Location: Goose Lake, MI

Goose Lake MI railroadsGoose Lake was a station stop on the Chicago & North Western railroad about six miles southeast of downtown Negaunee in Marquette County. The station was established about 1878. [MPN] Goose Lake was earlier known as Lake Fairbanks. [CNWV]

According to C&NW evaluation maps in 1917, a pump house and water tank was available to C&NW trains at the southeast end of the lake, near a bridge. The location also had a well and tool  building. [CNWV]

Over the years, Goose Lake was a photo spot for many photographers because of the beautiful lake, nearby hills, and the railroad which split the lake in two with its elevated right of way.

Photo Info: Top, a C&NW passenger train coming through Goose Lake in 1898. The train appears to be waiting on a passing siding.


Notes


Time Line

1916. The C&NW builds a new water tank at Goose Lake. [MCR-1916]

Bibliography

The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:

  • [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
  • [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
  • [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
  • [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
  • [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI

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