MI · ranked by public data
46 Alger County lakes cover at least 50 state-mapped acres, out of 218 documented lakes in the county.
Alger County, MI
845 acres · 30 ft max depth
Alger County, MI
783 acres · 39 ft max depth
Alger County, MI
656 acres · 85 ft max depth
Alger County, MI
449 acres · 10 ft max depth
Alger County, MI
332 acres · 15 ft max depth
Alger County, MI
274 acres · 16 ft max depth
Alger County, MI
266 acres · 70 ft max depth
Alger County, MI
224 acres · 14 ft max depth
| Rank | Lake | County | Acres | Max depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | West Branch Lake | Alger | 148 ac | 20 ft |
| 12 | Fish Lake | Alger | 134 ac | 40 ft |
| 13 | Cook Lake | Alger | 132 ac | 15 ft |
| 14 | Long Lake | Alger | 117 ac | 15 ft |
| 15 | Perch Lake | Alger | 117 ac | 30 ft |
| 16 | Lost Lake | Alger | 106 ac | 15 ft |
| 17 | Mitchell Lake | Alger | 98 ac | 30 ft |
| 18 | Hovey Lake | Alger | 91 ac | — |
| 19 | Howe Lake | Alger | 89 ac | — |
| 20 | North Lake | Alger | 86 ac | — |
| 21 | Moccasin Lake | Alger | 81 ac | 20 ft |
| 22 | Stoner Lake | Alger | 80 ac | 15 ft |
| 23 | Sullivan Lake | Alger | 80 ac | — |
| 24 | Joe Lake | Alger | 79 ac | 35 ft |
| 25 | Noble Lake | Alger | 73 ac | 6 ft |
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Cleveland Cliffs Basin — Cleveland Cliffs Basin in Alger County is the biggest inland lake in Alger County by Michigan DNR GIS acreage, at 1,489 acres.
Source data: Michigan DNR GIS lake polygons as aggregated by LakeList. GIS-computed acres can differ modestly from older published figures.Lake outlines are shoreline shapes from LakeList and the USGS National Hydrography Dataset; they illustrate a lake's form and are not depth or navigation charts.