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Station: Beaver Lake, MI (Ogemaw County)
Beaver Lake was settled about 1872 by the lumber company of Cutting & Damon on the western edge of Ogemaw County. [MPN]
The town was located on the Michigan Central railroad's Mackinaw Branch, about two miles southeast of St. Helen. The MC had a branch line from this location west to Cameron in Roscommon County.
Image info: An early railroad valuation photo of the depot at Beaver Lake. [CMUL]
Notes
Time Line
1917. The MC had two night operators here, which was unusual. [TRT]
Bibliography
The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:
- [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
- [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
- [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
- [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
- [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI
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