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Elk Lake (Michigan)

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areas on private land. The club's land tract was surrounded by rural life until the late 1970s when commercial interests started encroaching. The camp is located less than five miles (8 km) from one of Northern Michigan's best-known vacation areas, on the south end of
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Elk Lake lies to the west of the larger Torch Lake, which lies just to the east. It is part of a watershed that begins in northern Antrim County with
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Membership is closed and has been passed through family lines for three generations. Some the better-known members include
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professors. Founding members were leaders with a common interest in academic and applied research including (among others)
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The club has offered anonymity from the local community, refuge from their public life and some of the few remaining
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flows from Lake Bellaire into Clam Lake, which in turn drains into Torch Lake via the short
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Elk Lake (Michigan)
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Wabigama is a private colony situated on the eastern bank of Elk Lake in
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and in the obituaries of various individuals involved with the colony.
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at Elk Rapids. This watershed is popularly known as the
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Elk Lake is located in Michigan
Elk Lake is located in the United States
Antrim
Grand Traverse
Michigan, US
44°51′N 85°23′W / 44.850°N 85.383°W / 44.850; -85.383
Type
lake
Primary inflows
Lake Skegemog
Primary outflows
Elk River
Basin
United States
Elk Rapids
Antrim
Grand Traverse
Northern Michigan
44°51′N 85°23′W / 44.850°N 85.383°W / 44.850; -85.383
Elk Rapids
Torch Lake
lake trout
rock bass
yellow perch
smallmouth bass
muskellunge
ciscoes
brown trout
rainbow trout
whitefish

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