Welcome to beautiful Starvation Lake which is 134 acres & 0.8 mile long, spring fed sandy bottom lake is an all sports lake. 110 ft of water frontage, firepit, and more. The cottage will make a great weekend getaway or a full time home. Cottage features 3 bedrooms 2 baths (1 seasonal) wood fireplace for those cold nights. Cottage is ready for a new family to create years of memories. Beautiful professional landscaping, 21x37 oversize garage with a loft for additional space. This barn-style building has held up to 14 snowmobiles with overhead doors on both ends, so you can drive right on through. The Blue Bear Snowmobile trail just 100 yards from the end of the driveway that can take you to Mackinaw City on groomed trails. Ride up to the front door of the Hideaway bar at the other end of the lake. The country store down the road has fuel and supplies including ice cream for those hot summer days. Make this your true water/winter wonderland. A Northern Michigan piece of Heaven.
From 131 take Twin Lake road NE to Barnhardt rood NE to Pflum road, turn right onto Sunset Trail NE on your left. the home is 1200 ft back into the property, follow the directional signs. Use Thibodeau entrance just north of the for sale sign and follow the directional signs back to 8804..
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Kurt Dawdy, Richard A Dawdy, Five Star Real Estate - Onekama
Starvation Lake is a small recreational and fishing lake in Kalkaska County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. The 125-acre (0.5 km2) lake is approximately 0.8 miles (1.3 km) long and has a maximum depth of 47 feet (14 m). The lake is fed primarily from submerged springs with the remainder from direct rainfall and runoff.
The unusual name has been explained in local folklore. The area around the lake, prior to being developed, was used primarily for hunting and trapping. It has been said that a hunter was setting traps near the water's edge when he got trapped in one himself. Before help could arrive he had died from starvation. Another story is that criminals were hiding out in the area, there was a snow fall and couldn't make it to town so they were stranded there and died from starvation. Source: Wikipedia