Western Great Lakes forests Western Great Lakes forests The Western Great Lakes forests is a terrestrial ecoregion as defined by the World Wildlife Fund. It is within the Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests ecozone of North America, in the United States' states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba. The Western Great Lakes forests, in large part, lie in the northwestern Great Lakes Basin near the shores of Lake Huron, Lake Michigan and Lake Superior, including the entire Upper peninsula of Michigan and large parts of Northern Wisconsin, around Lake Superior into much of northern Minnesota and a
Lakes of the North, Michigan Lakes of the North, Michigan Lakes of the North is a census-designated place (CDP) in Mancelona and Star townships, Antrim County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 925 at the 2010 census. The community is located in northern Michigan, occupying the northeast corner of Mancelona Township and the southeast corner of Star Township in Antrim County. Portions of Mackinaw State Forest are included in the CDP. No major highways run through the community. According to the United States Census Bureau, Lakes of the North has a total area of , of which is land and , or