Location: Interlake Park, North Muskegon, MI

Interlake Park was a 92 acre resort property owned by the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad. It was built by the railroad in 1887 at the west end of the peninsula between Muskegon Lake and Bear Lake, west of what is now North Muskegon. [FL-p90]


Notes

The resort had a pavilion that offered refreshments and a dance floor. A bath house housing 200 bathers was added on the Muskegon Lake shore.

Time Line

1887. The resort was opened.

1906. The park was sold by the railroad in 1906 to a private individual. [FL]

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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