It is just south of New Baltimore, Michigan and borders the townships of Harrison, Clinton, Chesterfield, Anchorville, Ira, Fair Haven, Clay, and several islands including Dickinson and Harsens.

It is notable for the fact that Canadian waters lie to the south of the adjacent United States territory and make up a major portion of Lake Saint Clair.

Among the party of 34 men were voyageur Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle and Roman Catholic friar Father Louis Hennepin.

[5][6] In the early 1970s, the Canadian and American governments closed the commercial fishery over concerns of bio-accumulation of mercury caused by the Dow Chemical Chlor-Alkali Plant in Sarnia, Ontario.

Species popular with anglers include bass, bluegill, bullhead, catfish, muskellunge, northern Pike, perch, salmon, smelt, steelhead, sturgeon, trout, and walleye.

Several invasive species also inhabit the lake, including zebra mussels, sea lampreys, alewives and round gobies.