Devils Lake is the name of a few
lake
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s in the
U.S. state
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of
Michigan
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.
Lenawee County
The largest Devils Lake is in
Lenawee County on the boundary between
Woodstock Township and
Rollin Township. The community of Devils Lake is on the northern end of the lake and Manitou Beach is at the southwest end. Together, the communities are part of a
census-designated place
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CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
named
Manitou Beach–Devils Lake that encompasses the entire lake and the smaller Round Lake to the southeast. The lake drains into Bean Creek on the southwest, just north of Manitou Beach. Bean Creek flows into the village of
Addison about two miles (3 km) to the west and continuing south, ultimately turns into the
Tiffin River after crossing the
Ohio
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state line.
Alpena County
In
Alpena County, Devils Lake is a long and shallow marl and muck-bottomed lake on the North Branch of the
Devils River within the
Alpena State Forest. There is another, much smaller Devils Lake in Alpena County, on Long Lake Creek, about a dozen miles (19 km) to the northeast of the larger Devils Lake.
Others
There are two other much smaller lakes called Devils Lake in Michigan:
*In
Brookfield Township in southeast
Eaton County at
*In
Dayton Township in west central
Newaygo County at
Devils Lake is also identified as a variant name for some other small lakes:
*Devils Bowl Lake in
Corwith Township,
Otsego County, Michigan
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*Devils Bowl Lake in
Watersmeet Township,
Gogebic County
*Devils Hollow Lake in
Columbus Township,
Luce County
*Eden Lake in
Eden Township,
Mason County
*Flint Park Lake in the city of
Flint
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*List Lake in
Elk Township,
Lake County
See also
*
List of lakes in Michigan
This is a list of lakes in Michigan. The United States, American state of Michigan borders four of the five Great Lakes, Great Lakes.
The number of inland lakes in Michigan depends on the minimum size. There are:
* 62,798 lakes ≥
* 26,266 la ...
References
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Lakes of Michigan
Bodies of water of Lenawee County, Michigan
Bodies of water of Alpena County, Michigan
Bodies of water of Eaton County, Michigan
Bodies of water of Newaygo County, Michigan