120 miles long • Mean width 23 miles • Mean depth 65' • SSW prevailing wind • Northwestern Lake Michigan and the largest freshwater estuary in the world • Bordered by Wisconsin and Michigan • Sailing season May-October
The bay faces challenges from invasive species to chemicals to evaporation. We may have to start carrying bats, as in the slugger kind, onboard if the Asian Carp get in, which they may already have. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is all over this in their series, "Great Lakes, Great Peril." Check it and more out in the Links.