Lake St. Clair

E27287

freshwater lake lake transboundary lake

Lake St. Clair is a freshwater lake in the Great Lakes region between Michigan and Ontario, serving as a key link in the St. Lawrence Seaway between Lake Huron and Lake Erie.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Lake St. Clair canonical	56
Lake St Clair	6
Lake St. Clair watershed	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T128670 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lake St. Clair
Context triple: [Detroit, locatedNear, Lake St. Clair]

A. Lake Huron
Lake Huron is one of North America's five Great Lakes, known for its vast size, clear waters, and extensive shoreline dotted with islands, including Manitoulin Island, the world's largest freshwater island.
B. Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan is one of North America’s five Great Lakes, a large freshwater lake bordered by the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
C. Lake Erie
Lake Erie is one of North America's five Great Lakes, known for its relatively shallow depth, rich fisheries, and major role in regional shipping and recreation.
D. Lake Superior
Lake Superior is the largest and northernmost of North America's Great Lakes, renowned for its vast size, cold clear waters, and rugged surrounding shoreline.
E. Lake Macatawa
Lake Macatawa is a freshwater inland lake in western Michigan known for its recreational boating, fishing, and connection to Lake Michigan via a navigable channel.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lake St. Clair
Target entity description: Lake St. Clair is a freshwater lake in the Great Lakes region between Michigan and Ontario, serving as a key link in the St. Lawrence Seaway between Lake Huron and Lake Erie.

A. Lake Huron
Lake Huron is one of North America's five Great Lakes, known for its vast size, clear waters, and extensive shoreline dotted with islands, including Manitoulin Island, the world's largest freshwater island.
B. Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan is one of North America’s five Great Lakes, a large freshwater lake bordered by the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
C. Lake Erie
Lake Erie is one of North America's five Great Lakes, known for its relatively shallow depth, rich fisheries, and major role in regional shipping and recreation.
D. Lake Superior
Lake Superior is the largest and northernmost of North America's Great Lakes, renowned for its vast size, cold clear waters, and rugged surrounding shoreline.
E. Lake Macatawa
Lake Macatawa is a freshwater inland lake in western Michigan known for its recreational boating, fishing, and connection to Lake Michigan via a navigable channel.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	freshwater lake ⓘ lake ⓘ transboundary lake ⓘ
averageDepth	approximately 3.4 meters ⓘ
basinCountry	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
borderedBy	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
connectedBy	Detroit River ⓘ St. Clair River ⓘ
connectsWaterbody	Lake Erie ⓘ Lake Huron ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
elevation	approximately 175 meters above sea level ⓘ approximately 574 feet above sea level ⓘ
environmentalIssue	algal blooms ⓘ habitat loss ⓘ nutrient pollution ⓘ
fishSpecies	muskellunge ⓘ smallmouth bass ⓘ walleye ⓘ yellow perch ⓘ
hasIsland	Harsens Island ⓘ Walpole Island ⓘ
hasShorelineUse	marinas ⓘ residential development ⓘ wetlands ⓘ
inflow	St. Clair River ⓘ
locatedIn	Essex County, Ontario ⓘ Great Lakes region ⓘ Macomb County, Michigan ⓘ Michigan (most of state) ⓘ surface form: Michigan North America ⓘ Ontario ⓘ St. Clair County, Michigan ⓘ
locatedNear	Detroit ⓘ Windsor, Ontario ⓘ
maximumDepth	approximately 8.2 meters ⓘ
outflow	Detroit River ⓘ
partOf	Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system ⓘ surface form: Great Lakes Basin Saint Lawrence River ⓘ surface form: St. Lawrence River watershed Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system ⓘ surface form: St. Lawrence Seaway system
surfaceArea	approximately 1,114 square kilometers ⓘ approximately 430 square miles ⓘ
usedFor	commercial shipping ⓘ recreational boating ⓘ sport fishing ⓘ waterfowl hunting ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (63)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Detroit → locatedNear → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Lake Huron → primaryOutflowTo → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Southeast Michigan → adjacentTo → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Wayne County, Michigan → hasBorderOn → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Detroit metropolitan area → locatedNear → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Macomb County, Michigan → bordersBodyOfWater → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Sterling Heights, Michigan → locatedNear → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Detroit River → connectsWaterBody → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Detroit River → source → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, United States → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

St. Clair River → outflow → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

St. Clair River → mouthLocatedIn → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park → hasPart → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lake St Clair

Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park → containsLake → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lake St Clair

Derwent River → source → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lake St Clair

Metro Detroit → borders → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit → nearbyWaterBody → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Port of Detroit → waterwayConnection → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Southwestern Ontario → bordersWaterBody → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Thames River watershed → flowsTo → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Thames River mouth at Lake St. Clair → emptiesInto → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Thames River mouth at Lake St. Clair → flowsTo → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Thames River mouth at Lake St. Clair → adjacentWaterBody → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Chatham, Ontario, Canada → locatedNear → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Walpole Island → locatedNear → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Michigan → borderedBy → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Waterfront Trail → adjacentTo → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Tilbury → locatedNear → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Grosse Pointe, Michigan → locatedOn → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Grosse Pointe, Michigan → hasWaterBody → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan → locatedOn → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan → borderedBy → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan → locatedOn → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Lakeshore, Ontario → hasWaterBody → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Lakeshore, Ontario → hasCoastlineOn → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Sydenham River → emptiesInto → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Sydenham River → hasMouthIn → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lake St. Clair watershed

St. Clair Township → adjacentToWaterBody → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

St. Clair Shores → locatedOn → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Grosse Pointe Park → locatedOn → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Grosse Pointe Park → waterBody → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Grosse Pointe Shores → locatedOn → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Grosse Pointe Shores → borderedBy → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Grosse Pointe Shores → waterBody → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Thames River → mouth → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

subject surface form: Thames River (Ontario)

Thames River → tributaryOf → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

subject surface form: Thames River (Ontario)

Thames River → flowsInto → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

subject surface form: Thames River (Ontario)

Grosse Pointe communities → locatedAlong → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Grosse Pointe communities → primaryWaterBody → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Edsel and Eleanor Ford House → hasView → Lake St. Clair ⓘ

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