Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

American  

noun

1. a shore area in N Indiana, on Lake Michigan: established in 1966 for recreation and conservation purposes; comprising shoreline, dunes, bogs, and forests. 14 sq. mi. (36 sq. km).

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Example Sentences

The bill turns Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore into the Indiana Dunes National Park, making it the nation’s 61st and the state’s first national park.

From Washington Post • Feb. 19, 2019

One of the Region’s biggest and most beautiful selling points is the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.

From Washington Times • Jan. 29, 2019

And he’s the person best able to continue shepherding a bill, initially proposed by Congressman Pete Visclosky, that would provide full national park status to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.

From Washington Times • Oct. 16, 2018

Avoid the masses and head 45 miles southeast to the 15,000-acre Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, home to 180-foot-high sand dunes and birds such as the great blue heron and the American wigeon.

From BusinessWeek • Jun. 19, 2014

Says Park Planner Bob Elmore of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore: "This is a cycle in the lake history that no one has been through before."

From Time Magazine Archive