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Lake Michigan, the second largest Great Lake by volume with 1,180
cubic miles of water, is the only Great Lake entirely within the
United States. Approximately 118 miles wide and 307 miles long, Lake
Michigan has more than 1,600 miles of shoreline. The lake has 24,450
square miles of cruising space with an averaging 279 feet in depth,
the lake reaches 925 feet at its deepest point. Lake Michigan
was the third of the Great Lakes to be discovered by the french
explorers. The indians called it Match-i-hi-gan-ong , Mich-i-gum, and
Mich-i-ga-wa all three meaning the Great Waters. The lake's
northern tier is in the colder, less developed upper Great Lakes
region, while its more temperate southern basin contains the Milwaukee
and Chicago metropolitan areas. The drainage basin, approximately
twice as large as the 22,300 square miles of surface water, includes
portions of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin. Lake Michigan
is hydrologically inseparable from Lake Huron, joined by the wide
Straits of Mackinac.
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