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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

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

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

References

  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.