Lake St. Clair

Lake St. Clair is a freshwater lake that lies between the Canadian province of and the U.S. state of . It was named in 1679 by French Catholic explorers after Saint Clare of Assisi, on whose feast day they first saw the lake.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake bordering Ontario, Canada and Michigan, US
  • Also known as: Lac Sainte-Claire”, “Lake Saint Clair”, and “Lake St Clair

Lake St. Clair

Latitude
42.46667° or 42° 28′ north
Longitude
-82.66667° or 82° 40′ west
Elevation
173 metres (568 feet)
Open location code
86JVF88M+M8
Geo­Names ID
6041159
Wiki­data ID
Q736707
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Lake St. Clair” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بحيرة سانت كلير
  • Asturian: Llagu Sainte-Claire
  • Basque: Saint Clair (aintzira)
  • Basque: Saint Clair
  • Breton: Lenn Saint Clair
  • Bulgarian: Сейнт Клеър
  • Catalan: Llac Saint Clair
  • Cebuano: Lac Sainte-Claire
  • Chinese: 圣克莱尔湖
  • Chinese: 聖克萊爾湖
  • Chuvash: Сент-Клэр
  • Croatian: Saint Clair
  • Czech: jezero sv. Kláry
  • Czech: jezero svaté Kláry
  • Czech: Jezero svaté Kláry
  • Czech: Lake Saint Clair
  • Czech: Lake St. Clair
  • Danish: Lake St. Clair
  • Dutch: Saint Clairmeer
  • Egyptian Arabic: بحيره سانت كلير
  • Egyptian Arabic: سانت كلير
  • Esperanto: Lac Sainte-Claire
  • Esperanto: Lago de Sankta Clair
  • Esperanto: Lago de Sankta Claire
  • Esperanto: Lago de Sanktulo Clair
  • Esperanto: Lago Sankta Claire
  • Esperanto: Sainte-Claire
  • Estonian: Saint Clairi järv
  • Finnish: Lake St. Clair
  • French: lac Sainte-Claire
  • French: Lac Sainte-Claire
  • French: Lake Saint Clair
  • French: Lake St Clair
  • French: Lake St. Clair
  • German: Lac Sainte-Claire
  • German: Lake St. Clair
  • Hebrew: סיינט קלייר
  • Italian: lago St. Clair
  • Italian: Lago St. Clair
  • Japanese: セイント・クレア湖
  • Japanese: セントクレア湖
  • Korean: 세인트클레어호
  • Latvian: Sentklēras ezers
  • Limburgan: St. Clairmaer
  • Lithuanian: Sent Klero ežeras
  • Luxembourgish: Saint Clair-Séi
  • Macedonian: Езеро Сент Клер
  • Mingrelian: სენტ-კლერი (ტობა)
  • Mingrelian: სენტ-კლერი
  • Norwegian Bokmål: St. Clairsjøen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: St.Clairsjøen
  • Norwegian: St. Clairsjøen
  • Polish: St. Clair
  • Portuguese: Lago Saint Clair
  • Portuguese: Lago St. Clair
  • Romanian: Lacul Saint Clair
  • Romanian: Lake Saint Clair
  • Russian: Сент-Клэр
  • Serbian: Сент Клер
  • Slovak: Jazero svätej Kláry
  • Slovenian: Jezero sv. Klare
  • Slovenian: Lac Sainte-Claire
  • Slovenian: Lake Saint Clair
  • Slovenian: Lake St. Clair
  • Spanish: Lago Saint Clair
  • Spanish: Lago Sainte Claire
  • Spanish: Lago Sainte-Claire
  • Spanish: Lago St. Clair
  • Swedish: Lake St. Clair
  • Thai: ทะเลสาบเซนต์แคลร์
  • Turkish: St. Clair Gölü
  • Ukrainian: Сент-Клер
  • Venetian: lago St. Clair
  • Welsh: Llyn St. Clair
  • Yue Chinese: 聖克萊爾湖

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