Wolverine Lake information MI and Wolverine Lake data

• Surface area                     265 acre
• All sports lake                   Yes
• Maximum depth                58 feet 
• Average depth                   most of the lake is about 5 ft deep 
• Public access                    Yes
• Public access parking         about 15 parking spots
• Public beach                      No
• Wake restrictions              no wake before 9 am and after 5 pm 
• Lake Association              No lake association for the whole lake. May have some subdivision associations
• Water Source                   Unknown

  Wolverine Lake looks like a big "T" shaped lake.  The lake is narrow in some spots.  It is It was originally 6 small lakes that were eventually dammed to form one large lake.     Some of the areas where the small lakes were range in depth from  30 ft to 57' deep. Lake weeds are controlled by a harvester and other methods.

Wolverine Lakefront homes for sale

Usually there are a few Wolverine Lake waterfront homes for sale.  They are a mixture of colonials, ranches, bungalows, and even tri-levels.  The price range of Wolverine Lake waterfront properties range from a $100,000 to over a half a million dollars depending on the size and location of the home on Wolverine lake. Like most of Southeastern Michigan lakes there are small lake cottages built from the 1920s to 1960s now updated and converted to year round use.  And there are new built colonials and lakefront homes with all the latest amenities. 

The economy has even hit Wolverine Lake residents too.  You will notice a few lake homes that become Wolverine Lake foreclosures.  

 Local residents have access to Wolverine Lake through community parks that dot the shoreline. Some of the subdivision parks have swimming beaches and boat launch facilities.  Open to residents only!  But there is also a Department of Natural Resources (DNR) public access site located off Glengary Road on the north side of the lake.  (15 parking spots)

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Wolverine Lake Oakland County Location

Wolverine Lake, Michigan is relatively close to Novi and West Bloomfield.  Located just 7 miles NW of Farmington Hills and about 29 miles NW of Detroit Michigan. 

• 25 miles from Detroit Metro Airport
• 8 miles from the Oakland International Airport.  
• Wolverine Lake is south of Glengary Rd, west of S. Commerce, north of West Maple Rd  Benstein Rd cuts through the western part of the lake.

Wolverine Lake MI history

Wolverine Lake Oakland County MI was created in the 1920's through a private damming and inundation project funded by local dentist and developer Howard Stuart. Howard Stuart is considered the founding father of Wolverine lake.  It was originally six small lakes Spring, Mayie, Pork Barrel, Taylor, Bradley, Bickling and the surrounding marsh.

Dr Stuart hired the building of the dam in early 1919 which was built with the help of ten teams of horses, the concrete dam is 12 feet long with 600 feet of levee fill.   He ran into all sorts of problems which including one area that kept sinking.  They also had to raise Bernstein road 6 feet at the cost of $6000.  He also was sued twice to have the dam removed and for damages. 

The dam raised the water levels to about eight feet in the marsh surrounding Spring, Mayze, Pork Barrel, Bicking, Taylor, and Bradley Lakes, thus uniting them.  They even flooded a section of the road that still can be seen today under the water.

When the land was flooded there was an island formed on what was Dr. Stuarts land.  The island is called Stuart's Oak Island.

The project was completed in 1923, and the lake it was named after Michigan's state animal the wolverine. The area grew as a suburb to Detroit, and was eventually incorporated into a village in 1954 to protect it from annexation.  Wolverine Lake has a central homeowners association.

Wolverine Lake Fishing

Fish: Bluegill, Crappie, Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass

Wolverine Lake Map 

Wolverine Lake is located in the Village of Wolverine Lake.  The children go to the Walled Lake school district.  Resident are protected by Commerce Township Fire Department. The village maintains its own police department.  There are about 1740 residents in the village.

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