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Subject: Re: Pinning down Spearfish Lake location

Author:
Boyd Percy

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Date Posted: 21:25:00 12/09/13 Mon
In reply to: kilobytemangler 's message, "Pinning down Spearfish Lake location" on 21:22:51 12/08/13 Sun

>Years ago, it was determined that Spearfish Lake was
>somewhere in Wisconsin, Michigan, or maybe Minnesota.
>
>Since then it seems to have been narrowed down to
>Michigan.
>
>However, SK20 seems to make it fairly clear that
>Spearfish Lake is actually in the UP [unless a reread
>of Dawnwalker suggests otherwise].
>
>Do we have Lat-Long coordinates yet [just kidding]?
>
>At any rate, keep up the excellent work!

It's as easy to find Spearfish Lake as it is to find Bradford, Wychbold, Hawthorne, Amhearst or Winchester Harbor. All are probably in Michigan, but where exactly is not so easy to determine. The great Spearfish Lake map drawn by Andy Haworth and Wes Boyd shows that the North Country Trail is just north of Spearfish Lake and runs through Mark Gravengood's property. He supposedly helps maintain part of it. Also, phone calls between Arizona and Spearfish Lake seems to argue for it being in the Eastern Time zone. The towns that Wes mentions are in the Central Time zone so maybe Wes is throwing in a "red herring" to have some fun with us. Whatever the case may be, I still enjoy reading all the great Spearfish Lake Tales.

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Author:
Leo Kerr
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Date Posted: 20:19:31 12/10/13 Tue

>Also, phone calls between Arizona and Spearfish Lake
>seems to argue for it being in the Eastern Time zone.
>The towns that Wes mentions are in the Central Time
>zone so maybe Wes is throwing in a "red herring" to
>have some fun with us.

Having driven through that area a couple of times (Iron Mountain, Marquette, Green Bay, Eagle River..) the line between Eastern and Central wanders around in a really odd fashion. I seem to recall Iron Mountain being in Eastern; Green Bay, Two Rivers, and the Point Beach Nuclear Power Station are in Central. Marquette is definitely Eastern.

[Huh. Sorry, Crystal Falls and Iron Mountain are both Central. Not an easy area to find out about, though.]