Arcadia Lake (Michigan)

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Arcadia Lake
Bar Lake
North Bar Lake
Location Manistee County, Michigan
Coordinates 44°29′00″N86°14′00″W / 44.48333°N 86.23333°W / 44.48333; -86.23333 Coordinates: 44°29′00″N86°14′00″W / 44.48333°N 86.23333°W / 44.48333; -86.23333
Type Lake
Primary inflows Bowens Creek
Basin  countries United States
Surface area 275 acres (111 ha)
Max. depth 28 ft (8.5 m)
Surface elevation 581 ft (177 m)
References [1] [2]

Arcadia Lake is a lake in Manistee County, Michigan, USA. [1] The lake, formerly called Bar Lake, is separated from Lake Michigan by a sand bar. [3] A 1,100-foot (340 m) dredged channel connects the two lakes. [2] [4]

Manistee County, Michigan County in the United States

Manistee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 24,733. The county seat is Manistee. The name "Manistee" is from an Ojibwe word first applied to the principal river of the county. The derivation is not certain, but it may be from ministigweyaa, "river with islands at its mouth". See also, List of Michigan county name etymologies and Kaministiquia River.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Arcadia Lake". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Arcadia Lake Status of Fishery Report" (PDF). Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  3. Romig, Walter (1986). Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities. Wayne State University Press. p. 27. ISBN   978-0-8143-1838-6.
  4. "Arcadia Lake". Sail Michigan. Retrieved March 3, 2014.