Local History

Named after one of its five nearby lakes.  The village dates its founding as 1912, when it had two year-round residents.  In 1915, the real estate firm of Branch, Anderson & Tyrrell purchased and platted the site.  A station on a branch of the Pere Marquette Railroad. 

Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.

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