That same year, George A. Mitchell, a prominent Cadillac banker and railroad entrepreneur, and Adam Gallinger, a local carpenter, formed the Clam Lake Canal Improvement and Construction Company.

Two years later, the Clam Lake Canal was constructed between Big and Little Clam lakes, present-day Lakes Mitchell and Cadillac.

Railroad had reached the area in 1872 — on Little Clam Lake, in Cadillac.

Cadillac was originally named Clam Lake and was incorporated as a village in 1874.

The North American Snowmobile Festival ( NASF ) is held on frozen Lake Cadillac every winter.

There are six markers within the city limits: ' Cadillac Carnegie Library ,' ' Charles T. Mitchell House ,' ' Clam Lake Canal ,' ' Cobbs & Mitchell Building ,' ' Cobbs & Mitchell No. 1 ' and the ' Shay Locomotive ,' which is pictured at the right.

The Lake Cadillac is entirely within the city limits, and some claim it is the largest lake entirely in any city in the United States.

The commercial center of the city is located on the eastern edge of Lake Cadillac.

On the western portion of Lake Cadillac, where M-55 intersects M-115, is what is locally referred to as Cadillac West.

Cadillac experiences a typical northern Michigan climate, undergoing temperate seasonal changes, influenced by the presence of Lake Michigan and the inevitable lake effect.

The city center is in fact only one block from Lake Cadillac and, by docking at the public docks, is as nearly accessible by boat as it is by car.

During the winter months Lake Cadillac and Lake Mitchell freeze over and the city becomes covered with snow.

Their timber provided lumber for construction of nearby Lake City, Manton, and Cadillac.

* The city of Cadillac is to the west in Wexford County, and the Cadillac post office with ZIP code 49601 also serves a small portion of southwest Lake Township.

Gaylord is also served by radio and TV broadcasts from Traverse City, Petoskey, Charlevoix, Cadillac, Grayling, Houghton Lake, Cheboygan, and Alpena.

An unnumbered section of gravel highway was opened in 1937 west of Cadillac ; the roadway extended south from M-55 to the Wexford – Lake county line.

** Cadillac FMU ( Lake, Mason, Mecosta, Missaukee, Newaygo, Oceana, Osceola, and Wexford counties )

Nearer to the Lake Michigan shore, Cadillac and Manistee have manufacturing and chemical industries, including the world's largest salt plant.

Near Stone Lake south of Cadillac, M-115 meets US 131 and M-55.

M-55 leaves the US 131 freeway and joins M-115, and the two run concurrently along the western end of Lake Cadillac.

Turkey's largest lake, Lake Van, is situated in the mountains at an elevation of.

Lake Sevan, across at its widest point and long, is by far the largest lake.

landlocked in the Lesser Caucasus Mountains ; Sevana Lich ( Lake Sevan ) is the largest lake in this mountain range

Farther north the western depression, known as the Albertine Rift is occupied for more than half its length by water, forming the Great Lakes of Tanganyika, Kivu, Lake Edward and Lake Albert, the first-named over 400 miles ( 600 km ) long and the longest freshwater lake in the world.

In Lake Victoria, an isolated lake which formed recently in the African rift valley, over 300 species of cichlid fish adaptively radiated from one parent species in just 15, 000 years.

* Champ is the name given to a reputed lake monster living in Lake Champlain, a natural freshwater lake in North America, partially situated across the U. S .- Canada border in the Canadian province of Quebec and partially situated across the Vermont-New York border.

* Alph Lake, a lake in Antarctica

Anāsāgar Lake, this historic man-made lake was built by Maharaja Anaji ( 1135-1150 AD ).

Lake Foy Sagar is situated in the outskirts of the city, it is a picturesque artificial lake that was created as a famine relief project in 1892.

* Lake Turkana, Kenya ( the largest alkali lake in the world )

Lake Tanganyika is used for transport, with the major port on the lake being Bujumbura.

Dozmary Pool is identified by some people with the lake in which, according to Arthurian legend, Sir Bedivere threw Excalibur to The Lady of the Lake.

* Lake Bruin, ox-bow lake of the Mississippi River located in northeastern Louisiana

Lake Chad is the second largest lake in west Africa and is one of the most important wetlands on the continent.

The seventh largest lake in the world ( and the fourth largest in Africa ), Lake Chad is located in the sahelian zone, a region just south of the Sahara Desert.

: Hydropower from Lake Arenal, the largest lake in Costa Rica.

Cayuga Lake is the source of drinking water for several communities, including Lansing near the southern end of the lake along the east side, which draws water through the Bolton Point Municipal Water system.

Lake Voulismeni at the coast, at Aghios Nikolaos, was formerly a sweetwater lake but is now connected to the sea, in Lasithi.

While the Chicago River historically handled much of the region's waterborne cargo, today's huge lake freighters use the city's Lake Calumet Harbor on the South Side.

** Ilopango Lake, El Salvador crater lake.

Lake Michigan offers swimming and pictures which combine cityscapes with beaches.

And on northern shores indomitable sailors from Long Island to Lake Michigan will beat around the buoys in dozens of frostbite races.

Among these may be mentioned: the Mazatzal Mountain region in Gila and Maricopa Counties, Arizona ; Red Feather Lakes, near Ft Collins, Colorado ; Amethyst Mountain, Texas ; Yellowstone National Park ; Delaware County, Pennsylvania ; Haywood County, North Carolina ; Deer Hill and Stow, Maine and in the Lake Superior region of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ontario in Canada.

E. J. Hulbert, a friend of Agassiz's brother-in-law, Quincy Adams Shaw, had discovered a rich copper lode known as the Calumet conglomerate on the Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior in Michigan.

Locations include the Cyclopean Islands east off Sicily and near Trentino in northern Italy ; Victoria in Australia ; Kerguelen Island in the Indian Ocean ; in the Lake Superior copper district of Michigan, Bergen Hill, New Jersey, Golden, Colorado, and at Searles Lake, California in the United States ; and at Cape Blomidon, Nova Scotia and Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec in Canada ; and in Iceland.

Chicago's location on Lake Michigan gave access to a vast inland territory, and it was well-served by railroads.

The stadium is located next to Lake Michigan, and was recently remodeled in a modernization intended to update stadium amenities while preserving a historic Chicago structure.

The first curling club in the United States was organized in 1830 only 30 miles from Detroit, at Orchard Lake, Michigan.

While raising Chicago, and at first improving the health of the city, the untreated sewage and industrial waste now flowed into the Chicago River, then into Lake Michigan, polluting the primary source of fresh water for the city.

The city responded by tunneling two miles ( 3 km ) out into Lake Michigan to newly built water cribs.

In 1900, the problem of sewage contamination was largely resolved when the city reversed the flow of the Chicago River so that it flowed away from Lake Michigan, rather than into it.

Chicago is located in northeastern Illinois on the southwestern shores of Lake Michigan.

The city lies beside huge freshwater Lake Michigan, and two rivers — the Chicago River in downtown and the Calumet River in the industrial far South Side – flow entirely or partially through Chicago.

Chicago is a world port city as the St Lawrence Seaway connects Lake Michigan with the Atlantic Ocean.

Chicago's history and economy are closely tied to its proximity to Lake Michigan.

A man diving into Lake Michigan.

The river serves as an important transportation route connecting Lake Michigan, Huron, and Superior to the St. Lawrence Seaway and Erie Canal.

Following the completion of the Erie Canal in 1817, which opened up easier travel to Lake Erie from the East Coast of the United States, the Detroit River became a heavily traversed route for settlers traveling to northern Michigan, and Detroit, as well, experienced a sudden increase in population.

From the interior to the outlet at the St. Lawrence River, water flows from Superior to Huron and Michigan, southward to Erie, and finally northward to Lake Ontario.

" Of the five lakes, Lake Michigan is the only one that is located entirely within the United States ; the others form a water border between the United States and Canada.

Gary is located adjacent to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and borders Lake Michigan.