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How Many Bear Lakes in Michigan?

September 7, 2013 By Bear Lake Association of Kalkaska County

Twenty-one!

For some reason, I keep getting this question so I decided to look it up.  I used the website www.lakeplace.com/lakefinder/mi and searched all 83 Michigan counties.  Here are my findings:

– Our Bear Lake is the third biggest  at 316 acres (Manistee – 1869 acres, Muskegon – 415 acres)

– Kalkaska County has two.  The other one is just south of 612 halfway between here and Frederic.  There are two other counties with two Bear Lakes.

– The smallest one is 2 acres

– There are 10 at 25 acres or less

– There are 5 between 100 and 26 acres

– There are 3 between 200 and 101 acres

– Other Bears include Bear Paw, Bear Den, Bearfoot, and Bearslee

Now aren’t you glad you asked?

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