12/24/2023 0 Comments Winewood commerce township mi![]() ![]() They're building lakes in - of all places - Michigan, land of lakes and lake lovers. The photo to the right was taken as Lake Sherwood was just beginning to start developing the lake (originally mostly farmland.) This photo was taken from Sleeth Road looking north from SW Corner in December 1955. James Cole (left) and Lewis Easlick created a man-made lake involving 41 miles of lake shoreline and $10,000,000 worth of land (pictured above - 1957) Cole left Lakeland Development in the '50's & went on to created Lake Shannon in Fenton & Lake James South of Houghton. ![]() Man-made lakes will no longer be developed because of DNR restrictions. This dream of connecting all these lakes from M59 to Sleeth Road was stopped from becoming a reality because they were not able to buy all the land needed and the DNR would no longer issue permits. They envisioned going South of Winewood into the gravel pit to Sleeth Road all the way to Bass Lake. They had grand plans to connect these lakes into connecting waterways. James H Cole with Lewis Easlick developed Cedar Island Lake, then they joined to form Lakeland Development and went on to develop Brendal Lake, Lake Neva, and Lake Sherwood. ![]()
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