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

1889. Reimund Holzhey, who robbed a stage at Lake Gogebic and killed a man in commission of the robbery was apprehended by Town Marshall Globe in Republic and brought to Bessemer for trial. He was sentenced to Marquette prison. This was the last known stage robbery east of the Mississippi River.

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