Station: Engadine, MI

Engadine began as a lumber settlement called Kennedy siding in 1889. The name was changed to Engadine in 1893. Engadine is located about 30 miles west of Trout Lake.

Photo Info: Top, an old winter photo of the Engadine log depot with an approaching train. The depot is built on posts. 2nd photo, a Soo Line train with 730 in the lead passes Engadine in Mackinac County in 1975. [Charlie Whipp]

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Time Line

1907. The section house at Engadine burned. [PHTH-1907-1004]

1917. The MStP&SSM had an agent here on the day shift. [TRT]

1941. August. Twelve cans of small mouth black bass were received by the Tahquamenon Sportsmen's Club from the Bureau of Federal Fisheries, and were planted by club members in Luce county lakes designated for bass. The fish arrived on the Soo Line railroad at Engadine and a quick transfer was made to containers which were trucked to Luce county waters. The fingerling bass measured up to five inches in length. [EDP-1941-0807]

1963. May. In a hearing before the MPSC, the Soo Line requests to serve freight patrols at Cooks, Gulliver and Engadine from a service center at Manistique, instead of through local station agents. The railroad's station system was created 75 years ago to meet 19th century needs, with only primitive transportation and communication. Lock City transportation company facilities (in Sault Ste. Marie)_ will be used to provide pickup and delivery. A traveling agent system will be provided to substitute for the offices now operated. An enterprise telephone number will be provided at Engadine for toll-free shipper use. The proposal is similar to that of the New York Central in lower Michigan, now in use. [EDP-1963-0524]