Made up of two natural lakes, namely Big Chapman and the connected Little Chapman, the Chapman Lakes is one of northern Indiana’s best-kept secrets. Located 3 miles northeast of the city of Warsaw, the two Chapman Lakes are entirely different. In the north, Big Chapman Lake spans 413 surface acres with a shoreline packed with rental cottages and year-round homes and is ideal for boating, pontooning, jet-skiing, wakeboarding, and water-skiing. Further south and connected to Big Chapman by an enlarged natural channel, smaller Little Chapman Lake has a lot of aquatic growth, weed beds, and wetlands, which attract a plethora of birds and wildlife and provide a sanctuary in which they thrive. The two Chapman Lakes flow into and form part of the Wabash River drainage system.

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