Mackaysee Lake

Mackaysee Lake
Mackaysee Lake (right) is the larger of the two lakes in northern Chambers Island.
Mackaysee Lake is located in Wisconsin
Mackaysee Lake
Mackaysee Lake
Mackaysee Lake is located in the United States
Mackaysee Lake
Mackaysee Lake
"Mackaysee Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
LocationDoor County, Wisconsin
Coordinates45°11′36″N 87°20′38″W / 45.1932121°N 87.3437519°W / 45.1932121; -87.3437519
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface area347 acres (0.542 sq mi; 1.40 km2)
Average depth6 ft (1.8 m)
Max. depth27 ft (8.2 m)
Water volume2,217.2 acre⋅ft (2,734,900 m3)
Shore length13.61 mi (5.81 km)
Surface elevation584 feet (178 m)
Islandstwo unnamed
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Mackaysee Lake is a lake located in Door County, Wisconsin.[1] The lake is found on Chambers Island in Green Bay of Lake Michigan. Mackaysee Lake has a surface area of 347 acres (1.40 km2) and a max depth of 27 ft (8.2 m).[2] Most of the lake has a sand bottom and is shallow with an average depth of 6 ft (1.8 m).[3] There are two islands in Mackaysee Lake. Both are owned by the Door County Land Trust and are protected in the Chambers Island Nature Preserve.[4] The islands are classified as third order recursive islands due to being in a lake on an island in a lake.

Three areas of shoreline along the north, west, and south of Mackaysee Lake are owned by the Door County Land Trust and are also enrolled in the Wisconsin Managed Forest program allowing public access.[5][6]

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See also

References

  1. ^ "Mackaysee Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Lake Survey Map" (PDF). Wisconsin DNR. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Mackaysee Lake". Wisconsin DNR. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Islands within Chambers Island's Lake Mackaysee Now Protected by Door County Land Trust". Door County Land Trust. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  5. ^ Lands enrolled in the program are shown on the DNR Private Forest Lands Open for Public Recreation interactive map. See also Chambers Island expands to largest Door County Land Trust nature preserve, FOX 11 News, December 18, 2019
  6. ^ Wisconsin Statewide Parcel Map, Statewide Parcel Map Initiative Wisconsin Department of Administration and the Wisconsin State Cartographer's Office
  7. ^ "NASA EarthData Search". NASA. Retrieved 30 January 2016.