• @beastlykings@sh.itjust.works
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      138 days ago

      It’s the same body of water, one lake. It’s just massive, and surrounds the lower peninsula of Michigan, so they gave each side of the lake a different name.

      Truly it’s massive, it behaves almost like the ocean in a lot of ways. A lot of water.

      • @sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        68 days ago

        Wow, no way! I thought the part between the UP and LP was a lot narrower than it is! Never realized that it was just one big lake with a narrow part

        • @beastlykings@sh.itjust.works
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          28 days ago

          Yeah it’s crazy, the Mackinac bridge is like 5 miles long, no foot traffic allowed except for one day of the year when thousands of people get together and walk across it.

      • Flying Squid
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        28 days ago

        The waves on Lake Michigan were far larger than I expected when I visited. Not as high as the Atlantic or Pacific, but pretty big.

        • @beastlykings@sh.itjust.works
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          28 days ago

          Right!? I’ve lived here my whole life, so it’s normal for me. But when we had friends in to visit from a coastal state, the waves were big, and they were amazed. They kept forgetting it wasn’t the ocean, and they loved that they didn’t have to rinse off the salt afterwards 😁

    • @Bldck@beehaw.org
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      17 days ago

      Huron and Michigan are hydrologically a single lake because the flow of water through the straits keeps their water levels in overall equilibrium.