From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Gun Lake (Michigan)

Lake in Barry County, Michigan, United States of America

Summary

Lake in Barry County, Michigan, United States of America

Field	Value
name	Gun Lake
image	File:Gun Lake, Michigan.JPG
caption	Gun Lake, Michigan, at sunrise.
location	Barry / Allegan counties, Michigan
coords
type	Lake
basin_countries	United States
area	2680 acre
max-depth	66 ft
elevation	227 m
pushpin_map	Michigan#USA
pushpin_map_alt	Location of the lake in Michigan.

| max-depth = 66 ft

Gun Lake is a lake in the U.S. state of Michigan, located mostly in Barry County with the southwestern tip extending into Allegan County. Along most of the lake are numerous summer homes, cottages, and permanent residences. The Yankee Springs Recreation Area is based on northeastern portions of the lake. Gun Lake is the location of a State Park with a boat launch, two beaches, a campground, and picnic areas.

Features

Gun Lake has two halves that are somewhat symmetrical and shaped like the wings of a butterfly. In the southeast quarter is an island known as "Party Island" to those that do not own it. The owner has since then filed a complaint, and the island is no longer open to the public. Hence the name "Party Island" was retired early summer of 2010. On the weekends many boats gather there because of the shallow, sandy rim around the island. Its official name is Orangeville Island. Other than Robbin's Bay, popular fishing spots include Pickerel Cove on the southern shore, Bairds Cove on the left "wing" of the lake, and the many channels that protrude off the "butterfly" part of the lake. It is a popular tourist destination in the summer. The shops and businesses sprinkled along the shores and inland enjoy that time of year. In the winter, there are other activities such as Winterfest - where events such as a polar bear dip take place, and ice fishing.

Fishery

In the lake there are populations of black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, bowfin, brown bullhead, green sunfish, largemouth bass, longnose gar, muskie, northern pike, rock bass, smallmouth bass, spotted gar, walleye, and yellow perch. Freshwater crustaceans, known as crayfish, also have some residency in the lake, and can be found in many of the shallows in the summertime as their young grow.

The lake is most famous for its large walleye population, although according to the last Michigan DNR report in 1991, they only make up about 8.6 percent of the lake's fish. Bullheads are the most prosperous species in the lake, although many of the other species exists peacefully despite their lower percentage of existence.

Neighboring lakes

A number of other lakes are closely connected to Gun Lake. An inlet leads to nearby Payne Lake, and also to Fish rearing ponds. The lake's outlet is into the Gun River, which connects by the Kalamazoo River to Lake Michigan. The largest nearby lake is Long Lake. In recent years, a small culvert was erected under the road separating Gun and Long Lakes in the Northeast corner of Gun Lake. It leads under the road, and is an easy gateway to get to Long Lake.

References

{{GNIS. 627533

Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

lakes-of-michigan lakes-of-barry-county,-michigan lakes-of-allegan-county,-michigan

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Gun Lake (Michigan) — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report