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The Great Escape: Traveling to Sylvan Lake Marker — lower right images
Photographer: Maps courtesy of Brian Golden
Caption: The Great Escape: Traveling to Sylvan Lake Marker — lower right images
Additional Description: People came to Sylvan Lake on the DUR trolley system from Detroit and elsewhere, as shown in the 1909 route map at right. In 1895, Merrill B. Mills built a link to this system through Sylvan Lake, as shown in the map above. The trolley stopped at the corner of Garland Avenue and Pontiac Drive, and a horse and buggy picked up visitors to go to the Sylvan Lake Inn.
Submitted: May 17, 2021, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan.
Database Locator Identification Number: p586210
File Size: 4.050 Megabytes

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