Lake Chippewa Flowage Vacation

Mr. Cy Pinkham and later Mr. 0. W. Blackburn operated the Grand Rapids House Stopping Place.

This stopping place was located on the Chippewa Tote Road. The stopping place consisted of a three-story hotel, saloon, store, two blacksmith shops, several barns which were large enough to accommodate a hundred horses, and large logging supply warehouses. A ferry service, which went across the Chippewa River, was also located at this stopping place.

The headquarters for logging operations on the Little and Big Weirgor, Couderay, Brunet, Thornapple, and Chippewa rivers were all located at the Grand Rapids House Stopping Place. At the height of logging operations, the Grand Rapids House Stopping Place provided food and shelter for up to 500 men.

Grand Rapids House Stopping Place was destroyed by fire in the late 1880’s