Maceday Lake (Michigan)

Maceday Lake
Location Oakland County, Michigan
Coordinates 42°41′17″N 83°25′53″W / 42.688017°N 83.431505°W / 42.688017; -83.431505Coordinates: 42°41′17″N 83°25′53″W / 42.688017°N 83.431505°W / 42.688017; -83.431505
Surface area 234 acres (95 ha)
Max. depth 117 ft (36 m)
Islands one
Settlements Waterford Township

Maceday Lake is an all-sports, 234-acre Oakland County, Michigan lake along the Clinton River.[1]

Maceday Lake connects upstream with the 185-acre Lotus Lake downstream and with the 155-acre Williams Lake.[2][3]

Blain Island lies between Maceday Lake and Lotus Lake. It is accessible by car via a bridge. There are mostly high-end luxury homes on the island.[4]

There is a public boat launch on Maceday Lake.

Maceday Lake is the second deepest lake in Oakland County behind Cass Lake.[5] The ten deepest lakes in Oakland County are:[6]

1. Cass Lake (Waterford Twp. and West Bloomfield Twp.) 123 feet

2. Maceday Lake (Waterford Twp.) 117 feet

3t. Orchard Lake (West Bloomfield Twp.) 110 feet

3t. Union Lake (Commerce Twp.) 110 feet

5. Walnut Lake (West Bloomfield Twp.) 101 feet

6t. Van Norman Lake (Independence Twp. and Waterford Twp.) 90 feet

6t. Pine Lake (West Bloomfield Twp.) 90 feet

8. Lake Angelus (Auburn Hills) 88 feet

9t. Loon Lake (Waterford Twp.) 73 feet

9t. Silver Lake (Waterford Twp.) 73 feet

Namesake

Maceday Lake was named for Mason "Mace" Day, who was seen fishing on the lake so often, the residents of the area began referring to the lake as Mace Day Lake.[7]

Fish

Fish in Maceday Lake include pumpkinseed sunfish, largemouth bass, walleye, northern pike and crappie.[8]

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/4/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.