Station: Wakelee, MI

Wakelee Depot Wakelee, in Cass County, was first laid out in 1871, named for the first treasurer of the Peninsular Railroad which built a depot here. [MPN] The town was located on the railroad, which became the Grand Trunk Western and later Canadian National, about 10 miles northeast of Cassopolis.

Image info: An early view of the GT depot at Wakelee. Note the boxes of express freight waiting to be loaded. [CMUL]


Notes


Time Line

1915. The GTW had a 25 car passing track here. [GTOS-1915-1102]

1917. The GTW has a station agent here on the day shift. Telegraph call was "W". [TRT]

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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