Burt Lake / Mullet Lake

The massive 17,120-acre Burt Lake is in Cheboygan County, Michigan. It is just off the western shore and along the boundary of Emmet County and stretches 10 miles in length from the north to the south and reaches a maximum depth of 73 feet. The Maple River is of the lake’s biggest sources of inflow, and connects to the Douglas Lake and to the Crooked River by way of Crooked Lake and the Sturgeon River. The outflow of Burt Lake makes its way through the Indian River and ends at Mullett Lake. All are part of the Inland Waterway that is accessible by boat from the Crooked Lake in the east, down to the Little Traverse Bay on Lake Michigan along the lower peninsula. Mullett Lake isn’t the only neighboring body of water; Black Lake and Lake Sturgeon are also both notable for both population and the record number of sturgeon caught in America.