WOLVERINE
Cheboygan County
1922: A steel tower was erected. (Biennial Report - The Department of Conservation - 1922)
NGS Data Sheet
DESIGNATION - WOLVERINE LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - QK0638
STATE/COUNTY- MI/CHEBOYGAN
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - WOLVERINE (2017)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1956 (WNM)
THE STATION IS ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF WOLVERINE, 4 MILES
SOUTH OF INDIAN
RIVER ON A HIGH RIDGE OWNED BY MR. FRANK GRIMM. IT IS A FOUR LEGGED
STEEL STRUCTURE ABOUT 90 FEET HIGH
WITH A GLASSED IN OBSERVING PLATFORM AT THE TOP.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE RAILROAD DEPOT IN INDIAN RIVER, GO
SOUTH ON U.S. HIGHWAY 27
FOR 1.35 MILES TO THE JUNCTION WITH STATE HIGHWAY 68. CONTINUE SOUTH
ON HIGHWAY 27 FOR 1.55 MILES TO
A SIDE ROAD LEFT. TURN LEFT AND GO EAST ON GRAVEL ROAD
FOR 0.65 MILE TO A SIDE ROAD LEFT. TURN LEFT
AND GO EAST ON GRAVEL ROAD FOR 0.6 MILE
TO A CROSSROAD. TURN RIGHT AND GO SOUTH ON THE SAND ROAD FOR
1.25 MILES TO A SIDE ROAD
RIGHT. TURN RIGHT AND GO WEST ON SAND ROAD FOR 0.15 MILE TO THE
STATION.