Northern Mich~Mash Preserve
~CARP LAKE~
Neighboring Villages were named "Wheeling," "Hamlet," and Walker's Crossing.
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Nearly a mile north of the town of Carp Lake was the village of Wheeling
which came into existence about 1910 as a sawmill village.
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South of the village of Carp Lake and a short distance north of where the railroad crossed Carp River stood the appropriately named mill-town of Hamlet.
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The extinct Walker's Crossing was named after the early pioneer Benjamin Walker Family that settled about 3/4 mile south of Carp Lake.
~ Raymond Kalbfleisch
CENSUS for 2010 for Carp Lake = 357
The founder of Carp Lake was Octave Terrian.
Carp Lake surrounds Lake Paradise, historically known as "Carp Lake".
The founder of Carp Lake was Octave Terrian.
Carp Lake surrounds Lake Paradise, historically known as "Carp Lake".
Carp Lake was settled in 1880 near the lake.
The village was a station stop on the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad.
The village was a station stop on the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad.
In 1889 Albert and Jacob Kalbfleisch came form Petoksey to work in Rawdon's sawmill and hotel in Carp Lake. During the winter they helped with the logging and sawmill business; in the summer they worked as hotel porters, boat-handlers and fishing guides for the popular resort trade. The Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad stopped a short distance (about 250 feet) from the Rawdon's Hotel.
Photo Below: Three men on a railroad handcar in Carp Lake fettering the Hotel Rawdon in the background.
Photo Below: Three men on a railroad handcar in Carp Lake fettering the Hotel Rawdon in the background.
~ 1895 ~
Reverend A.A. Collins was a Protestant in the townships of Bliss, Cross Village, Center and Carp Lake.
Reverend A.A. Collins was a Protestant in the townships of Bliss, Cross Village, Center and Carp Lake.
~ 1896 ~
Schmalzried Barn Raising
Schmalzried Barn Raising
Mr. and Mrs Hugh Kilpatrick of Carp Lake Township Celebrated their fiftieth anniversary.
They moved to Emmet County in 1878; homesteading the quarter section they were living in 1907.
They moved to Emmet County in 1878; homesteading the quarter section they were living in 1907.
Article Below:
Carp Lake's Grandma Mary Trombley sees again with help at Turk Convalescent Home in Petoskey
1952
Carp Lake's Grandma Mary Trombley sees again with help at Turk Convalescent Home in Petoskey
1952
Photo Below: Carp Lake had a float in the parade for the Mackinac Bridge Groundbreaking.
1954
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~ 1971 ~
Carp Lake Festival
Carp Lake Festival
~ 1978 ~
Elmer Danker at Wilderness Golf Course near Carp Lake
Elmer Danker at Wilderness Golf Course near Carp Lake
Carp Lake "Jaws of Life" Appreciation
2002
2002
Carp Lake General Store
6420 East Gill Road, Carp Lake, Michigan
6420 East Gill Road, Carp Lake, Michigan
On 11 September 2019 at about 4:15PM the Carp Lake General Store with attached residence
was totally destroyed by fire.
was totally destroyed by fire.
The Petoskey News Review announced on 21 July 2022, three years later, "the Carp Lake General Store reopens after fire." The new owners Michael and Jon Ashbaugh-Cutler worked with a local architect to redesign the building based on photos of the original store.