Lake Michigan
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Third largest of the Great Lakes and largest freshwater lake entirely within the United States.
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I was raised near the shore of Chicago’s slice of Lake Michigan, a body of water wide and blue enough to pass for the sea.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Nipsco serves about 500,000 electricity customers including a few industrial plants along Lake Michigan.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
That area is about two thirds the size of Lake Michigan.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2026
Among the cold and imposing bodies in Chicago on Sunday: Lake Michigan and Lake, Quentin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2026
One day Venkatesh walked twenty blocks from the university to a housing project on the shore of Lake Michigan to administer his survey.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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