Great Lakes other lakes as "the lower lakes", because they are farther south. Sailors of bulk freighters transferring cargoes from Lake Superior and northern Lake Michigan and Lake Huron to ports on Lake Erie or Ontario commonly refer to the latter as the lower lakes and Lakes Michigan, Huron, and Superior as the upper lakes. This corresponds to thinking of Lakes Erie and Ontario as "down south" and the others as "up north". Vessels sailing north on Lake Michigan are considered "upbound" even though they are sailing toward its effluent current. Lakes Huron and Michigan are sometimes considered a single lake, called
Four Mile Lake (Ontario) Four Mile Lake (Ontario) Four Mile Lake is a lake in the city of Kawartha Lakes in Central Ontario, Canada. The lake is northeast of Coboconk, Ontario and west of Burnt River. It is one of the Kawartha Lakes series of lakes and is in the Great Lakes Basin. Four Mile Lake is a relatively shallow warm water lake with a surface area of . The lake is located in the sub watershed of Corben Creek and has a flushing rate of approximately five years. The lake is located on the boundary between two different geological land forms. The northern