Huntoon Lake (Waterford Township, Michigan)

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Huntoon Lake
Location Oakland County, Michigan
Coordinates 42°41′06″N83°24′19″W / 42.685032°N 83.405220°W / 42.685032; -83.405220 Coordinates: 42°41′06″N83°24′19″W / 42.685032°N 83.405220°W / 42.685032; -83.405220
Basin  countriesUnited States
Surface area42.5 acres (17.2 ha)
Max. depth15 ft (4.6 m)
Settlements Waterford Township [1]

Huntoon Lake is a 42.5-acre private, all-sports lake in Waterford Township in Oakland County, Michigan. [2] [3]

Contents

The 15-ft deep lake is spring fed and is entirely residential. It is located along Airport Rd. north of Hatchery Rd. and south of Williams Lake Rd. [3]

Namesake

Huntoon Lake named for Daniel Huntoon (d.1851), who first settled on 165 acres in sections 8 and 9 of Waterford Township on the south shore of lake that later would bear his family name. Huntoon and his sons Philetus (1824-1869), Phineas (1827-1903) and Horace (1831-1897) came to Waterford in 1832 from New Hampshire.

After the death of their father, Philetus ran the family farm in Waterford. In 1860, Phineas became the proprietor of the Waterford General Store, which was built in 1857 by the previous proprietor, his brother Horace. [4]

Fish

Fish in Scott Lake include sunfish, bluegill, largemouth bass, perch, northern pike, crappie and bullhead. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2016-08-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ "Google". www.google.com.
  3. 1 2 "Map" (PDF). www.dnr.state.mi.us.
  4. ↑ "Waterford Historical Society - Home". www.waterfordhistoricalsociety.org.
  5. ↑ "Huntoon Lake Fishing near Waterford, Michigan - HookandBullet.com". www.hookandbullet.com.
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