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Chart, Navigational - Lake Michigan
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2013.042.914

Chart, Navigational

Lake Michigan

One navigational chart entitled, "Lake Michigan," that was compiled and published by the Army Corps of Engineers, U. S. Lake Survey. The chart (No. 78) is a polyconic projection and is drawn at a scale of 1:120,000. It shows the shoreline of Lake Michigan and Grand Traverse Bay from Point Betsie to Charlevoix. Inset charts are shown along the lower edge of the sheet for the Cities of Traverse City, Harbor Springs, Petoskey, and Leland, Michigan. Land areas are shaded in pale yellow. Lake areas are shown in white and light blue/green depending upon water depths which are shown in feet. Other chart details include distances in statute miles, lines of latitude and longitude, course bearings and distances, lighthouses, and buoys. Printed text in the lower left corner shows "Edition of November, 1938."

Date
1938
Collection
Extent of Description
36" x 48.25"
Search Terms
Lake Michigan, Grand Traverse Bay, Nautical Charts, Traverse City, Charlevoix, Army Corps of Engineers, U. S. Lake Survey
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