TURTLE LAKE
Alpena County
NGS Data Sheet
DESIGNATION - TURTLE LAKE LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - PK0334
STATE/COUNTY- MI/ALPENA
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - BEAVER LAKE (2017)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1956 (WNM)
THIS STATION HAS BEEN DESTROYED. INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE
MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF
CONSERVATION SHOWS THAT THE TOWER WAS TORN DOWN.
STATION RECOVERY (1971)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1971 (JDS)
THIS TOWER WAS ERRONEOUSLY REPORTED DESTROYED BY A RECOVERY NOTE IN
1956. INSCRIPTION
ON BASE OF PRESENT TOWER INDICATES THAT THE ERECTION
DATE WAS JULY 27, 1929. TOWER IS A
THREE LEGGED STRUCTURE, 50 FEET IN
HEIGHT, NOW COMPLETELY OBSCURED BY TREES.