Lake Michigan

Cultural  

1. Lake bordered by Michigan to the north and east, Indiana to the south, and Illinois and Wisconsin to the west.

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Third largest of the Great Lakes and largest freshwater lake entirely within the United States.

Example Sentences

Chicago borders Canada because Lake Michigan is part of an international waterway.

From The Wall Street Journal

Some 50,000 runners hailing from more than 100 countries and 50 states, gathered downtown to dash, jog and slog over 26.3 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline and city streets.

From Los Angeles Times

Chicago, technically speaking, abuts the border with Canada because Lake Michigan is part of an international waterway.

From The Wall Street Journal

Exploiting a series of portages linking Lake Michigan and local rivers, they paddled their canoes from Canada’s Atlantic shore to the Gulf of Mexico and as far west as the Rocky Mountains.

From The Wall Street Journal

Cutler County is based on Emmet County, Mich., and my hometown of Petoskey, which is situated on Lake Michigan and is startlingly beautiful.

From Los Angeles Times