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Lake St. Clair (French: Lac Sainte-Claire) is a freshwater lake that lies between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of Michigan.It was named in 1679 by French Catholic explorers after Saint Clare of Assisi, on whose feast day they first saw the lake.
Anchor Bay is a freshwater bay forming the northern region of Lake St. Clair in the U.S. state of Michigan.It generally encompasses the waters north of a line between Huron Point (part of the Lake St. Clair Metro Park Beach, not to be confused with Port Huron) and the Middle Channel of the St. Clair River (which enters Lake St. Clair between Dickinson Island and Harsens Island).
Both Lake St Clair and Cradle Mountain were regarded by European settlers as attractive destinations, with tourist lodges at each location. [3] In the 1910s Gustav and Kate Cowle began campaigning for the area from Cradle Mountain to Lake St Clair to be a national park. It was declared a scenic reserve in 1922, a wildlife reserve in 1927 and ...
The main attractions at Lake St. Clair Metropark are the 1,000 foot-long Metro Beach, which still retains the old name, on Lake St. Clair, the marinas and boat launches, an Olympic-sized pool with two water slides and inflatable obstacle course, the "Squirt Zone" where kids can play with equipment that shoots water, an 18-hole Par 3 golf course and miniature golf course, the fitness trails ...
Great Lakes freighters navigating on the lower St. Clair River. View is from the U.S. side, looking across to Canada. The St. Clair River is a 40.5-mile-long (65.2 km) [1] river in central North America which flows from Lake Huron into Lake St. Clair, forming part of the international boundary between Canada and the United States and between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state ...
The expedition of French explorer René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle entered the lake on August 12, 1679, the feast day of Saint Clare of Assisi, and named it Lac Sainte-Claire in her honor. [5] On English maps as early as 1710, the lake is labelled as Saint Clare (the latter the French spelling).
Lake St. Clair or Lake Saint Clair [2] is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Franklin County, Missouri, United States. It is in the southeast part of the county, surrounding a lake impounded on a tributary of Hoosier Creek , a south-flowing tributary of the Meramec River .
Lake Saint Clair is a lake in the U.S. state of Washington. [2] The lake has a surface area of 244 acres (99 ha) and reaches a depth of 110 feet (34 m). [3] The lake's name is a transfer from Lake St. Clair, in Michigan. [3] The lake has four islands, two of them named (Dollar and Goat).