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Lake Huron

Lake in Michigan · 15,464,710 acres · near Alpena, Bay City, Bay Port, Caseville

Lake Huron is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. Canada's province of Ontario borders it on the north and east, and Michigan borders it on the west and south. It covers about 23,000 square miles, which makes it the second-largest of the Great Lakes by surface area. The average depth is 195 feet and the maximum depth is 750 feet. Its main inflows are the St. Marys River from Lake Superior and the Straits of Mackinac. It drains south through the St. Clair River. The Straits of Mackinac are about 5 miles wide, and Lake Huron and Lake Michigan sit at the same level, so hydrologically they form a single body of water sometimes called Lake Michigan–Huron. Including islands, the shoreline is about 3,827 miles long. Saginaw Bay lies in the lake's southwest corner. Michigan towns on the shore include Bay City, Alpena, Cheboygan, St. Ignace and Port Huron.

Public launches on the Michigan shore include Michigan DNR sites at Harrisville State Park, Rockport, East Tawas, Port Austin, Bay Port and De Tour Village. Municipal ramps include the Alpena Municipal Marina, the Mackinaw City Municipal Marina, Harbor Beach and Rogers City.

More than a thousand shipwrecks have been recorded in Lake Huron. Of these, 185 are in Saginaw Bay and 116 are in the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve, which was established in 2000. Pacific salmon have been stocked in the lake since the 1960s, but they have been less abundant since major changes to the food web in 2003. Lake trout have been stocked for decades and are now largely self-sustaining.

Launches

Community

Where people who fish, boat and paddle Lake Huron talk about it. Lake associations, clubs and local groups will be added as we find them.

Sources

  1. Physical Features of the Great Lakes - US EPA
  2. Lake Huron - Wikipedia

Researched October 13, 2026 from the sources above. Written content CC BY 4.0. Something wrong? Corrections are welcome.

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