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Van Etten Lake is a 1,320-acre (530 ha) lake in Iosco County, Michigan. [1] The lake is largely developed with houses surrounded by dense forest. The bottom is mainly clay and it has a maximum depth of 33 feet (10 m). [2] The lake flows through the Pine River into the Au Sable River and then into Lake Huron.
The county was established on April 1, 1840, by act of the Michigan State legislature. [4] However, its governing structure was not completed until 1881. [1] The name is a Henry Rowe Schoolcraft neologism, thought to be a combination of two Ojibwa words, "ossin" (stone) and "muskoda" (prairie) – hence 'pebbly prairie.' [5] He served as the US Indian agent and was also a geographer, surveying ...
The 1967 Coho Salmon Fishing Disaster [a] refers to a squall over Lake Michigan, off the coast of Michigan in the United States, which occurred on September 23, 1967. Hundreds of small fishing boats were on the lake to take advantage of a coho salmon run. More than 150 boats capsized, seven people died, and 46 people were injured.
Michigan's 20 largest inland lakes. This is a list of lakes in Michigan. The American state of Michigan borders four of the five Great Lakes. The number of inland lakes in Michigan depends on the minimum size. There are: 62,798 lakes ≥ 0.1 acres (0.00040 km 2) [1] 26,266 lakes ≥ 1.0 acre (0.0040 km 2) [1] 6,537 lakes ≥ 10.0 acres (0.040 ...
Fairview is an unincorporated community in Oscoda County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located within Comins Township at the intersection of highways M-33 and M-72 at 44°43′30″N 84°03′04″W / 44.72500°N 84.05111°W / 44.72500; -84.
Although Oscoda County was created in 1841, it was not formally organized until 1881. The area of McKinley was first settled as early as 1880, which was within Comins Township as part of Alcona County. Oscoda County would be officially established on March 10, 1881. [13] When the county was established, McKinley became part of the new Mentor ...
Iargo Springs, Oscoda, Michigan The Au Sable Siver Shoreline near Iargo Springs in Iosco County, Michigan . The Michigan AuSable Valley Railroad is located in Fairview. It is a 1/4 scale, 16 in (406 mm) gauge ridable miniature railway, which offers rides on a passenger train through the scenic Northern Michigan landscape.
Consumers Power Company (now Consumers Energy) began construction on this hydro-electric dam in 1911 and completed it in 1912. [2] The dam, the second of six built by the company on the Au Sable River, [2] is named for the nearby location where there were once five distinct river channels. [3]