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About Wolverine Lake, Oakland County

Wolverine Lake is a village of 4,544 people (2020 census) inside Commerce Township in western Oakland County, and it exists because of the lake it is named for. A quarter of the village's 1.68 square miles is water. It is a settled residential lake community rather than a commercial downtown, with an older median age (45.1 in 2020) than most of its neighbors.

History of Wolverine Lake

• Before 1918 Howard Stuart and L. A. Green proposed damming several small streams to create a larger lake. The village's own account credits the idea to Dr. Stuart, a local dentist and developer, while walking along the culvert that crossed the road where the dam now sits, in the spring of 1914.
• The dam project was completed in March 1923, and by the end of that year the growing community petitioned to be named Wolverine Lake.
• The lake was formed by flooding six small lakes surrounded by marsh: Spring, Mayze, Pork Barrel, Bicking, Taylor and Bradley.

Landmarks and Places in Wolverine Lake

• Clara Miller Park, the village's main park at about 13.5 acres off Benstein Road, with a pavilion and summer restrooms.
• Amenia Park, a pocket park on Amenia between Wolverine Drive and Ladd Road.
• Oak Island Park, a pocket park on Oak Island Drive off Oakview from Glengary Road.

Community Life in Wolverine Lake

• The village holds an annual Corn Roast Festival, which reached its 37th year, and it is run largely on volunteers.
• Tiki Night Fireworks is a recurring village event funded in part by a public fireworks donation fund.
• The village runs a farmers market, and the Lakes Area Youth Assistance 'Taste of the Lakes' has run for 25 years in the community.

Local reference: en.wikipedia.org, www.wolverinelake.com, www.wolverinelake.com