Lake Michigan

Lake Michigan is the Great Lake that Chicago borders.

Description
Lake Michigan is a large Great Lake that is home to Chicago. It is almost a large as a state, bigger than some, and can be seen from outer space. There are several great actions scenes that happen on or near Lake Michigan in the series.

Features and Characteristics

 * Lake Michigan contains Demonreach island.

About

 * Ley lines with heavy concentrations of dark energy run through both North and South Manitou Island in the north of Lake Michigan, and the secret islands in the lake's center, including Demonreach. Another ley line runs directly beneath the Field Museum in Chicago.

In the Series: Events
In Fool Moon, Harry tracked Tera West's blood to an abandoned department store in the neighborhood around the University of Chicago off 55th Street near Lake Michigan around the Hyde Park area. Based on a tip from Agent Harris, Harry went to investigate the Full Moon Garage one block from the Forty-ninth Street Beach on the Lake. He discovered it was the hideout of the Streetwolves led by Parker and was nearly killed.

In Summer Knight, Harry and two Changelings—Lily and Fix— and Billy Borden and a dozen Alphas in wolf form followed the Gatekeeper's stone to the end of a pier on the Lake. There they found a translucent stairway make of congealed starlight as bright as moonlight. They climbed up into a dark swirling storm to Chicago-over-Chicago and onto a rolling hill at the Valley of the Stone Table and into the midst of a war raging between the Summer and Winter Faerie Courts. Their purpose is to stop Aurora and save Lily and incidentally save the planet from an eco-tragedy.

In Death Masks, Harry Dresden goes to the harbor to investigate the Estranger, a ship that he suspects implicated in the whereabouts of the thieves of the Shroud of Turin. While confronting Anna Valmont and Francisca Garcia, the Denarian called Deirdre shows up in an attempt to take the Shroud from them, killing Garcia sinking the Estranger in the process. Anna Valmont takes off with the Shroud.

In Dead Beat, Harry and Mouse drove north out of the city to a more out of the way spot on the Lake to summon Leanansidhe. However, Mab answered the call instead since Lea is "tied up at the moment". Harry asks about the Erlking and why the Heirs of Kemmler would be seeking the book about him: "Die Lied der Erlking". She asks him to the her Winter Knight and take up the Mantle for the second time, which Harry declines. Later, Harry reanimates Sue the T-Rex at the Field Museum and rides her along Lake Shore Drive all through the North Side up to Evanston.

In Proven Guilty, Madrigal Raith posing as Darby Crane, abducted Harry Dresden and Henry Rawlins with the assistance of Lucius Glau and brought them to the Full Moon Garage one block from the Forty-ninth Street Beach. Madrigal tried to sell Harry on eBay to Arianna Ortega of the Red Court, one of Harry's biggest enemies. Harry and Rawlins escaped through the same hole under the wall that Harry escaped under the last time from the Streetwolves.

In White Night, Harry and Elaine Mallory searched for Olivia on Harry's brother, Thomas's boat, the Water Beetle. Thomas was using the boat to shelter and move practitioners he is protecting to safety. Some of the women are from Ordo Lebes. They are attacked by Madrigal Raith and many ghouls. Harry draws the heat from Lake Michigan causing ice to form so the women and children can escape from the boat under seige over the ice to a far dock.

In Small Favor, Harry, Kincaid, and The Archive, meat with Nicodemus Archleone and the Denarians at the Shedd Aquarium to negotiate Marcone's release. After the Denarians kidnaped Ivy, Luccio got a Ley line map that they used to determine both how the Denarians had empowered a Greater Circle and where they might be. Harry went to rescue Ivy and Marcone from the Denarians on Demonreach with Michael Carpenter and Sanya and with Thomas and Murphy on the Water Beetle for a back-up rescue team.

In Turn Coat,

In Changes, Harry was shot on the Water Beetle and drowned in the waters of Chicago's Burnham Harbor in Lake Michigan.

In Cold Days, Harry, Molly Carpenter, and Thomas Raith take the Water Beetle to Demonreach to find out why a it's about to explode and determine how to stop it. Returning from Demonreach island, they were attacked by Redcap and his gang of Sidhe on jet skis.

Quotes
"She pointed up toward the north end of Lake Michigan. "North and South Manitou Islands both have heavy concentrations of dark energy running through them."[...] Her fingertip came to rest on a cluster of tiny islands out in the center of the lake, northeast of the city, and the heavy, dark purple line running through it."

Relevant Locatio​ns:

 * Burnham Harbor
 * Water Beetle
 * The Estranger
 * Chicago-over-Chicago
 * Demonreach
 * Chicago
 * Ley lines
 * Field Museum
 * Shedd Aquarium
 * Soldier Field
 * University of Chicago

Characters:

 * Thomas Raith
 * Churchmice
 * Anna Valmont
 * Francisca Garcia
 * Redcap
 * Madrigal Raith
 * Deirdre
 * Karrin Murphy
 * Harry Dresden
 * Molly Carpenter
 * Elaine Mallory
 * Tigress
 * Billy Borden
 * Lily
 * Fix
 * Meryl
 * Karrin Murphy
 * Thomas Raith
 * Ordo Lebes
 * Olivia
 * Kincaid
 * Mab
 * Aquariun back-up: Murphy, Anastasia Luccio, Gard, Hendricks, Michael Carpenter and Sanya
 * The Archive, or Ivy
 * Nicodemus Archleone
 * Deirdre
 * Rosanna (Denarian)
 * Polonius Lartessa
 * Thorned Namshiel
 * Magog
 * Eldest Gruff
 * Michael Carpenter
 * Sanya
 * Redcap

Other:

 * Ley lines
 * Denarians
 * ghouls
 * Greater Circle
 * Alphas
 * Changelings
 * Order of the Blackened Denarius

External References

 * Fortyninth Street Beach Photos, Map, places - Illinois - Around Guides
 * Hyde Park, Chicago - Wikipedia
 * University of Chicago - Wikipedia
 * 1526 E 55th St, Chicago, IL 60615 Directions, Location and Map | MapQuest
 * Great Lakes - Wikipedia
 * The University of Chicago