Runs 1,600 feet long, measures 100 feet at top and 200 feet at bottom. A railroad tank car is used as inner liner for dam. Fall letdown begins November 1st. Water level lowers approx. 1" per day. Boards replaced April 1st.
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Panfish (Blue gills, Sunfish, Perch, Rock Bass & Crappies)
Commerce Tunnel is 12 feet wide, 11 feet tall and 50 feet long
Ledgewood Tunnel is 29 feet wide on the lake side....31 feet wide on the back canal side. It is 9 feet tall (normal water level)
(NOTE: Water level has been up 6-8 inches higher and lower)
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At the South end of the lake into the Huron River which flows through Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti to Lake Erie.
Impoundment: maximum depth: 20 feet
Commerce Twp. Michigan 48382
Mailing address: PO Box 63 Milford, MI 48381
Total Surface area about 260 acres (includes 2 acres of islands)
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Main Lake: 2.4 miles - 147.3 acres
- Canals: North Side - 18.1 acres
- South Side (East of Main Lake)- 94.6 acres
- Totaling: 9.2 miles
Total -11.6 miles of shoreline & 258 acres of water
