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Welcome to Forest Lake ...

Forest Lake is located in Alger County<1>.

Forest Lake was established in 1890.

A typical abbreviation for Forest Lake: Forest Lk.

Forest Lake is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Forest Lake lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Forest Lake, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Forest Lake: 906

Communities Also Named Forest Lake ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Forest Lake - they are located in Alabama, California (2), Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, South Carolina (4) and Texas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Forest Lake.

Communities near Forest Lake ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Forest Lake.

  • Munising
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Chatham
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Au Train
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Eben Junction
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Munising Junction
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Munising Junction is located in Alger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munising Junction
  • Traunik
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Traunik is located in Alger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traunik
    • Former names for Traunik:
    • Buckeye Landing
    • Buckeye Spur
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Traunik <3>
  • Rumely
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Rumely is located in Alger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumely
  • Wetmore
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Dorsey
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Dorsey is located in Alger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorsey
  • Juniper
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Juniper is located in Alger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Forest Lake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Forest Lake.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Forest Lake. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Forest Lake.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Forest Lake. See our Newspapers Page for Forest Lake.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Forest Lake ...

Looking for more information about Forest Lake? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Forest Lake, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Forest Lake.

Adding Forest Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Forest Lake in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Forest Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Forest Lake post office opened in 1915. The Forest Lake post office closed in 1984.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Forest Lake.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Alger, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Forest Lake - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/