Lake Columbia
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| Location | Jackson County, Michigan |
| Primary inflows | Goose Creek |
| Primary outflows | Goose Creek |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Max. length | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| Max. width | 1.7 miles (2.7 km) |
| Surface area | 840 acres (3 km²) |
| Average depth | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
| Max. depth | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Shore length1 | 12 mi (19 km) |
| Islands | 1 |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Lake Columbia is a small lake in Columbia Township in southern Jackson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a 840 acres (3.4 km²) man-made lake, 2 and 1/2 miles long and 1 and 3/4 miles wide. It has an estimated 12 miles (19 km) of shoreline and the water source to the lake is Goose Creek. The lake has an average depth of 18 feet (5.5 m). Lake Columbia is located approximately 1.7 miles (2.7 km) west from Brooklyn, Michigan and is located in the Columbia school district.
Lake Columbia is one of the many lakes in Jackson County that is entirely private. Yearly membership dues in the Lake Columbia Property Owners Association are required by residents of the lake. The lake has a total of 16 private parks. It also has 14 named shores where residents reside. It is a boaters and fishers paradise for local residents of the lake.
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[edit] Local towns and areas
- Brooklyn (located east 1.7 miles (2.7 km))
- Cement City (located southwest 0.8 miles (1.3 km))
Clark Lake - located north 1.4 miles (2.3 km)
- Jackson (located north approximately 12.9 miles (20.8 km))
[edit] Parks
Private parks located around Lake Columbia:
- Archwood
- Bedford, East
- Bedford, West
- Castlewood
- Claremont
- Donald
- Grand Pointe
- Hawthorne
- Hilltop
- Karen Court
- Kelley
- Nottingham
- Princess
- Riviera
- Somerset
- Southern Shores
[edit] History
In September of 1960, after an intensive study of the area by American Central Corporation of Lansing, Michigan, the people in the Lake Columbian area, which was then strictly farm land, were contacted and their farms purchased.
July of 1961, construction started on the huge dam that now stops the flow of Goose Creek.
The fall of 1961, large clearing crews worked to clear the wooded portions of land in the lake basin along with massive bulldozers. These dozers worked around the clock and at night they kept huge fires pushed up tight. The roaring blaze could be seen for miles around.
November 10, 1961, was the day flooding started.
