Six Lakes was settled about 1876 in northern Montcalm County. [MPN] It was located on a Pere Marquette railroad branch line about six miles west of Edmore.
Image Info: Top, the depot at Six Lakes with an approaching train. [CMUL]. 2nd photo, the C&O Six Lakes depot in 2003. [Alan Loftis]. 3rd photo, the same depot looking east in 1971. [Greg Bunce]. 4th image, a 3-foot gauge logging railroad near Six Lakes. The engineer's wife and child pose from the cab which the rest of the train crew stands nearby. Note that this locomotive is equipped for link-and-pin coupling. 1890. [UML]
1893. Six Lakes, a small village six miles from Edmore, was completely wiped out by fire. The flames started in a small building and spread rapidly, destroying the telephone office, post office, and in fact, all of the property in town. [WEX-1893-0512]
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