[2] It covers 4,292 acres (17.37 km2) in Marquette and Baraga counties, Michigan.

A dam separates the Michigamme River from the main body of the lake at the end of the southern arm.

The lake is speckled with many islands and rock beds that often creep over the waterline in late summer and fall.

Michigamme is an Ojibwe Anishinaabe name meaning "middle large sea".

[4] Michigan is part of the Great Lakes Area, which was originally inhabited by the Anishinaabe people [5], colonized by the French, then later sold to the USA.