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Loon Lake is a freshwater lake located in Waterford Township, Michigan. It borders Dixie Highway on the west and is south of Walton Blvd. on the north. The sand-bottom lake is 243 acres, making it the 18th largest lake in Oakland County, Michigan and one of the largest in Waterford Township.
Clintonville is an unincorporated community in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community is located within Waterford Township. As an unincorporated community, Clintonville has no legally defined area or population statistics of its own, and it uses the Waterford 48328 ZIP Code.
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- ↑ "Waterford Historical Society | Museums".
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- ↑ "Home". michmarkers.com.
- ↑ "DNR - History of Michigan's Fish Production Systems". www.michigan.gov. Archived from the original on 2012-12-22.
- ↑ "The House a Bass Station Built". Waterford Township Historical Society. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ↑ "DNR - Fish Production System". www.michigan.gov. Archived from the original on 2012-11-21.
- ↑ "Clinton River Assessment" (PDF). State of Michigan, Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- ↑ "LEMU Fisheries Newsletter, January 2013" (PDF). Michigan DNR. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Drayton Plains Nature Center". 29 December 2016.
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