Station: Lake Gogebic, MI

Lake Gogebic was discovered about 1853 by the Gogebic Mining Company. The townsite later became a station stop on the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic railroad, about three miles west of Bergland in southern Ontonagon County. The town was called Ballentine and then Korelock. It was renamed to Lake Gogebic in 1918. [MPN]

Photo Info: Top, the DSS&A depot at Lake Gogebic in 1910. The lake, one of the largest in Michigan, is on the left.

Notes

The station here was at milepost 272.4 in Section 12, T48N-R43W. [DSSM]

The actual town of Lake Gogebic was on the north shore of the lake and was served by the DSS&A  The dated references below of the C&NW refer to a resort location on the southwest side of this very large lake. The C&NW had a station on their Watersmeet line and employed stage coaches to reach that resort.

Time Line

1907. Lake Gogebic had a DSS&A water tower as of 1907. [SSP1907]

1929. August. It was a nice 40-piece band that the Northwestern railroad sent here for the water carnival. The bandsmen had red uniforms with gold braid and convertible gold capes. They played a varied program and it was regretted that they could not stay longer. [KDG-1929-0817]

1942. The newspaper in Ironwood mentions stories that are told of the good old days when the C&NW railroad controlled the "White House" summer resort on Lake Gogebic. Special coaches via the railroad were common and the tae coach from Gogebic Station to the resort was busy. [IWT-1942-0610]

Industry

• Bonifas Lumber Co. - had a camp here in 1936. [IDG-1936-1111]
• Gogebic Mining Company - 1853