Lake Macatawa is a
lake
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in
Ottawa County in the
U.S. state
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of
Michigan
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.
Geography
The lake is about long with a maximum width of and a surface area of . The average depth of the lake is variable but generally less than , excluding a navigation channel of fixed depth that crosses the lake to allow deep draft ships to access the dock at the City of Holland.
The lake occupies portions of
Park Township,
Holland Township, and the City of
Holland
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.
The lake contains two bays of significant size: Big Bay, and the smaller Pine Creek Bay to the east. The lake is the drowned river mouth of the
Macatawa River (formerly known as the Black River), which feeds into the lake's eastern end in the City of Holland. Other tributaries include Pine Creek, which feeds into Pine Creek Bay, and Winstrom Creek, which feeds into Big Bay. The lake discharges into Lake Michigan at the
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channel near
Holland State Park. The lake and its watershed encompass of
Ottawa
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and
Allegan counties.
Industry
The eastern end of the lake is marked by industrial development within the City of Holland, and includes a decommissioned coal-fired power plant, scrap metal recycling facility, environmental research facility owned by Michigan State University,
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mineral loading dock, and a
pickle production facility owned by the
H.J. Heinz company. The remainder of the lakeshore is marked by high-income residential development, with the notable exception of
Holland State Park which borders the northern shoreline of the western end of the lake, Howard B. Dunton park on the north shore of the eastern end, and Kollen Park near the Heinz factory, which connects to a boardwalk installed along the shoreline occupied by the facility.
See also
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List of lakes in Michigan
This is a list of lakes in Michigan. The American state of Michigan borders four of the five Great Lakes.
The number of inland lakes in Michigan depends on the minimum size. There are:
* 62,798 lakes ≥
* 26,266 lakes ≥
* 6,537 lakes ≥ ...
References
External links
Michigan DNR map of Lake Macatawa
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Bodies of water of Ottawa County, Michigan