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Huntoon Lake (Waterford Township, Michigan)

Coordinates: 42°41′06″N 83°24′19″W / 42.685032°N 83.405220°W / 42.685032; -83.405220
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Huntoon Lake
Location of the lake in Michigan.
Location of the lake in Michigan.
Huntoon Lake
Location of the lake in Michigan.
Location of the lake in Michigan.
Huntoon Lake
LocationOakland County, Michigan
Coordinates42°41′06″N 83°24′19″W / 42.685032°N 83.405220°W / 42.685032; -83.405220
TypeLake
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface area42.5 acres (17.2 ha)
Max. depth15 ft (4.6 m)
Surface elevation965 ft (294 m)[1]
SettlementsWaterford Township[2]

Huntoon Lake is a 42.5-acre (17.2 ha) private, all-sports lake in Waterford Township in Oakland County, Michigan.[3][4]

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.[4]

Namesake

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Huntoon Lake named for Daniel Huntoon (d.1851), who first settled on 165 acres (67 ha) 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.[5]

Fish

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Fish in Scott Lake include sunfish, bluegill, largemouth bass, perch, northern pike, crappie and bullhead.[6]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Huntoon Lake (Waterford Township, Michigan)
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2016-08-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Google". www.google.com.
  4. ^ a b "Map" (PDF). www.dnr.state.mi.us.
  5. ^ "Waterford Historical Society - Home". www.waterfordhistoricalsociety.org.
  6. ^ "Huntoon Lake Fishing near Waterford, Michigan - HookandBullet.com". www.hookandbullet.com.