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Station: Wilwin, MI
Wilwin was a station on the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic railway in Chippewa County, about five miles northwest of Trout Lake. The Chesborough Brothers built a sawmill here in 1916. They built one logging railroad north from their mill and one south as well. The town was named after Will and Erwin wilwin. The townsite is on Wilwin Road north of H-40. [CB/MIHX8]
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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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