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Name and location Total acreageApostle Islands (Wis.) 69,371.89Indiana Dunes (Ind.) 15,044.47Pictured Rocks (Mich.) 73,235.53Sleeping Bear Dunes (Mich.) 71,194.71ParkwaysThe National Park…Indiana Dunes National Park
(Encyclopedia) Indiana Dunes National Park, 15,177 acres (6,142 hectares), NW Indiana, on the southern tip of Lake Michigan, est. 1966 as Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, designated a national park…Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
(Encyclopedia) Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
(Encyclopedia) Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).Mareotis
(Encyclopedia) MareotisMareotismârēōˈtĭs [key] or MaryutMaryutmärˈy&oomacr;t [key], salt lake, c.95 sq mi (250 sq km) excluding marshes, N Egypt, in the Nile delta. It is separated from the…Traverse City
(Encyclopedia) Traverse City, city (1990 pop. 15,155), seat of Grand Traverse co., N Mich., at the head of the West Arm of Grand Traverse Bay, in a resort and cherry-growing region; inc. 1881.…Mille Lacs Lake
(Encyclopedia) Mille Lacs LakeMille Lacs Lakemĭl lăks [key], 207 sq mi (536 sq km), E central Minn., N of Minneapolis. It drains into the Rum River. Sieur Duluth, a French explorer, visited (1679)…Atitlán
(Encyclopedia) AtitlánAtitlánätētlänˈ [key], volcanic lake, 53 sq mi (137 sq km), 17 mi (27.3 km) long and 11 mi (17.7 km) wide, SW Guatemala. One of the most magnificent lakes of Central America, it…Onondaga Lake
(Encyclopedia) Onondaga LakeOnondaga Lakeŏnəndäˈgə, –dôˈ– [key], brackish lake, 5 mi (8 km) long and 1 mi (1.6 km) wide, central N.Y., NW of Syracuse. In 1654, Father LeMoyne, a missionary, was taken…Flores, town, Guatemala
(Encyclopedia) FloresFloresflōrəs [key], town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site…Trending
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