Leggets Lake (Waterford Township, Michigan)

Leggett Bay (also known as 'Leggets Lake) is located in Waterford Township, Michigan, United States. The 25-acre bay within Lake Oakland (Michigan) lies north of Walton Blvd. near Clintonville Rd.[1] At its deepest point, the bay is 10 feet deep.

Leggett Bay
Map of Leggett Bay and surrounding community, undated
Leggett Bay
LocationOakland County, Michigan
Coordinates42.688024°N 83.353814°W / 42.688024; -83.353814
TypeBay
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface area25 acres (10 ha)
Max. depth10 ft (3.0 m)
SettlementsWaterford Township

An aerial photo of Leggett Bay was featured in the Lake Oakland feature article contained in the July 2019 edition of Lakefront Lifestyles Magazine.[2]

History

Leggets Lake (originally Leggett's Lake) was named for Mortimer Leggett (1837–1930) who came from New York and settled on a 140-acre farm in Clintonville, Michigan, next to the lake that would bear his family name.[3] The lake originally was separate from Lake Oakland and an effort to conjoin the two commenced in the late 1950s and concluded in 1960. Now part of Lake Oakland, the body of water is referred to as Leggett Bay. Grayson Canal was added to expand lake access to homeowners on Rutherford Court (formerly the Rutherford Estate) and Athens Avenue (formerly Meigs Fields property).[4]

Map of Leggett property, circa 1930, demonstrating that Leggett Lake / Bay was not connected to Lake Oakland. Map courtesy of Waterford Historical Society.
Map of Leggett Bay, circa 1964, now demonstrating that Leggett Lake had been conjoined with Lake Oakland to the north. Map courtesy of Waterford Historical Society.

Fish

According to the Oakland County, Michigan, parks department's Fishing Opportunities Report, the following fish have received a rating of "Better Than Average Fishing": largemouth bass, bluegill, brown bullhead, black crappie, and northern pike. The following fish received a rating of "Fishable Population Present": carp and pumpkinseed.[5]

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources' most recent fisheries survey was conducted on Lake Oakland in May 2001. Eighteen fish species were collected during this survey, including bluegill, black crappie, green sunfish, pumpkinseed, rock bass, warmouth, yellow perch, largemouth bass, northern pike, yellow bullhead, brown bullhead, bowfin, channel catfish walleye, common carp, grass pickerel, and bluntnosed minnow.[4]

References
  1. "Google Maps". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  2. "Lakefront Lifestyles Magazine". oaklandlakefront.com. 2019-07-01. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  3. "Waterford Township, Atlas: Oakland County 1908, Michigan Historical Map". Historicmapworks.com. 2008-07-21. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  4. "State of Michigan Fishery Resources Report" (PDF). michigan.gov. 2005-01-19. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  5. "Fishing Opportunities in Oakland County, Michigan" (PDF). oakgov.com. Retrieved 2019-10-13.


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