Mamie Lake is an inland lake located in Land o' Lakes, Vilas County, Wisconsin. It is one of the main lakes on the ten lake Cisco Chain of Lakes.
| Mamie Lake | |
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 Mamie Lake in Land O' Lakes, Wisconsin looking North from Bent's Camp | |
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| Location | Land o' Lakes Vilas County, Wisconsin US |
| Coordinates | 46°11′27″N 89°23′37″W / 46.190833°N 89.393611°W |
| Type | Inland lake |
| Part of | Cisco Chain of Lakes |
| Surface area | 376 acres (152 ha) |
| Max. depth | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Islands | Belle Island |
| Settlements | Land o' Lakes, Wisconsin |
The lake is in both Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It is 10 ft (3.0 m) deep and covers 376 acres (152 ha).
Background
editIn 1919, a writer named Dr. Bessy surveyed the lake from his base at Bent's Camp Resort. In his examination of the flora, he determined that Mamie and the other lakes and landforms in the area were formed by a glacier which created a dump moraine. Trees around the lake are mainly hemlock and yellow birch. The lake is the southernmost of the ten lakes on the Cisco Chain.[1]
Description
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Mamie Lake is one of the main lakes on the ten lake Cisco Chain of Lakes in northern Wisconsin. The lake is in Vilas County, Wisconsin. It is on the border between Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The lake has a depth of 10 ft (3.0 m),[2] and it is 376 acres (152 ha).[3]
Bent's Camp
editBent's Camp Resort was the first resort established on Mamie Lake. In 1893 it was developed from what was an obsolete logging camp into a tourist recreation location.[4][5] Campgrounds were added three years later,[6] and a restaurant was added in 1906.[6][7]
The camp is named for its first owner, Charles Bent, who continued to operate it into the 1940s.[8]
An annual music festival called Northwoodstock is held at the location.[9] The resort was featured in a 2023 episode of America's Best Restaurants Roadshow.[10]
See also
editReferences
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- ^ Annual Report of the Michigan Academy of Science (22 ed.). Urbana-Champaign, Illinois: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 1921. pp. 148–150. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ Wisconsin's Best Lakes Fishing Maps Guide Book. Superior, Wisconsin: Sportsman's Connection. 2016. p. 12. ISBN 9781885010384. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ Wisconsin Lakes. Madison, Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin - Madison. 2005. p. 150. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ Bell, Devon (2016). Haunted Summerwind: A Ghostly History of a Wisconsin Mansion (Paperback). Haunted America. p. 22. ISBN 9781626194373. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ Helminiak, Jon (6 June 2011). Land O' Lakes. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 111–112. ISBN 978-0-7385-8316-7.
- ^ a b Gauper, Beth (2005-02-13). "Golden Oldies - In the North Woods, Classic Lodges Are Remnants of a Vanished Era". St. Paul Pioneer Press. Archived from the original on 2024-07-14. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ^ Hintz, Martin; Percy, Pam (2014). Williams, Tracee (ed.). Food Lovers' Guide to Wisconsin: The Best Restaurants, Markets & Local Culinary Offerings. Guilford, Connecticut: Globe Pequot Press. p. 252. ISBN 978-0-7627-9214-6. Retrieved 2024-07-14 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Austin Bent, son of Charles Bent, operator of Bent's Camp". Wausau Daily Herald. Wausau, Wisconsin. August 12, 1954. p. 6. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
- ^ Skola, Shereen (March 24, 2013). "5 great places to eat Up North". Wausau Daily Herald. ProQuest 1319042679. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
- ^ Drew, Michelle (September 13, 2023). "Two local restaurants to be featured as 'America's best'". Vilas County News-Review. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
Further reading
edit- Bawden, Timothy (2001). Reinventing the Frontier: Tourism, Nature, and Environmental Change in Northern Wisconsin, 1880–1930 (PhD thesis). University of Wisconsin–Madison. p. 115. ProQuest 231652918. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- Wagner, Robert (21 July 2008). Classic Deer Camps. Penguin. ISBN 978-1-4402-2410-2.
- Westervelt, Amy (2012). Michigan's Upper Peninsula: A Great Destination. Woodstock, Vermont: The Countryman Press. pp. 175, 178. ISBN 978-1-58157-138-7. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
