French Farm Lake is a lake in Wawatam Township in Emmet County in the U.S. state of Michigan. 802 acres (325 ha) in size, it is located approximately 2.7 miles (4.3 km) southwest of Mackinaw City, Michigan. It is the northernmost lake of Michigan's Lower Peninsula.[2] It is served by the North Country Trail from Mackinaw City[3] and by local dirt roads.
A typical shallow lake in the North Woods, the lake is partly surrounded by wetlands. Like much of the Mackinaw State Forest the region around the lake was cut over in the late 1800s for timber; exhausted land parcels were allowed to return to the public sector. The French Farm Lake State Flooding Wildlife Management Area, a unit within the State Forest that is owned and managed by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (M-DNR), is a parcel of land of 2,948 acres (1,193 ha) in extent. M-DNR maintains an earthen boat ramp close to the northern end of the lake, from which boaters can launch vessels and fish for bass and pike. The surrounding wetlands are breeding grounds for mallards and wood ducks.[4]
The lake's name may be derived from a frontier farm cultivated on the lakeshore in the 18th century. The farmstead, which supplied food to Fort Michilimackinac, was excavated by archaeologists in 1981-1982. A monograph was published.[5]
^U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: French Farm Lake
^Michigan Atlas and Gazetteer (10th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2002. p. 94.
^"North County Trail: Harbor Springs Chapter". North Country Trail Association. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
^"Village of Mackinaw City Recreation Plan: 2014-2018" (PDF). Mackinaw City, Michigan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-19. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
^Archaeological Investigations at French Farm Lake in Northern Michigan, 1981-1982: A British Colonial Farm Site. Mackinac Island, Michigan: Mackinac Island State Park Commission. 1983.
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