Hubbard Lake is a
lake in
Alcona County in
Northern Michigan. The lake covers 8,850 acres (36 km²) and is seven miles (11 km) long (north-south) and two miles (3 km) wide. It has a maximum depth of 85 feet (26 m) with an average depth of 32.6 feet (9.9 m). The lake spans three townships:
Caledonia
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,
Alcona, and
Hawes.
The lake is part of the a large tract of land (more than six million acres (24,000 km²)) that was ceded by the
Ojibwa
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,
Ottawa
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and
Potawatomi
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to the
United States in the 1819
Treaty of Saginaw. Permanent
white settlers did not begin to arrive in the area until the 1830s and 1840s. At that time, the lake was known as the "Bottomless Lake". It was also for a while known as "Coral Lake" and "Alcona Lake". In 1867, it was named "Hubbard Lake" in honor of Dr.
Bela Hubbard, who was a prominent geologist in the state of Michigan.
The lake is fed by five streams.
It was dammed to make it deeper for use as a float pond during the lumber boom. A concrete dam on its north end supplies power to the Alpena Power Company.
"The dam, however, is capable of holding a 6.6 foot head as was maintained early this year. At the high level, wave action caused considerable damage to shore installations. According to the caretaker of the dam the lowest point possible is the 4.2 foot level
Inland Lakes of Michigan by I. D. Scott" (1921) published by the Michigan Geological Society.
There are many cottage homes around the lake shore. The lake is a favorite vacation spot for many Michiganders.
The lake is well stocked with
bass
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Fish
* Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species
Music
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,
yellow perch,
northern pike,
trout and
walleye and is a popular destination for summer angling as well as winter
ice fishing.
Michigan Interactive on Hubbard Lake
/ref> Although it is not an incorporated municipality, for statistical purposes, the U.S. Census Bureau defines the area immediately surrounding the lake as a census-designated place named Hubbard Lake. There is also a separate, small unincorporated community named Hubbard Lake located about one mile (1.6 km) north of the lake in Ossineke Township in neighboring Alpena County
Alpena County ( ') is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 28,907. The county seat is Alpena. It is considered to be part of Northern Michigan.
Alpena County comprises the Alpena, MI Micropo ...
.
See also
* List of lakes in Michigan
References
External links
*
Hubbard Lake
Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Status of the Fishery Resource Report, No. 2003-1, 2003, by Tim A. Cwalinski, Surveyed May and September 1996
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Bodies of water of Alcona County, Michigan
Lakes of Michigan
Reservoirs in Michigan