Basin countries United States Islands one | Max. depth 71 ft (22 m) | |
Location Oakland County, Michigan Surface area 532 acres (215 ha) (Sylvan Lake's 458 acres and Otter Lake's 74 acres) Settlements Sylvan Lake, Michigan, Keego Harbor, Michigan and Waterford Township Cities Sylvan Lake, Keego Harbor, Waterford Township | ||
Sylvan lake michigan fireworks july 2 2011
Sylvan Lake is an all-sports, 532-acre Oakland County, Michigan lake along the main branch of the Clinton River.
Contents
- Sylvan lake michigan fireworks july 2 2011
- Map of Sylvan Lake Michigan USA
- Name
- Largest Oakland County lakes
- Boat Club
- Fish
- References
Map of Sylvan Lake, Michigan, USA
To the north is 74-acre Otter Lake, which joins the 458-acre Sylvan Lake, for a total of 532 acres of lake, making it the seventh largest lake in Oakland County.
The lake lies in the city of Sylvan Lake, Michigan, in Keego Harbor, Michigan and in Waterford Township, Michigan and is west of Pontiac, Michigan. It is located north of Orchard Lake Road, south of Voorhies Road, east of Cass Lake Road and west of Telegraph Road.
Sylvan Lake connects to 12-acre Crystal Lake downstream and to 1,280-acre Cass Lake upstream, although there is a dam between the two lakes at Cass Lake Road.
Name
Sylvan Lake was originally two lakes; Timber Lake to the north and Pickerel Lake to the south. Around the beginning of the 20th Century, the names were changed to Sylvan Lake, encompassing the former two lakes into one.
The name Sylvan means "located in the woods".
Largest Oakland County lakes
The ten largest lakes in Oakland County are:
- Cass Lake (Waterford Twp.) 1,280 acres
- Kent Lake (Milford Twp.) 1,200 acres
- Orchard Lake (West Bloomfield Twp.) 795 acres
- Walled Lake (Commerce Twp.) 670 acres
- Pontiac Lake (Waterford Twp) 640 acres
- White Lake (White Lake Twp.) 540 acres
- Sylvan Lake (Waterford Twp.) 532 acres
- Lake Orion (Orion Twp.) 506 acres
- Lake Angelus (Auburn Hills) 477 acres
- Union Lake (Commerce Twp.) 465 acres
Boat Club
Since 1912, The Oakland County Boat Club has been on Sylvan Lake. The Oakland County Boat Club is a private, not-for-profit, social club and marina located in Sylvan Lake.
Fireworks have been a tradition in Sylvan Lake since the late 1940s.
Fish
Fish in Sylvan Lake include Black Crappie, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Panfish, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass and Walleye.