Wolverine Lake MI InfoOakland County Lakes Michigan Wolverine Lake is a 265 acre all sports lake with a maximum depth of 58 feet. Local residents have access to Wolverine Lake through community parks that dot the shoreline. Some of the subdivision parks have swimming beaches and boat launch facilities. Open to residents only! But there is also a Department of Natural Resources (DNR) public access site located off Glengary Road on the north side of the lake. (15 parking spots) Wolverine Lake Oakland County LocationWolverine Lake, Michigan is 7 miles NW of Farmington Hills and about 29 miles NW of Detroit Michigan. 25 miles from Detroit Metro Airport, and only 8 miles from the Oakland International Airport. Wolverine Lake is south of Glengary Rd, west of S. Commerce, north of West Maple Rd Benstein Rd cuts through the western part of the lake. Wolverine Lake MI historyWolverine Lake Oakland County MI was created in the 1920's through a private damming and inundation project funded by local dentist and developer Howard Stuart. Howard Stuart is considered the founding father of Wolverine lake. It was originally six small lakes Spring, Mayie, Pork Barrel, Taylor, Bradley, Bickling and the surrounding marsh. Dr Stuart hired the building of the dam in early 1919 which was built with the help of ten teams of horses, the concrete dam is 12 feet long with 600 feet of levee fill. He ran into all sorts of problems which including one area that kept sinking. They also had to raise Bernstein road 6 feet at the cost of $6000. He also was sued twice to have the dam removed and for damages. The dam raised the water levels to about eight feet in the marsh surrounding Spring, Mayze, Pork Barrel, Bicking, Taylor, and Bradley Lakes, thus uniting them. They even flooded a section of the road that still can be seen today under the water. When the land was flooded there was an island formed on what was Dr. Stuarts land. The island is called Stuart's Oak Island.
The project was completed in 1923, and the lake it was named after Michigan's state animal the wolverine. The area grew as a suburb to Detroit, and was eventually incorporated into a village in 1954 to protect it from annexation. Wolverine Lake has a central homeowners association. Wolverine Lake FishingFish: Bluegill, Crappie, Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass Wolverine Lake Map click here
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