Lake Ovid
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Lake Ovid | |
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Location | Sleepy Hollow State Park, Michigan |
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Lake type | reservoir |
Primary inflows | Little Maple River |
Primary outflows | Little Maple River |
Basin countries | United States |
Surface area | 413 acres |
Average depth | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
Islands | 3 small islands, one with a foot bridge to mainland |
Settlements | near Laingsburg, Michigan |
Lake Ovid is a man-made lake located within Sleepy Hollow State Park, Michigan, which was created in 1974 when a dam was built to block the Little Maple River. Lake Ovid is a shallow lake with an average depth around ten feet.
Many freshwater fish live in the lake including Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Muskellunge(Muskie), and Northern Pike.
The dam, which holds back the Little Maple River, is about thirty feet in height and over one thousand feet in length and is constructed of earthen mass. The drainage area encompasses over ten square miles.