# Messenger Lake

Messenger Lake is a lake in [Coldwater Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6d8f-74b7-abb3-304cdb8c6a28), [Branch County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a46-7564-a1ca-980f16f909b8), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa), in the [Coldwater River (HUC10 0405000101)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d0a-7237-b984-9360a29d11d1) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-bf14-7556-a47e-adbc430d840a>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Branch County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a46-7564-a1ca-980f16f909b8) › [Coldwater Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6d8f-74b7-abb3-304cdb8c6a28)

Type: [geo:Feature](http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql#Feature), [schema:LakeBodyOfWater](https://schema.org/LakeBodyOfWater), [schema:Place](https://schema.org/Place)

Location: 41.93949, -85.03886 (box -85.03886, 41.93949, -85.03886, 41.93949; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 632154](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-bf14-7556-a47e-adc71acec90c)
- `dcterms:type`: [lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisLake)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [point of Messenger Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-f5d3-729b-a763-7d19033dbd76)
- `geo:hasGeometry`: [point of Messenger Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-f5d3-729b-a763-7d19033dbd76)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Coldwater River (HUC10 0405000101)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d0a-7237-b984-9360a29d11d1)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-bf14-7556-a47e-adbb1a5412a3)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-54b2-711f-9f61-2bc2692cf2ee)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-167c-7448-86a6-ce699455c301)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Branch County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a46-7564-a1ca-980f16f909b8)
  - [Coldwater Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6d8f-74b7-abb3-304cdb8c6a28)
- `skos:altLabel`: South Lake
- `skos:prefLabel`: Messenger Lake

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q88275126](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88275126) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 632154](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/632154) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=41.93949&mlon=-85.03886#map=14/41.93949/-85.03886) (41.93949, -85.03886)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=41.93949,-85.03886)
- [Source](https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames_MI_Text.zip) (prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com)
- [Source](https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs_3dhp_all/FeatureServer) (3dhp.nationalmap.gov)
- [Source](https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer) (hydro.nationalmap.gov)

## Pointing here

- Mappings (1; `owl:annotatedSource`):
  - [exactMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q88275126 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7608-75c6-8f88-8e66c9147b5f)

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Also as: [Turtle](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-bf14-7556-a47e-adbc430d840a.ttl), [JSON-LD](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-bf14-7556-a47e-adbc430d840a.jsonld), [N-Triples](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-bf14-7556-a47e-adbc430d840a.nt), [HTML](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-bf14-7556-a47e-adbc430d840a)
Cite as: Messenger Lake. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-bf14-7556-a47e-adbc430d840a
Release 0.1.0-rc12, graph hash a20f66b983549f220c6f061b7e40233771a06aa47a0c0aede95a2a57ee2e9553.