Muskallonge Lake State Park

Muskallonge Lake State Park
Muskallonge Lake State Park, July 2007
Location within the state of Michigan
Location	Upper Peninsula, Luce County, Michigan USA
Nearest city	Grand Marais, Michigan
Coordinates	46°40′35″N 85°38′09″W / 46.67638°N 85.63583°W / 46.67638; -85.63583Coordinates: 46°40′35″N 85°38′09″W / 46.67638°N 85.63583°W / 46.67638; -85.63583
Area	217 acres (88 ha)
Governing body	Michigan Department of Natural Resources
http://www.dnr.state.mi.us/parksandtrails/details.aspx?id=424&type=SPRK

Muskallonge Lake State Park is a state park in Michigan. It is located 28 miles (45 km) northwest of Newberry in Luce County. The 217-acre (88 ha) park is situated between the shores of Lake Superior and Muskallonge Lake; the area is well known for its forests, lakes and streams.

History

The park occupies the site of the former lumber mill town of Deer Park, which prior to its lumber days was an Indian encampment. In the late 1800s, Muskallonge Lake served as a mill pond for millions of white pine logs brought to it by railroad lines. By 1900, the virgin stands of pines were depleted, the mill closed, and the lumbering operation moved away. All that remains as evidence of the lumbering community are piles of sawdust and a few partly submerged pine logs in the lake.

The state park is also the site where stood Station Muskallong Lake (later Deer Park), one of five U.S. Life-Saving Service Stations along the coast of Lake Superior between Munising and Whitefish Point in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It was part of the U.S. Life-Saving Service District 10 (later part of District 11). The other four Life-saving Stations were Grand Marais, Two Heart, Crisp Point Light, and Vermilion Point. In 1915, these stations became part of the U.S. Coast Guard. In 1939 the U.S. Lighthouse Service also merged under the control of the U.S. Coast Guard.^[1]

Facilities

Boat Launch
Campground - 159 Sites
Picnic Area
Playground

Activities

Fishing
Hiking - 1.5 miles (2.4 km)
Snow-mobiling
Swimming

Nearby Points of Interest

References

↑ "Deer Park (Muskallonge Lake) Lifesaving Station". Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy. Retrieved 31 December 2008.

External links

Muskallonge Lake State Park Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Muskallonge Lake State Park Protected Planet (World Database on Protected Areas)
USCG Station Deer Park
U.S. Coast Guard Search & Rescue Index

Protected areas of Michigan

See also: Important Bird Areas of Michigan

National

Parks	Isle Royale Keweenaw (Historical) River Raisin (Battlefield)

Lakeshores	Pictured Rocks Sleeping Bear Dunes

Landmarks	Black Spruce Bog Natural Area Dead Stream Swamp Dukes Research Natural Area Grand Mere Lakes Haven Hill State Natural Area Newton Woods Porcupine Mountains Roscommon Virgin Pine Stand Strangmoor Bog Tobico Marsh Toumey Woods Warren Woods State Park

Forests	Hiawatha Huron-Manistee Ottawa

Wildlife Refuges	Detroit River Harbor Island Huron Kirtlands Warbler Wildlife Management Area Michigan Islands Michigan Wetland Management District Seney Shiawassee

Other	Grand Island National Recreation Area Father Marquette National Memorial Saint Helena Island National Scenic Area Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

State

Parks	Algonac Aloha Baraga Belle Isle Bewabic Brimley Burt Lake Cambridge Junction Cheboygan Clear Lake Coldwater Lake Craig Lake Dodge #4 Duck Lake Fayette Fisherman's Island Fort Michilimackinac Fort Wilkins Grand Haven Grand Mere Harrisville Hart-Montague Trail Hartwick Pines Hayes Mill Creek P.H. Hoeft P.J. Hoffmaster Holland Indian Lake Interlochen Kal-Haven Trail Lake Gogebic Lakelands Trail Lakeport Leelanau Ludington Mackinac Island Maybury F.J. McLain Mears Meridian-Baseline Mitchell Muskallonge Lake Muskegon Negwegon Newaygo North Higgins Lake Onaway Orchard Beach Otsego Lake Palms Book Petoskey Porcupine Mountains Port Crescent Rockport Sanilac Petroglyphs Saugatuck Dunes Seven Lakes Silver Lake Sleeper Sleepy Hollow South Higgins Lake Sterling Straits Tahquamenon Falls Tawas Point Thompson's Harbor Traverse City Twin Lakes Van Buren Van Buren Trail Van Riper Warren Dunes Warren Woods Wells White Pine Trail Wilderness William G. Milliken Wilson Young

Recreation Areas	Bald Mountain Bass River Bay City Brighton Fort Custer Highland Holly Ionia Island Lake Lake Hudson Menominee River Metamora-Hadley Ortonville Pinckney Pontiac Lake Proud Lake Rifle River Waterloo Wetzel Yankee Springs

Forests	Au Sable Copper Country Escanaba River Lake Superior Mackinaw Pere Marquette

Underwater Preserves	Alger De Tour Passage Grand Traverse Bay Keweenau Manitou Passage Marquette Sanilac Shores Southwest Michigan Straits of Mackinac Thumb Area Whitefish Point

Other (inc. game areas)	Agate Falls Scenic Site Allegan State Game Area Bond Falls Scenic Site Laughing Whitefish Falls Scenic Site Michigan Islands Wilderness Area Pointe Mouillee State Game Area Ralph A. MacMullan Conference Center Sturgeon Point Scenic Site Wagner Falls Scenic Site

Michigan Department of Natural Resources

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