Saturdays were busy all day with sail boat races. Before there were any regular, scheduled races, it was quite easy to pick up and informal race with someone. The Orchard Lake Yacht Club was formed, and rules and regulations drawn up. Of course, a course was laid out and buoys placed. The Yacht Club had among its members many prominent men-some, I think, had never been in a sail boat-Will Ward, Forrest Campbell, A. D. Noble, of course, and Frank Eddy, President of Morgan and Wright, Arthur Pack, President of Pontiac Motors, James Wilson, Clarence A. Black, and the Stoepel boys, among them. The first year or so, the races were between the ordinary pleasure craft-Forrest Campbell in the Islander, Will Ward’s Tantalizer, A. D. Noble’s Ellen Marie, the Beath boys’ Irene G., and Loos’ Urania. Most, if not all, were built by Chas. Plass, Oak Grove. Pennants were awarded for the first three. A launch served as a judges’ boat. From Campbell Harvery Manuscript
Willis Ward’s Electric boat Launch and sailboat Tantalizer (1895).
Object ID: 1980-001-106
Date: 1895
Collection: Apple Island, Biography, Orchard Lake, WardSubjects: postcard
The Harvey Cottage on Apple Island.
Object ID: 1980-001-098
Collection: Apple Island, Biography, Orchard LakeSubjects: house, MMA, photographic, print
Among the prominent relatives of the Campbell Clan was the Harvey Family. Here is their cottage on Apple Island a few hundred feet northwest of Smoke-Tree Inn. One of the Harvey children and grandaughter of Colin Campbell, Mrs. Neil Bentley, still maintains a summer residence on the shores of Orchard Lake.
John Hamlin at boat livery on Orchard Lake (1918).
Object ID: 1980-001-097
Date: 1918
People: Hamlin, John
Collection: Apple Island, Biography, Hamlin, Orchard LakeSubjects: house, photographic, print
John Hamlin at boat livery on Orchard Lake (1918). In Winfred Hamlin writes in his autobiography, There were no jobs to be had. There was a big depression. I worked for my father. He was now running a boat Livery at Orchard Lake. That was just summer work.