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Townsend Lake (Independence Township, Michigan)

Coordinates: 42°42′24″N 83°24′05″W / 42.706549°N 83.401381°W / 42.706549; -83.401381
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Townsend Lake
Location of the lake in Michigan.
Location of the lake in Michigan.
Townsend Lake
Location of the lake in Michigan.
Location of the lake in Michigan.
Townsend Lake
LocationOakland County, Michigan
Coordinates42°42′24″N 83°24′05″W / 42.706549°N 83.401381°W / 42.706549; -83.401381
TypeLake
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface area26 acres (11 ha)
Max. depth55 ft (17 m)[1]
Surface elevation951 ft (290 m)[2]
SettlementsIndependence Township

Townsend Lake is a 26-acre (11 ha) lake in Independence Township in Oakland County, Michigan along the main branch of the Clinton River.[3]

Townsend Lake connects upstream to 66-acre (27 ha) Van Norman Lake and downstream to 135-acre (55 ha) Woodhull Lake.[4]

Namesake

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Townsend Lake was named for Townsend Carpenter Beardslee (b. 1832, d. 1863).[5] The son of John W. Beardslee (the first settler in Independence Township), Townsend was the first white child born in the township.[6]

Fish

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Fish in Townsend Lake include pumpkinseed sunfish, largemouth bass, walleye, northern pike and crappie.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Map" (PDF). www.dnr.state.mi.us.
  2. ^ "Townsend Lake". Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  3. ^ "TOWNSEND LAKE INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP MICH". Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Van Norman Lake (in Oakland County, MI)". Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Find A Grave Search Results". findagrave.com. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  6. ^ Seeley, Thaddeus De Witt (1 January 1912). "History of Oakland County, Michigan: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People, and Its Principal Interests". Lewis Publishing Company. Retrieved 4 June 2016 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Townsend Lake Fishing near Waterford, Michigan - HookandBullet.com". Retrieved 3 February 2017.