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Station: Sylvan Lake, MI
Sylvan Lake was founded about 1881 as a station on the Grand Trunk Western's Jackson Branch. The town became a village in 1923 and a city in 1946. [MPN]. In 1895, the depot was located at what is now Inverness Street (and the bike trail).
Sylvan Lake was located about three miles southwest of Pontiac in Oakland County.
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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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