Wick-A-Te-Wah, Michigan

Wick-A-Te-Wah (or Wic-a-te-wah) is an unincorporated summer resort area of Onekama Township, Manistee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located on the south shore of Portage Lake at coord|44|21|21|N|86|13|26|W| [gnis|1622152|Wic-a-te-wah, Michigan] , between the Portage Lake Bible Camp Camp Delight on the East and Red Park on the west.

History

Mr. H. Ward Leonard, a developer from Manistee developed this area as a summer resort in the early 1900s. In 1917, Leonard issued a brochure describing the property and the availability of lots for sale .

Early Summer Residents

The early summer residents included members of the following families:

* Beneke
* Brewer
* Carl
* Danforth
* Dunham
* Foy
* Julian
* Hanselmann
* MacMillan
* Matthews
* McWhethy
* Speer
* Torrent
* Reeves
* Ruthven
* Webb

References

* Heidi Berg, "Wick-A-Te-Wah," in "Wellspring: Interesting interviews... The way things were..." (Manistee: J.B. Publications, 1992), vol. 2, pp. 23-26.