Basin countries United States Max. depth 32 ft (9.8 m) Settlements White Lake Township Settlement White Lake Township | Surface area 540 acres (220 ha) Surface elevation 1,017 feet (310 m) Area 218 ha | |
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Location Oakland County, Michigan | ||
White Lake is an all-sports, 540-acre lake in White Lake Township, Michigan.
It is the sixth largest lake in Oakland County, Michigan.
Potawatomi, Chippewa and Ottawa Native Americans lived, traveled and camped in this area including on the shores of White Lake which they called “white” or “clear” and that is where the name of the lake and township originated.
Largest Oakland County lakes
The 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
References
White Lake (White Lake Township, Michigan) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA