Baldwin Lake

“friend Albert,  it was so cold yesterday that I had to wear an overcoat but it is fine today” dated July 6 (year unknown)
Baldwin Lake, a seventy acre Michigan lake, is located in the town of Greenville in Montcalm County.  A picturesque bridge covers a stream that connects Baldwin Lake and nearby Manoka Lake.
There is [...]

Big Star Lake

Big Star Lake is located in Lake Township in southern Lake County. This 912 acre lake, with reported depths of up to 25 feet, is very popular in Western Michigan. This is due partly to its convenient location, being just south and west of Baldwin and close to M37.
Big Star Lake has a Lake Association, [...]

Big Pine Island Lake

It’s Sunday, it’s summer and it’s off to enjoy one of Michigan’s lakes.
Big Pine Island Lake is located in Gratten Township, Kent County, Michigan. It is a lake of 223 acres of surface water, conveniently located just outside of Grand Rapids, 1 mile north off M44 off either Lessiter Ave or Lincoln Lake Ave.
It is [...]

Emerald and Sylvan Lakes

It’s Saturday, it’s summer and it’s off to enjoy one of Michigan’s lakes.
Newaygo County is fortunate to have so many of Michigan’s wonderful, natural lakes. Two of them are found  in the northwest corner of Brooks Township, just off M37, three miles north of Newaygo.
Emerald Lake, an 83 acre lake, connects to Sylvan lake, a [...]

Topwater Time

This is the time of day I love—this time right around sundown when the lake waters turn to glass, and the forested shoreline, gilded by the sun’s failing rays, glows gold against shadow-green before deepening into the twilight.
It is topwater time. Magic time.
I am standing on the shore of Hall Lake in the Yankee [...]

Pickerel Lake

 
There must be a dozen or more lakes in Michigan named Pickerel Lake, but this one is special. This Pickerel Lake is located on Ramsdell Drive in Cannon Township in central Kent County.
There are not many areas like this any more. Pickeral Lake is an undeveloped lake of eighty acres nestled within two hundred acres [...]

Wabasis Lake

 
 Its Saturday, Its Summer, Its off to enjoy the lake.
Wabasis Lake is a very popular Michigan lake in northern Kent county. Wabasis boasts of over 410 acres of surface water with depths of 55 feet. Conviently located in Oakfield Township, just south of Cedar Springs and a short drive from Grand Rapids.
If you are a [...]

Boating Reminders

Here is a reminder of some of the boating rules when using one of Michigan’s lakes.

 All motor boats operating after sunset and prior to sunrise must have a green/red combination light on the front (bow) and a white light on the rear (stern).
 All watercraft are required by law to operate counterclockwise around the lake.
 All watercraft [...]