Prickett Lake
General data
- Name: Prickett Lake
- Water system: St. Lawrence River
- Water type: Artificial lake
- Progression: Sturgeon River (Houghton County, Michigan) -> Portage Lake (Michigan) -> Portage Lake Channel -> Lake Michigan -> Lake Huron -> St. Clair River -> Lake St. Clair (North America) -> Detroit River -> Lake Erie -> Niagara River -> Lake Ontario -> St. Lawrence River -> Gulf of St. Lawrence -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
- Climates: Temperate
- Continents: North America
- Countries: United States of America
Prickett Lake is a 810 acres (330 ha) lake in Houghton County and Baraga County, Michigan. The lake is also known as Prickett Dam Backwater and is surrounded by dense forest. The lake is a reservoir and was created in 1931 by damming the Sturgeon River. The bottom is mainly sand and it has a maximum depth of 56 feet (17 m).