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Muskallonge Lake State Park

Park in Michigan, USA

Summary

Park in Michigan, USA

Field	Value
name	Muskallonge Lake State Park
photo	Muskallonge Lake State Park beach, Muskallonge Lake (June 2021).jpg
photo_caption	Beachfront along Muskallonge Lake
photo_alt	Beachfront
photo_width	280
map	USA Michigan#USA
map_caption	Location within the state of Michigan
map_width	280
relief	1
location	Deer Park, McMillan Township, Luce County, Michigan, United States
coordinates
elevation	643 ft
area	217 acre
designation	Michigan state park
established	1956
administrator	Michigan Department of Natural Resources
website

Muskallonge Lake State Park is a state park located in Luce County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located in Deer Park about 16 mi east of Grand Marais along H-58.

The park encompasses 217 acres between the shores of Lake Superior and Muskallonge Lake where Native Americans once had an encampment and where a station of the United States Life-Saving Service once stood.

History

The park occupies land just west of Deer Park, a 19th-century mill town that all but disappeared once the forests on which its mill depended were gone. The state park is also the site of former Station Muskallong Lake (Coast Guard Station #295; later called Station Deer Park), one of five such stations along the coast of Lake Superior between Munising and Whitefish Point in the Upper Peninsula. It was part of U.S. Life-Saving Service District 10 (later part of District 11). The other four stations along Lake Superior's "Shipwreck Coast" were Grand Marais, Two Heart, Crisp Point Light, and Vermilion Point.

Deer Park Life-Saving Station was in service from 1876 to 1909. The park was transferred from the Forestry Division to Parks and Recreation Division in 1957.

Activities and amenities

The park offers swimming and fishing and includes a 159-site campground, boat launch, picnic area, playground, and trails for hiking and snow-mobiling.

Images

File:Muskallonge Lake State Park entrance sign (June 2021).jpg| File:Muskallonge Lake State Park campground (June 2021).jpg| File:Muskallonge Lake State Park, Lake Superior (June 2021).jpg| File:Muskallonge Lake (June 2021).jpg|

References

R, Mike. (2021-08-22). "State Park Bortle 1 Scale Information In The US".
"Muskallonge State Park". Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
"Muskallonge State Park General Management Plan: Appendix_A". Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
"When were Michigan state parks and recreation areas established?". Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
Griffin, Steve. (August 21, 2003). "Former lumber town full of history". Midland Daily News.
"Station Muskallonge Lake, Michigan". U.S. Coast Guard.

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