Mullett Lake - Definition and Overview

Mullet Lake is a lake in Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The lake is named after John Mullett, who, together with William A. Burt, made a federal survey of the area from 1840 to 1843.

The lake is approximately 10 miles long from southeast to northeast, about 4 miles at its widest, and 120 feet at its deepest. Major inflows to the lake are the Indian River, which connects with nearby Burt Lake, Pigeon River, Little Pigeon River, and Mullett Creek. The Cheboygan River flows out of the northeast end of the lake.

The lake is part of the great "Inland Waterway" of Michigan, by which one can boat from Crooked Lake several miles east of Petoskey on the Little Traverse Bay of Lake Michigan across the northern tip of the lower peninsula's "mitten" to Cheboygan on Lake Huron.

Interstate 75 passes to the east of the lake, with two interchanges near the south end of the lake at the unincorporated community of Indian River. Michigan State Highway 27 passes along the northern shore of the lake through the unincorporated communities of Mullett Lake and Topinabee, while Michigan State Highway 33 running north-south passes along a portion of the eastern shore through the community of Aloha.