Station: Clear Lake Junction, MI

Clear Lake Junction was a location on the Lewiston Branch of the Michigan Central, about 2 miles northeast of Lovells. The railroad had a branch line here that ran north into the forests of Otsego County, terminating at Johannesburg.

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1897. December. The MC is building another branch to tap a large tract of pine and hardwood in Otsego County, which is owned by Salling, Hanson & Co. of Grayling. The new branch will be about 12 miles long and is to be laid with steel rails, which would indicate that it is to be a permanent line. It leaves the Lewiston Branch one mile east of Lovell station (Clear Lake Junction), and will run in a northerly direction. Salling, Hanson & Co. will erect a saw mill at the terminus of the road (Johannesburg) and will build up a new town. It was the intention of the firm to build a mill at Gaylord but they have been compelled to change their plans. [CCA-1897-1216]