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Campers and bunk house in 1948.
Camp Pennington was a private girl's camp started by Parker and Jeanne Pennington on Green Lake from 1943-1950. After 1950 it became a traveling camp of around 100 campers and camped the western U.S each summer in…

Little Betsie River taken from the bridge south of Interlochen.
Pictures of Green and Duck Lakes and the Betsie River.

There were four buildings in the township but the location of this one is uncertain. It MAY be the one in section 7 or ...? It was identified in 1946 as the "Green Lake School" but they probably meant a school IN Green Lake Twp.

Group of children being photographed in Interlochen. The Green Lake township hall is the building behind the photographer. A sign for the State Park is shown so it is after 1917.
Interlochen was platted in 1890 where the M&NE and C&WM railroads…

John Melvin had Melvin Cottages next to Diamond Park on Green Lake.
1. Dale Melvin cutting ice in Green Lake and loading it on a truck. c.1920
2. John Melvin with fish. c. 1922
3. John Melvin with fish. c.1915
4. Melvin Cottages
5. Melvin family…

Early view of the hotel.
The Hotel Pennington was built in 1909 by Willis Pennington on the north shore of Green Lake. Pine Park station on the Manistee and Northeastern railroad brought in patrons and the hotel operated until 1917 when it became…

Campers and staff in 1947.
Camp Pennington was a private girl's camp started by Parker and Jeanne Pennington on Green Lake from 1943-1950. After 1950 it became a traveling camp of around 100 campers and camped the western U.S each summer in busses…

View of Green Lake from Camp Interlochen beach.

Man & woman with horse-drawn set of large logging wheels.

Anna Padden's hotel in Interlochen. This was the only hotel in the village after the larger Hardy Hotel burned.
Interlochen was platted in 1890 where the M&NE and C&WM railroads crossed. It quickly became a lumber town and later after the lumber…