GeoCities.com/ Invizzible Hamlin's Online Reporter Paul Stalter, Webmaster Bringing Mason County to your fingertips! My unique and exclusive presentation, including satellite images and aerial photos, of Hamlin Township. Satellite Images Start Page Hamlin Lake State Park Dam State Park Outlet Big Point Sauble Lighthouse Carferries of Ludington Pumped Storage Project Sargent Sand Company Epworth Heights Mason County Airport Dow Chemical Train Depot Ludington High School Oriole Field Nordhouse Elementary Jebavy Bridge Lincoln Bridge Victory Park Partridge Pointe Laman's Landing Sauble Resort Barnhart's Resort Tamarac Community Pentwater Bass Lake Assorted My Neighborhood Heart of Hamlin Township My House Impact Crater My Mile of Jebavy Hamlin Township Hall Hamlin Township Fire Department Hamlin Grocery Oddities Visible only by satellite Impact Crater Peace Symbol Terrestrial Navigation Was this information useful? If this page did not offer what you needed, please contact the webmaster at invizzible@yahoo.com. Wanted: Photos of ice fishing on Hamlin Lake. Please submit your photos to invizzible@yahoo.com. Please help me earn my Level 2 Diamond Web Award by clicking on the banner. Thank you! Top 10 Google Search Phrases used to find this page "hamlin lake dam" "walleye lake hamlin fishing" "hamlin lake fishing" "hamlin lake" "partridge point ludington hamlin" "sargent sand company" "sable resort lake hamlin michigan" "walleye fishing hamlin lake" "hamlin dam" "lake hamlin bass"

Hamlin Township - Ludington - Mason County, Michigan Sitemap Hamlin Lake Contact 1. Partridge Point 2. North Bayou 3. Middle Bayou 4. South Bayou 5. Tamarac Community 6. Sargent Sand 7. State Park Dam 8. Victory Park Image courtesy of TerraServer. Hamlin Lake is more than 12 miles long and covers 5,000 acres and touches Manistee National Forest on the north, Nordhouse dunes to the north and west, and miles of undeveloped wilderness all around. Since the retreat of the ice age, the changing Great Lakes levels and also the coastal dune formation helped create the original, smaller "Big Sable Lake", which made up 90% of the current Hamlin Lake. In 1860, lumberman Charles Mears constructed a dam which raised the lake level an additional 15 feet. The additional flooding created an enormous holding pond for trees felled upstream while providing power for the village shingle mill. The lake and lumber village settlement were named named Hamlin, in honor of Hannibal Hamlin, Mear's choice for Lincoln's vice president. Today, Hamlin Lake dam, located just inside Ludington State Park, marks a unique historical spot. Swimmers and sunbathers enjoy the park's small beach, picnic lawns, concession stands, hiking paths and marked canoe path tracing the state park's shoreline. Whether you explore the bayous or head for deeper waters, Hamlin Lake offers a wide variety of fish. Tiger muskie, northern pike, large and small mouth bass, perch, crappie, blue gill offer a great catch, as well as over 600,000 walleye which were planted several years ago. The fishing doesn't cool down in winter either. Tip-ups and shanties dot the ice as fishermen pull in delicious panfish and walleye. Winter also means cross-country skiing on miles of groomed trails along Hamlin Lake and through Ludington State Park's frozen wilderness, truly making Hamlin a lake for all seasons. Hamlin Lake Fireworks are scheduled for Saturday, July 3, 2004. For fireworks details and donation information, please click here. (Opens in new window) For a free Hamlin Lake brochure, call the Ludington Area Chamber of Commerce at (231) 845-0324. For additional information regarding the entire Ludington area, call the Ludington Area Convention & Visitors Bureau at (800) 542-4600. A breathtaking aerial view of Hamlin Lake. Top of image is north. Image copyright c/o Aerial Graphics. Photo Gallery Hamlin Lake Aerial Photos Photo Credits: Peggy Sue Swiecki Visit Peggy Sue's WebShots gallery! Hamlin Lake, Nordhouse Dunes Hamlin Lake, State Park Hamlin Lake, The Narrows Upper Hamlin Lake Upper Hamlin Lake Upper Hamlin Lake How does my site rank with other Mason County websites? Search WWW Search Yahoo! Use my Google search box to search Hamlin Township, Ludington, or Mason County! (Example: Epworth Heights, Hamlin Lake, Sargent Sand, Ludington Pumped Storage Project) Design and Graphics Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Invizzible PC. All Rights Reserved.