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The ”’Clam Lake Canal”’ (sometimes called the ”’Cadillac Canal”’){{sfn|Forster|2018|page=49}} is a man-made canal between [[Lake Mitchell (Michigan)|Lake Mitchell]] and [[Lake Cadillac]] in [[Cadillac, Michigan]] made by [[George A. Mitchell]] in the 1870s. The purpose of the canal was to facilitate the movement of logs to [[sawmills]]. |
The ”’Clam Lake Canal”’ (sometimes called the ”’Cadillac Canal”’){{sfn|Forster|2018|page=49}} is a man-made canal between [[Lake Mitchell (Michigan)|Lake Mitchell]] and [[Lake Cadillac]] in [[Cadillac, Michigan]] made by [[George A. Mitchell]] in the 1870s. The purpose of the canal was to facilitate the movement of logs to [[sawmills]]. |
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The canal displays an unusual water phenomenon; it is frozen over in the first part of the winter when the lakes on each side of it are unfrozen. Then when the adjacent lakes freeze, the canal remains unfrozen. |
The canal displays an unusual water phenomenon; it is frozen over in the first part of the winter when the lakes on each side of it are unfrozen. Then when the adjacent lakes freeze, the canal remains unfrozen. |
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Canal in Michigan, United States
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The Clam Lake Canal (sometimes called the Cadillac Canal) is a man-made canal between Lake Mitchell and Lake Cadillac in Cadillac, Michigan, made by George A. Mitchell in the 1870s. The purpose of the canal was to facilitate the movement of logs to sawmills.
The canal displays an unusual water phenomenon; it is frozen over in the first part of the winter when the lakes on each side of it are unfrozen. Then when the adjacent lakes freeze, the canal remains unfrozen.
Mitchell persuaded the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad to change their original route layout between the lakes, redirecting it to the eastern end of the Little Clam Lake, in the southeast corner of Wexford County, Michigan.[4] Mitchell widened the stream to be able to float logs from one lake to the other and collect fees for the usage of the waterway.[5]
Enlargement and current use
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The Clam Lake Canal has been widened six times over the years to about 50Â ft or 15Â m, and is used as a recreational passage between the lakes.[7] The canal was dedicated as a Michigan State Historic Site on March 16, 1989.[2]
Freezing phenomenon
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In the winter, Clam Lake Canal often displays an unusual phenomenon; it freezes over in the first part of the winter, when the lakes on each side are unfrozen. When the lakes freeze over in the mid-winter months, the canal thaws.
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January 1890 – Clam Lake Canal unfrozen in winter months
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February 1900 – Clam Lake Canal unfrozen
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21 November 2008 – Widened Clam Lake Canal is frozen
- ^ “2 Lakes, A Canal, A Railroad, & A Bit of History”. Cadillac Area Visitors Bureau. December 4, 2015. Archived from the original on December 30, 2018. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
- ^ a b “Cadillac Canal”. Cadillac Area Visitors Bureau. 2018. Archived from the original on December 30, 2018. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
- ^ Irish, Brenda (September 1, 2006). “Connected by a Canal”. Michigan History Magazine. Archived from the original on February 13, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
- ^ Peterson, William (June 12, 1971). “Judge tells of county seat battle”. Cadillac Evening News. Cadillac, Michigan.
- ^ “Water”. The Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. June 13, 1993. Archived from the original on March 25, 2021. Retrieved March 25, 2021 – via newspapers.com
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- Tonello, Mark A. (2012). Lake Mitchell (PDF). Status of the Fishery Resource (Report). Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
