Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
Lake Michigan
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Related Topics
Images & Videos
Indiana Dunes State Park Great Lakes Indiana Dunes State Park
The video thumbnail image shows a black and white bridge over blue water. Blue arrows show that the flow of the water was switched from one direction to the other.
Door Peninsula: Ephraim Milwaukee skyline Sand dunes on the shore of Lake Michigan downtown Chicago The Great Lakes and their drainage basin
Monarch butterfly migration explained
For Students
Lake Michigan summary
Quizzes
water glass on white background. (drink; clear; clean water; liquid)
Water and its Varying Forms
Shallow staghorn water corals in fringing reef at low tide in Thailand. (coral reefs; endangered area; ocean habitat; sea habitat; coral reef)
Unknown Waters
Related Questions
Read Next
Lake Issyk-kul kyrgyzstan
9 of the World’s Deepest Lakes
Lake Mead (the impounded Colorado River) at the Hoover Dam. The light-coloured band of rock above the shoreline shows the decrease in water level in the first few years of the 21st century.
6 Lakes That Are Drying Up
Close up of a hand placing a ballot in a ballot box. Election vote voter voting
Have Any U.S. Presidents Decided Not to Run For a Second Term?
Washington, D.C. locator map.
What State Is Washington, D.C. In?
The United States Supreme Court building, Washington, D.C.
14 Questions About Government in the United States Answered
Discover
Candles Burning On Table In Church
What Is the Most Widely Practiced Religion in the World?
Artist interpretation of a Space meteoroid impact. Meteor impact. Asteroid, End of the world, danger, destruction, dinosaur extinct, Judgement Day, Planet Earth, Doomsday Predictions, comet
10 Failed Doomsday Predictions
Flags of the countries of the world (flagpoles).
How Many Countries Are There in the World?
Chinese pictograph, calligraphy tablet of Huang Tingjian, a famous calligrapher in Ancient Song Dynasty. The background of Chinese cultural elements.
The World’s 5 Most Commonly Used Writing Systems
Mona Lisa, oil on wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503-06; in the Louvre, Paris, France. 77 x 53 cm.
Why Is the Mona Lisa So Famous?
Ice Sledge Hockey, Hockey Canada Cup, USA (left) vs Canada, 2009. UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver, BC, competition site for Olympic ice hockey and Paralympic ice sledge hockey. Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Vancouver Olympics
10 Best Hockey Players of All Time
The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)
New Seven Wonders of the World

Lake Michigan: Media

lake, United States
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/place/Lake-Michigan/images-videos

Videos

Why the Chicago River was reversed
It used to be treated more like a sewer than an ecosystem.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Monarch butterfly migration explained
Learn about the monarch butterfly, including its annual migration to Mexico.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Rinus Baak/Dreamstime.com

Images

Indiana Dunes State Park
Beach along the south shore of Lake Michigan in Indiana Dunes State Park, northern...
© Cathy Melloan
Great Lakes
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Indiana Dunes State Park
Indiana Dunes State Park, Chesterton, Indiana.
© JoeyBLS—iStock/Getty Images
Door Peninsula: Ephraim
Ephraim, on the shores of Lake Michigan, Door Peninsula, Wisconsin.
Royalbroil
Milwaukee skyline
Milwaukee skyline from Lake Michigan view.
© HodagMedia/Shutterstock.com
Sand dunes on the shore of Lake Michigan
Sand dunes on the shore of Lake Michigan, Michigan, U.S.
© espiegle—iStock/Getty Images
downtown Chicago
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
The Great Lakes and their drainage basin
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
VIEW MORE in these related Britannica articles: