Station: Fife Lake, MI

Fife Lake depot and hotelFife Lake Depot Fife Lake is a village on the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad (later PRR, now Great Lakes Central) about five miles northeast of Walton Junction. The village was originally platted as Fyfe Lake in 1872 and also called North Fife Lake. It received its permanent name in 1875. The village was incorporated in 1889.

Photo info: Top, an early photo of the GR&I depot at Fife Lake with a hotel in the background. 2nd photo, a closer end view of the Fife Lake depot. [CMUL]


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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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