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Lake Angelus (Michigan)

Coordinates: 42°41′32″N 83°19′45″W / 42.692109°N 83.329036°W / 42.692109; -83.329036
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Lake Angelus
Location of the lake in Michigan.
Location of the lake in Michigan.
Lake Angelus
LocationOakland County, Michigan, U.S.
Coordinates42°41′32″N 83°19′45″W / 42.692109°N 83.329036°W / 42.692109; -83.329036
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface area477 acres (193 ha)
Max. depth88 ft (27 m)
IslandsOne
SettlementsAuburn Hills

Lake Angelus is a private, all-sports, 477 acres (193 ha) lake in Oakland County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community of Lake Angelus is at the lake.[1]

Lake Angelus is primarily located in Auburn Hills, except for a portion of the western portion of the lake which lies in Waterford Township.[2]

Lake Angelus is the ninth-largest lake in Oakland County and the eighth-deepest lake in Oakland County.[3]

Name

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In the early 1900s, the lake was called Three Mile Lake. During the 1920s, the lake was renamed Lake Angelus by Mrs. Sollace B. Collidge.[4]

References

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  1. ^ http://www.oaklandcountylakefronthomesmi.com/-LAKE-ANGELUS-AUBURN-HILLS-MICH[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2016-08-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "DNR - DNR". www.michigan.gov.
  4. ^ "MITowns.org - Lake Angelus, MI".[permanent dead link]