Michigan's Burt Lake

Burt Lake is a 17,120 acre (69 km²) lake in Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The western shore of the lake is on the boundary with Emmet County. The lake is named after William Austin Burt, who, together with John Mullett, made a federal survey of the area from 1840 to 1843. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1134x534, 162 KB) Michigans Burt Lake, photo taken at State Park by H.G. Judd, July 2006 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1134x534, 162 KB) Michigans Burt Lake, photo taken at State Park by H.G. Judd, July 2006 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... For other places with this name, see Cheboygan. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries â€¢ Politics Portal      A state of the United States is any one of the fifty subnational entities referred to... Official language(s) None (English, de-facto) Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Area  Ranked 11th  - Total 97,990 sq mi (253,793 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 491 miles (790 km)  - % water 41. ... Location in the state of Michigan Formed April 1, 1840 Seat Petoskey Area  - Total  - Water 2,285 km² (882 mi²) 1,073 km² (414 mi²) 46. ... William Austin Burt (1792—August 18, 1858) was an inventor, legislator, surveyor, and millwright. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

The lake is approximately 10 miles (16 km) long from north to south, about 5 miles (8 km) at its widest, and 73 feet (22 m) at its deepest. Major inflows to the lake are the Maple River, which connects with nearby Douglas Lake, the Crooked River, which connects with nearby Crooked Lake, and the Sturgeon River which enters the lake near the point where the Indian River flows out of the lake into nearby Mullett Lake. Crooked Lake Township is a township in Cass County, Minnesota, United States. ... Sturgeon River may refer to: in the United States, the Sturgeon River, the name of four rivers in Michigan the Sturgeon River, the name of two rivers in Minnesota the unorganized territory of Sturgeon River in Minnesota in Canada, the Sturgeon Rivers in Ontario the Sturgeon River in Alberta the... There is also the unincorporated community named Indian River, Michigan. ... Mullett Lake is a lake in Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ...

The lake is part of the great Inland Waterway, by which one can boat from Crooked Lake several miles (km) east of Petoskey on the Little Traverse Bay of Lake Michigan across the northern tip of the lower peninsula's so-called mitten to Cheboygan on Lake Huron. Petoskey is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Little Traverse Bay is a small bay off Lake Michigan in the northern area of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. ... Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America, and the only one in the group located entirely within the United States. ... The regions of lower Michigan and their major cities are identified on this map. ... Cheboygan is a city located in Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Lake Huron and the other Great Lakes Lake Huron, bounded on the west by Michigan and on the east by Ontario, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. ...

Burt Lake State Park is located on the south shore of the lake. The unincorporated community of Burt Lake is on the southwest shore on M-68. Interstate 75 passes to the east of the lake, with two interchanges near the south end of the lake at the unincorporated community of Indian River. Burt Lake State Park is a 406-acre (1. ... Tuscarora Township is a township located in Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... M-68 is an east-west state highway located in the northern part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. ... Interstate 75 (abbreviated I-75) is an interstate highway in the midwest and southeastern United States. ... Indian River is an unincorporated community located in Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ...

External links

• Michigan DNR map of Burt Lake