Lake Michigan View From The Rocks
by Kay Novy
Title
Lake Michigan View From The Rocks
Artist
Kay Novy
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Lake Michigan, with Pierhead lighthouse in the background and a boat storage building. Photo was taken in Kenosha WI, USA.
Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America and the only one located entirely within the United States. The other four Great Lakes are shared by the U.S. and Canada. It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume and the third-largest by surface area, after Lake Superior and Lake Huron (and is slightly smaller than the U.S. state of West Virginia). To the east, its basin is conjoined with that of Lake Huron through the wide Straits of Mackinac, giving it the same surface elevation as its easterly counterpart; the two are technically a single lake. Lake Michigan is shared, from west to east, by the U.S. states of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. The word "Michigan" originally referred to the lake itself, and is believed to come from the Ojibwa word mishigami meaning "great water". In earlier maps of the region, the name Lake Illinois has been found in place of "Michigan".
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May 6th, 2016
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Jenny Revitz Soper
CONGRATULATIONS, Kay! This fanciful artwork has been FEATURED on the homepage of the FAA Group No Place Like Home, 08/06/2016!