English Lake, Indiana
| English Lake, Indiana | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
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English Lake Saloon, circa 1892
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| Coordinates: 41°15′57″N 86°49′25″W / 41.26583°N 86.82361°WCoordinates: 41°15′57″N 86°49′25″W / 41.26583°N 86.82361°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Starke |
| Township | Railroad |
| Elevation | 669 ft (204 m) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 46366 |
| Area code(s) | 574 |
| FIPS code | 18-18149 |
| GNIS feature ID | 434205 |
English Lake is an unincorporated community in Railroad Township, Starke County, in the U.S. state of Indiana, located along the Kankakee River. It is a small community of only a few hundred individuals. It is named for English Lake, which once existed at the junction of the Yellow River with the Kankakee. The headquarters for the Kankakee Fish and Wildlife Area is located at English Lake.
English Lake was called "Lake Divine" or "Outrelaise" by the French colonizers of New France. It was named in honor of wife of the governor of New France, and her friend, who were extremely beautiful, known as "les divines". A French Canadian man, Gotti, who later became American, produced a map of English Lake. The map detailed islands within the lake which are still visible by satellite imagery. The islands' names are Moon, Blue, Red, and other colors comprising the eastern star of Freemasonry or the baphomet. This heritage is largely unknown to most inhabitants of English Lake.
The area where the community would develop was first recorded in an 1834 survey by Silvester Sibley. He listed the area as sandy, with rolling hills and trees including oak, hickory, aspen, gum, sassafras, whatleberry, elm, ash, maple, willow, and birch. It also identified that it was in the "great marsh" of the Kankakee An 1835 survey by Jeremiah Smith likened the area to Hades of Greek mythology. The survey of 1903 identified the lake as the largest in the state of Indiana.
The town of English Lake began as a railroad station in 1860 for the Chicago, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad, also known as the Panhandle Route. By 1864, the wildlife of the "Great Marsh" was bringing in hunters from around the country. The English Lake Gun Club was founded in 1864, adjacent to the railroad tracks. In 1897, the Brighton Rod and Gun Club of Brighton Park, Chicago had established a clubhouse along the Panhandle Route. In 1900, the Railroad Club opened a clubhouse in English Lake for the Pennsylvania Railroad workers of Logansport.
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