- Burt Lake
Infobox lake
lake_name = Burt Lake
image_lake = Burt Lake 1.jpg
caption_lake = Burt Lake is a large freshwater lake that provides habitat for many birds, fish, and aquatic mammal species in addition to human boating and watersports.
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location =Cheboygan County, Michigan
coords = coord|45.24|N|84.49|W|type:waterbody_region:US-MI|display=inline,title
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inflow = Maple River, Crooked River,Sturgeon River
outflow = Indian River
catchment =
basin_countries = United States
length = 10 mi (16 km)
width = 5 mi (8 km)
area = 17,120 acre (69 km²)
depth =
max-depth = 73 ft (22 m)
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cities =Burt Lake is a 17,120 acre (69 km²)
lake in Cheboygan County in theU.S. state ofMichigan . The western shore of the lake is on the boundary with Emmet County. The lake is named afterWilliam Austin Burt , who, together with John Mullett, made a federal survey of the area from 1840 to 1843.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 theSturgeon River which enters the lake near the point where the Indian River flows out of the lake into nearbyMullett Lake .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 ofLake Michigan across the northern tip of the lower peninsula's so-called mitten to Cheboygan onLake Huron .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.External links
*PDF| [http://www.dnr.state.mi.us/SPATIALDATALIBRARY/PDF_MAPS/INLAND_LAKE_MAPS/CHEBOYGAN/BURT_LAKE.PDF Michigan DNR map of Burt Lake] |260 KiB
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