of Poquoson, Virginia in 1975, United States People * Dale Messick (1906–2005), American comic strip arti ...

, LaGrange County *

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 ...

* Mink Lake, Porter County *

Mississinewa Lake Mississinewa Lake Dam is a dam in Miami County, Indiana, just outside the town of Peru, in the central part of the state. Authorization and construction The dam was among those authorized by the 1958 Flood Control Act. The dam was designed and bu ...

* Mohawk Lake, a water filled surface coal mine pit in Hamilton Twp., Sullivan County * Lake Monroe (Monroe Reservoir) * Monroe County Lake * Morse Reservoir * Mud Lake, St. Joseph County

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* North Chain Lake, St. Joseph County *

Nyona Lake Nyona Lake is a lake near the town of Macy, Indiana, in Fulton County. Originally known as North Mud Lake it was renamed for Nyona Shaffer, whose family operated a cabin rental business on the lakefront in the 1920's. Early investors in the lake ...

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* Olin Lake, the largest undeveloped lake in the state (LaGrange County) *Oliver Lake, LaGrange County * Otter Lake, Steuben County

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* Lake Papakeechie * Patoka Lake * Pine Lake, LaPorte County * Lake Pleasant, Steuben County (north) * Pleasant Lake, Steuben County (south) * Prairie Creek Reservoir, Delaware County * Pretty Lake, Wolcottville, Lagrange County * Pretty Lake, Plymouth, Marshall County * Princes Lakes

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* Raccoon Lake, Parke County * Riddles Lake, St. Joseph County *

Ridinger Lake Ridinger is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Johann Elias Ridinger (1698–1767), German painter, engraver, draughtsman, and publisher * Mary Lou Ridinger (born 1945), American archaeologist * Tim Ridinger Tim Ridinger is ...

, Kosciusko County

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Sagers Lake Sagers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Aaron Sagers (born 1977), American television presenter, entertainment journalist, and author * Douglas Sagers, American politician See also * Sager Sager is a surname. Notable people ...

, Porter County *

Salamonie Lake Salamonie Dam (National ID # IN03005) is a dam in Wabash County, Indiana. The earthen and rockfill dam was constructed in 1966 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, with a height of 133 feet and 6100 feet long at its crest. It impounds ...

Lake Santee Lake Santee is an unincorporated town and census-designated place in Decatur and Franklin counties, Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 ...

* Saugany Lake, LaPorte County * Sawmill Lake, Kosciusko County * Schaefer Lake, Bartholomew County * Sechrist Lake, Kosciusko County *

Lake Shafer Lake Shafer is one of two reservoirs located in the Twin Lakes area of Monticello, Indiana. It was created along with Lake Freeman in the 1920s when two dams were built outside of Monticello on the Tippecanoe River. It remains a popular recreati ...

* Shipeshewana Lake, LaGrange County * Shriner Lake * Silver Lake, Steuben County * Simonton Lake, Elkhart County, Indiana * Snow Lake, Steuben County * South Chain Lake, St. Joseph County * South Clear Lake, St. Joseph County (extends into

) * Spectacle Lake, Porter County *

Stanton Lake Stanton may refer to: Places United Kingdom ;Populated places * Stanton, Derbyshire, near Swadlincote * Stanton, Gloucestershire * Stanton, Northumberland * Stanton, Staffordshire * Stanton, Suffolk * New Stanton, Derbyshire * Stanton by Bridg ...

, Leesburg * Stone Lake, LaPorte County *

Sugar Mill Lake Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food. Simple sugars, also called monosaccharides, include glucose, fructose, and galactose. Compound sugars, also called disaccharides or double ...

* Summit Lake, Henry County – located in

Summit Lake State Park Summit Lake State Park is a park located near New Castle, Indiana in east-central Indiana. Summit Lake became Indiana's 19th state park in 1988. The park covers , including an lake. The park is a mix of woodlands, old fields, wetlands, and prai ...

Sweetwater Lake Sweetwater or Sweet Water may refer to: * Freshwater Places In the United States * Sweet Water, Alabama * Sweetwater, Arizona * Sweetwater River (California), San Diego County ** Sweetwater Dam, a dam across the Sweetwater River ** Sweetwater R ...

* Sylvan Lake, Noble County *

Syracuse Lake Syracuse Lake is a natural lake bordering Syracuse in Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States. Location Syracuse Lake is bordered on the west by N. Front Street, Pickwick Road and the B&O Railroad on the south. On the east it is bordered by E. ...

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Lake Tippecanoe Tippecanoe Lake is a large, glacially created lake in Leesburg, Kosciusko County, Indiana and, at 123 feet deep, is the deepest natural lake in the state. Location Tippecanoe Lake is about two miles west of the town of North Webster, Indiana, a ...

, Leesburg * Trader's Point Lake, Indianapolis, Marion County

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* University Lake, on

Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington (IU Bloomington, Indiana University, IU, or simply Indiana) is a public university, public research university in Bloomington, Indiana. It is the flagship university, flagship campus of Indiana University and, with ...

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* Viberg Lake, Allen County

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* Wall Lake, LaGrange County * Wapehani Lake, a.k.a. Weimer Lake, a reservoir on West Fork Clear Creek in Bloomington * Waubee Lake * Wauhob Lake, Porter County * Lake Wawasee * Webster Lake *

West Boggs Lake West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some R ...

, Daviess and Martin counties * West Otter Lake, Steuben County *

Westler Lake ''Westler'' is a 1985 film originally produced for West German television and later released in cinema. It was directed by Wieland Speck and broadcast on ZDF. Synopsis Felix is visited in West Berlin by an American friend from Los Angeles. The ...

LaGrange County *

Whippoorwill Lake The eastern whip-poor-will (''Antrostomus vociferus'') is a medium-sized (22–27 cm; 8.7-10.6 ins.) bird within the nightjar family, Caprimulgidae, from North America. The whip-poor-will is commonly heard within its range, but less of ...

* Winona Lake, in the town of Winona Lake, Indiana * Witmer Lake,

LaGrange County Joseph-Louis Lagrange (born Giuseppe Luigi LagrangiaWolf Lake (also extends into

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...

) * Lake Woodland, Hamilton County * Worster Lake, located within

Potato Creek State Park Potato Creek State Park is an Indiana state park located in north-central part of the U.S. state of Indiana about southwest of South Bend. Potato Creek is open year-round and supports various activities and facilities, including fishing, hikin ...

, St. Joseph County

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