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More than 150 years after it sank in a powerful storm, the remains of the luxury steamer Lac La Belle have finally been found at the bottom of Lake Michigan.

About Lake Michigan

• It is the third largest of the five Great Lakes of North America and the only one lying wholly within the United States.
• It is the fourth largest freshwater lake and the fifth largest lake in the world, ranked by surface area.
• Surface Area: 57,757 sq.km.
• The lake is 517 km long (north to south); it has a maximum width of 190 km.
• It is connected directly to Lake Huron, into which it drains, through the broad Straits of Mackinac.
• This hydrologic connection through the Straits keeps the water levels of the two lakes in equilibrium, causing them to behave in many ways as though they are one lake.
• Water flows into Lake Michigan from several rivers, including the Fox-Wolf, the Grand, the St. Joseph, and the Kalamazoo rivers, among others. 
• The northern end of the lake contains all of the islands, the largest of which is Beaver Island, Michigan.
• The lake boasts a variety of natural habitats, including tallgrass prairies, wide savannas, and the world’s largest freshwater sand dunes.
• The land adjacent to Lake Michigan is low and gently rolling, but wave-cut bluffs of rock occur in many places. 
• It hosts a wealth of plant and animal species, many of which are rare or endangered (such as the Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly and the Dwarf Lake Iris).

Source: NDTV

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