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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sept. 3, 2015
Contact: Dan Dowdy, 906-353-6658 or John Pepin, 906-226-1352
New boating access site at Lake Angeline in Marquette County to open Friday
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources today announced the opening – set for Friday – of the new boating access site on Lake Angeline in the city of Ishpeming.
 Construction on the 120-foot-long launch ramp and 30-foot-long skid pier at the lake began July 20 and was expected to take eight weeks. The 1.4-acre site, located off Lower Pine Street, also includes a vault toilet and angled parking for 15 vehicles.
“This new boating access site has been in development for the past several years, working through land exchange details with an area property owner,” said Eric Cadeau, the DNR’s western Upper Peninsula regional field planner. “The launch ramp will provide valuable access to the lake for the public.”
Ishpeming city manager Mark Slown agreed.
“I think this new DNR boat launch is a fantastic addition to the city of Ishpeming’s current strong portfolio of exceptional outdoor recreational opportunities,” Slown said. “It fits in well with resources like the Al Quaal Recreation Area, the Iron Ore Heritage Trail, over 100 miles of single-track mountain bike and hiking trails, extensive ORV and snowmobile trails, world-class groomed cross-country ski trails, and historic Suicide Hill.”
Slown said he is “very pleased that the DNR decided to use the great setting of Lake Angeline for this new boat launch.”
Funding for the $90,000 project came from a damage settlement with the Upper Peninsula Power Co. related to failure of a fuse plug spillway at the Silver Lake Dam in Marquette County in May 2003.
DNR officials hope to secure additional funding to pave the road at the access site.
“It looks great,” Slown said. “I’m sure it will benefit many people for years to come with a great outdoor recreational experience. Thanks (go out) to the Michigan DNR and its staff, on behalf of all our citizens for this great addition to the Ishpeming community.”
DNR fisheries biologists are cultivating a two-tiered fishing opportunity at Lake Angeline, with lake trout using the colder, deeper parts of the roughly 160-foot-deep former mine pit, and bass using the warmer, upper portion.
“The fish species within this lake provide a nice hook-and-bobber nearshore fishery for panfish as well as a midwater fishery for trout,” said George Madison, DNR senior fisheries biologist. “This past spring, the DNR stocked 5,000 brown trout in the lake and this October, 150 15-inch lake trout will also be stocked.”
The 96-acre lake is popular year-round with anglers.
DNR officials hope the lake will remain a quiet venue given the residences situated along the lakeshore.
For more information on Michigan boating, visit www.michigan.gov/boating.
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/Note to editors: Accompanying photos are available below for download. Suggested captions follow.
Signs: Dan Dowdy, unit supervisor at Baraga State Park, readies signs for the new Lake Angeline public access site in Ishpeming.
Wide/Side/Launch: The Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ new boating access site at Lake Angeline in Ishpeming will open Friday, Sept. 4./
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is committed to the conservation, protection, management, use and enjoyment of the state’s natural and cultural resources for current and future generations. For more information, go to www.michigan.gov/dnr.
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