Milakokia Lake is a lake in
Newton Township,
Mackinac County
Mackinac County ( ) is a County (United States), county in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 Census, the population was 10,834. The county seat is St. Ignace, Michigan, St. Ignace. Forme ...
,
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 ...
. The bottom of the lake is mainly flat, with the exception of the southeast corner and it has a maximum depth of . Milakokia Lake is the headwaters for the
Milakokia River
The Milakokia River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed December 19, 2011 river on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It flows through Mackinac Count ...
, which flows from the lake into
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 ...
. The Milakokia Lake Management Area borders the lake and surrounding areas. The Management Area consists of 14,387 acres of state-owned land in
Schoolcraft and Mackinac Counties.
There is a
large limestone quarry to the west of the lake.
See also
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List of lakes in Michigan
This is a list of lakes in Michigan. The United States, American state of Michigan borders four of the five Great Lakes, Great Lakes.
The number of inland lakes in Michigan depends on the minimum size. There are:
* 62,798 lakes ≥
* 26,266 lak ...
References
Lakes of Michigan
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