News & Events

If you enjoy sampling craft brews, you’ll want to visit the Third Annual Clark Lake Spirit Trail Beerfest. There will be over 50 of America’s best craft brews. Plus the music is hard to beat—live bands all day accompanied by great food at the Beach Bar, 3505 Ocean...

The 2013 Shrinkage Showdown Wakeboard Competition takes place at Eagle Point starting at 9 am on Saturday (Sept 28th). Competition starts with the beginners, followed by five more classes in this order: Intermediate (no inverts but can clear both wakes), Advanced (1-3...

If you’re like many others, you have one view of the lake if you’re boating on it, but it can look quite different when you see it on a map or from the air. On the map the lake seems long and narrow; but when you’re on it, it seems like two round sections that are...

Not willing to give into the end of summer, sailboats converged this weekend (Sept 21-22) on Clark Lake for the Fall Invitational Race.  Participants came from a number of locations, including Canada.  According to Hugh Harris, Secretary/Treasurer of the Clark Lake...

Starting October 21st, the last weekday mail pickup at the Clark Lake Post Office will be 2:35 pm (currently 4 pm). The Saturday mail pickup continues to be 11 am. The last weekday pickup at the Brooklyn Post Office moves up to 3:40 pm. Other hours at the Clark Lake...

You see a fiberglass inboard from the 1960s that’s showing its years. Who knows how many hours of enjoyment it provided its previous owner? But its best days over. A lot of boats in this tired state face a slow or sudden decline and end up in a salvage yard. But it...

The most recent satellite image of Clark Lake, as seen on Google Earth, was taken early this spring.  What's remarkable is the improved detail, mostly due to when the image was taken.  Because it was early spring, there were no leaves on the trees.  Visitors to Google...

The Clark Lake Community Center showed again that they know how to bring Clark Lake a good time.  A combination of ingredients made for an enjoyable experience Saturday evening (Sept 14th).  It started with roasted pig and chicken.  Then...

The road work on Jefferson between 127 and Ocean Beach Road is now complete, according to JDOT's Director of Engineering Joe Michalsky.  Starting Monday, September 16, at 8 am, the crews will be back in action working on the stretch of Jefferson Road from Ocean Beach...

One of Clark Lake's big events of the season takes place this evening (Sat, Sept 14).  It's Clark Lake Community Center's Harvest Moon "Pig Roast and Tail Gate" from 5:30 pm to 10:30 pm at Mickel's Barn.   An early inspection this morning showed Mr. Pig gently...

Jackson County crews are repairing Jefferson Road from 127 to Brooklyn today (Tuesday) through Friday and possibly the early part of next week.  According to the County, repairs from 127 to Hyde are complete.  By Thursday of this week (Sept 12), the work from Hyde to...

Now that the Clark Lake Spirit Foundation DamCam has been up and running for a couple weeks, a new trend is developing. People are finding an interesting use for it--waving hello! By traveling to the Palmer Dam at Ocean Beach and standing in view of the DamCam, people...

Here's the latest Around the Lake feature: In our country’s early days, Conestoga wagons carried families and all their belongings westward. As the auto industry developed, along came refinements that enabled the carrying not only passengers but cargo, like station...

Recently John and Jackie Calhoun went to work on the section of the Spirit Trail which connects Oakwood to South Woodlands. The result? The path is now nicely manicured. The accompanying photo really doesn’t do it justice. So next time you're in that area, please look...

Even if you think you know Clark Lake well, there is always more to know--and that makes life interesting here.  Flip and Linda Reynolds, along with Ann Swain, conducted a raft-ride count Friday, August 30th.  They offer these findings: Clark Lake has 350 lake front...

Consumers Energy worked yesterday on a natural gas leak reported by a resident on Vining Street (off of Hyde Road).  During the repair, gas service to at least three houses was shut off.  According to neighbors, Consumers late yesterday capped the line they thought...

A Vining Street household reported smelling the telltale odor of natural gas.  And when Consumers Energy investigated, their suspicions were confirmed as CE's sensors indicated its presence.  That began a process of identifying the source of the leak.  You can see...

Last winter, the lake thawed twice.  On January 31st ice floes jammed the dam and the stream beyond it, and it looked like flooding could result.  Columbia Township officials considered options and were preparing for action if it became necessary.  It was thought that...

Plans for the website continue to unfold, including this new feature called “Round the Lake”. You can expect to find it here periodically and located primarily in the News and Events section. This is the first of the series. With weather cooperating, Danny Omo has...

Fans will be happy to know that the event returns again next summer.  Plans call for the Crab Races to be held Sunday, July 13 through Tuesday, July 15, 2014.

Once again rafts own the big number even though their numbers are off slightly from last year. The upsurge in kayaks continues unabated with every year since 2002 showing an increase. Since 1987, Bill Tuttle has conducted this count. To get a handle on the mechanics...

The latest water quality results are in.  Each year Carolyn Zader works on this project with the purpose of monitoring the lake's condition based on several different measures.  You can find her interesting report under the Vital Statistics pull-down menu and...

The 2013 Raft-O-Rama will go into history showing Clark Lake's wealth of creativity.  It also showed how Michiganders can deal with cold when it's supposed to be warm!  It was definitely sweatshirt weather, but there was plenty of excellence as the rafts paraded...