Torch Lake is the name of two lakes and nearby communities in the U.S. state of Michigan. One is in Antrim County on the east side of Grand Traverse Bay. The other is in Houghton County on the Keweenaw Peninsula in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. A U.S. state is any one of the fifty states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, together with the District of Columbia and Palmyra Atoll (an uninhabited incorporated unorganized territory), form the United States of America. ... State nickname: The Wolverine State, The Great Lakes State Official languages English de-facto Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Governor Jennifer Granholm (D) Senators Carl Levin (D) Debbie Stabenow (D) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 11th 96,889 mi² / 250,941 km² 41. ... Antrim County is a county located in the state of Michigan. ... Grand Traverse Bay is located off Lake Michigan in Northern Michigan. ... Houghton County is a county located in the state of Michigan. ... The Keweenaw Peninsula is the most northern part of Michigans Upper Peninsula. ... The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is the northern of the two major land masses that comprise the U.S. state of Michigan. ...

Antrim County

Torch Lake at 18 miles long is Michigan's longest inland lake and at approximately 18,770 acres (76 km²) is Michigan's second largest inland lake. Portions lay within several townships in Antrim County, including Torch Lake Township, Central Lake Township, Forest Home Township, Helena Township, and Milton Township. Several villages and hamlets lie along its shore, including Alden, Eastport, Clam River, and Torch Lake. The lake is about 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Traverse City and is separated by narrow strips of land from both Grand Traverse Bay on the northwest and Elk Lake at the southwest end . The lake is about two miles (3.2 km) wide and is centered at 45°59′N 85°18′W. It has an maximum depth of 315 feet and an average depth of 111 feet. It is a popular lake for fishing, featuring lake trout, rock bass, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, muskellunge, ciscoes, brown trout, rainbow trout, and whitefish. Antrim County is a county located in the state of Michigan. ... Alternate use: There is a lake known as Torch Lake in Torch Lake Township in Houghton County. ... Central Lake Township is a township located in Antrim County, Michigan. ... Forest Home Township is a township located in Antrim County, Michigan. ... Helena Township is a township located in Antrim County, Michigan. ... Milton Township is a township located in Antrim County, Michigan. ... Alden is an unincorporated community located in Helena Township in Antrim County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Alternate use: There is a lake known as Torch Lake in Torch Lake Township in Houghton County. ... Traverse City is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Binomial name Salvelinus namaycush (Walbaum, 1792) Lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) is a freshwater char living mainly in lakes in northern North America. ... Binomial name Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817) The rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. ... For the unit of measurement, see pole. ... Binomial name Micropterus dolomieu Lacépède, 1802 The smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. ... This article is about the fish. ... Binomial name Coregonus artedi Lesueur, 1818 blah The cisco (Coregonus artedi) is a species of anadromous fish in the salmon family (family Salmonidae). ... Binomial name Salmo trutta Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Salmo trutta fario Salmo trutta trutta The Brown Trout (Salmo trutta fario) and the Sea Trout (Salmo trutta trutta) are fish distinguished chiefly by the fact that the Brown Trout is largely a freshwater fish, while the Sea Trout shows anadromous reproduction, spawning... Binomial name Oncorhynchus mykiss Walbaum, 1792 The rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss, a. ... Whitefish (or white fish) has several meanings: It is a fisheries term referring to the flesh of many types of fish; see Whitefish (fisheries term) It refers precisely to the whitefishes of the salmonid genus Coregonus It can refer specifically to the common whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) It was formerly used...

Torch Lake is part of a watershed that begins in northern Antrim County with Intermediate Lake, which is connected by the Intermediate River with Lake Bellaire. The Grass River flows from Lake Bellaire into Clam Lake, which in turn drains into Torch Lake via the short Clam River. Torch Lake itself is drained by the Torch River, which flows into Lake Skegemog, which opens into Elk Lake. Elk Lake flows into the east arm of Grand Traverse Bay at Elk Rapids. The Grass River is a short (about two and a half mile-long) river in Antrim County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Grand Traverse Bay is located off Lake Michigan in Northern Michigan. ... Elk Rapids is a village located in Antrim County, Michigan. ...

According to local legend, Torch Lake was recognized as the third most beautiful lake in the world by National Geographic Magazine, though National Geographic flatly denies ever publishing such a ranking (similar legends persist among property owners and locals around other nearby lakes, most notably Glen Lake in Leelanau County, which claims to have been ranked first). The lake is noted, for its exceptional beauty; its waters are unusually clear and exhibit a bright turquoise hue. This quality has made the lake a popular spot for the development of resorts and second homes. Notable property owners along the shore have included filmmaker Michael Moore, former Detroit Tiger Kirk Gibson, and rapper Eminem. The National Geographic Society was founded in the USA on January 27, 1888, by 33 men interested in organizing a society for the increase and diffusion of geographical knowledge. ... Leelanau County is a county located in the state of Michigan. ... Michael Moore with his Oscar award after Bowling for Columbine won the 2003 Academy Award for Documentary Feature. ... Kirk Gibson after hitting his 1988 World Series Game 1 home run Kirk Harold Gibson (born May 28, 1957) is a former American two-sport athletic star, best known as a Major League Baseball player noted for his competitiveness and clutch hitting. ... Eminem Eminem (born Marshall Bruce Mathers III on October 17, 1973 in Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA), a Grammy Award and Oscar-winning musician, is one of todays most controversial and popular rappers. ...

Houghton County

Torch Lake is approximately 2,700 acres (11 km²) lying mostly within Torch Lake Township also portions lie within Osceola Township and Schoolcraft Township. The village of Lake Linden at the north end of the lake was once the site of the largest copper milling operation in North America. About 200 million tons of copper mill stamp sands were dumped into Torch Lake itself, filling about 20 percent of the lake's volume. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency believes the contaminated sediments to be 70 feet thick in some areas, and surface sediments contain up to 2,000 parts per million (ppm) of copper. Torch Lake Township is a township located in Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Schoolcraft Township is a township in located in Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Lake Linden is a village in Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... EPA redirects here. ...

The lake is about five miles (8km) east-northeast of Houghton and is approximately six miles (9.7 km) long and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) wide at 47°09' north latitude, 88°25' west longitude. A channel drains from the lake south into Torch Bay, which opens into Portage Lake Joke Road sign to Houghton Houghton, Michigan is the county seat of Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan and largest city in the Copper Country on the Keweenaw Peninsula. ... Latitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter φ, gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the Equator. ... Map of Earth showing lines of longitude, which appear curved and vertical in this projection, but are actually halves of great circles Longitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter λ, describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ... Torch Bay is a wide-mouth fresh water bay connecting Torch Lake with Portage Lake in Houghton County on the Keweenaw Peninsula, which juts into Lake Superior from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. ... Portage Lake is located in Houghton County, Michigan, in the western Upper Peninsula. ...

External links

• Torch Lake (Houghton County) Superfund Site information from the EPA
• Torch Lake (Houghton County) Area of Concern information from the EPA