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| Bent's camp was established on Mamie Lake in 1893.<ref name="Bell">{{cite book |last1=Bell |first1=Devon |title=Haunted Summerwind |date=2016 |publisher=Haunted America |location=Charleston, South Carolina |isbn=9781626194373 |page=22 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wiu1DAAAQBAJ&dq=mamie+lake+wisconsin&pg=PA22 |access-date=6 August 2023}}</ref><ref name="Helminiak">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JfzT94NQPAoC&pg=PA111 |publisher=] |title=Land O' Lakes |first1=Jon |last1=Helminiak |date=6 June 2011 |pages=111–112|isbn=978-0-7385-8316-7 }}</ref> Bent's is located at 6882 Helen Creek Rd. Land O' Lakes, WI 54540 in ].<ref name="Camp">{{cite web |title=Bent's Camp |url=https://bents-camp.com/ |website=Bent's Camp |access-date=10 August 2023}}</ref> In 1896 the campgrounds were established.<ref name="Gauper"/> The campgrounds allow traditional campers and the grounds also feature 12 cabins. In 1906 a restaurant was added to the grounds.<ref name="Gauper">{{cite news |last=Gauper |first=Beth |date=2005-02-13 |title=Golden Oldies - In the North Woods, Classic Lodges Are Remnants of a Vanished Era |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/1085BCE951631319&f=basic |newspaper=] |accessdate=2024-07-14 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240714093148/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/1085BCE951631319&f=basic |archivedate=2024-07-14 }}</ref><ref name="Discover Wisconsin">{{cite web |title=Bent's Camp: Experience 125 Years of History |url=https://discoverwisconsin.com/blog/bents-camp-experience-125-years-of-history/ |website=Discover |date=4 October 2021 |publisher=]|access-date=16 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Hintz |first1=Martin |last2=Percy |first2=Pam |editor-last=Williams |editor-first=Tracee |date=2014 |title=Food Lovers' Guide to Wisconsin: The Best Restaurants, Markets & Local Culinary Offerings |url=https://archive.org/details/foodloversguidet0000hint/page/262/ |location=Guilford, Connecticut |publisher=] |via=] |page=252 |isbn=978-0-7627-9214-6 |accessdate=2024-07-14 }}</ref> It encompassed {{convert|360|acre}}.<ref>{{cite news |title=Campground Protest over expansion of Bent's Camp |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette-campground-prote/151103554/ |newspaper=Green Bay Press |
Bent's camp was established on Mamie Lake in 1893.<ref name="Bell">{{cite book |last1=Bell |first1=Devon |title=Haunted Summerwind |date=2016 |publisher=Haunted America |location=Charleston, South Carolina |isbn=9781626194373 |page=22 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wiu1DAAAQBAJ&dq=mamie+lake+wisconsin&pg=PA22 |access-date=6 August 2023}}</ref><ref name="Helminiak">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JfzT94NQPAoC&pg=PA111 |publisher=] |title=Land O' Lakes |first1=Jon |last1=Helminiak |date=6 June 2011 |pages=111–112|isbn=978-0-7385-8316-7 }}</ref> Bent's is located at 6882 Helen Creek Rd. Land O' Lakes, WI 54540 in ].<ref name="Camp">{{cite web |title=Bent's Camp |url=https://bents-camp.com/ |website=Bent's Camp |access-date=10 August 2023}}</ref> In 1896 the campgrounds were established.<ref name="Gauper"/> The campgrounds allow traditional campers and the grounds also feature 12 cabins. In 1906 a restaurant was added to the grounds.<ref name="Gauper">{{cite news |last=Gauper |first=Beth |date=2005-02-13 |title=Golden Oldies - In the North Woods, Classic Lodges Are Remnants of a Vanished Era |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/1085BCE951631319&f=basic |newspaper=] |accessdate=2024-07-14 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240714093148/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/1085BCE951631319&f=basic |archivedate=2024-07-14 }}</ref><ref name="Discover Wisconsin">{{cite web |title=Bent's Camp: Experience 125 Years of History |url=https://discoverwisconsin.com/blog/bents-camp-experience-125-years-of-history/ |website=Discover |date=4 October 2021 |publisher=]|access-date=16 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Hintz |first1=Martin |last2=Percy |first2=Pam |editor-last=Williams |editor-first=Tracee |date=2014 |title=Food Lovers' Guide to Wisconsin: The Best Restaurants, Markets & Local Culinary Offerings |url=https://archive.org/details/foodloversguidet0000hint/page/262/ |location=Guilford, Connecticut |publisher=] |via=] |page=252 |isbn=978-0-7627-9214-6 |accessdate=2024-07-14 }}</ref> It encompassed {{convert|360|acre}}.<ref>{{cite news |title=Campground Protest over expansion of Bent's Camp |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette-campground-prote/151103554/ |newspaper=] |date=June 15, 1965 |page=39}}</ref> | ||
| ==History== | ==History== | ||
Revision as of 13:24, 6 September 2024
Campground in Vilas county Wisconsin | It has been suggested that this article be merged into Mamie Lake (Wisconsin). (Discuss) Proposed since September 2024. |
| Bent's Camp Resort | |
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 Bent's Camp lodge looking North toward Mamie Lake | |
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| Location | Land O' Lakes, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 46°11′19″N 89°23′51″W / 46.188611°N 89.3975°W / 46.188611; -89.3975 |
| Type | Campground and cabins |
| Facilities | 12 cabins |
| Water | Mamie Lake (Wisconsin) |
| Operated by | Craig Kusick |
| Website | Bent's Camp Resort |
Bent's Camp Resort is a resort in Northern Wisconsin in Land o' Lakes, Wisconsin. The resort has 12 cabins and it is located on the south shore of Mamie Lake (Wisconsin).
Background
Bent's camp was established on Mamie Lake in 1893. Bent's is located at 6882 Helen Creek Rd. Land O' Lakes, WI 54540 in Vilas County, Wisconsin. In 1896 the campgrounds were established. The campgrounds allow traditional campers and the grounds also feature 12 cabins. In 1906 a restaurant was added to the grounds. It encompassed 360 acres (150 ha).
History
The area near Bent's in Vilas county was known for logging and several camps began as a result of the logging industry. As a result of logging, in 1893 Bent's camp was founded.
The camp was owned and operated by the Bent family, into the 1940s In 1990 Raymond M. Peterson purchased the resort with his wife Carol. The two operated the resort until they sold it to their daughter Lisa in 2003.
Each year in February the resort hosts a snowmobile event called the Radar Run. The annual event is a fundraiser for a snowmobile club.
References
- ^ Bell, Devon (2016). Haunted Summerwind. Charleston, South Carolina: Haunted America. p. 22. ISBN 9781626194373. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- Helminiak, Jon (6 June 2011). Land O' Lakes. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 111–112. ISBN 978-0-7385-8316-7.
- "Bent's Camp". Bent's Camp. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ Gauper, Beth (2005-02-13). "Golden Oldies - In the North Woods, Classic Lodges Are Remnants of a Vanished Era". St. Paul Pioneer Press. Archived from the original on 2024-07-14. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- "Bent's Camp: Experience 125 Years of History". Discover. Discover Wisconsin. 4 October 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- Hintz, Martin; Percy, Pam (2014). Williams, Tracee (ed.). Food Lovers' Guide to Wisconsin: The Best Restaurants, Markets & Local Culinary Offerings. Guilford, Connecticut: Globe Pequot Press. p. 252. ISBN 978-0-7627-9214-6. Retrieved 2024-07-14 – via Internet Archive.
- "Campground Protest over expansion of Bent's Camp". Green Bay Press-Gazette. June 15, 1965. p. 39.
- "Austin Bent, son of Charles Bent, operator of Bent's Camp". Wausau Daily Herald. Wausau, Wisconsin. August 12, 1954. p. 6. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
- "Peterson, Raymond M." Wisconsin State Journal. 12 February 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- "Radar Run Held at Bent's Camp" (PDF). Border Bulletin. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
Further reading
- Bawden, Timothy (2001). Reinventing the Frontier: Tourism, Nature, and Environmental Change in Northern Wisconsin, 1880–1930 (PhD thesis). University of Wisconsin–Madison. p. 115. ProQuest 231652918. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- Westervelt, Amy (2012). Michigan's Upper Peninsula: A Great Destination. Woodstock, Vermont: The Countryman Press. pp. 175, 178. ISBN 978-1-58157-138-7. Retrieved 2024-07-14.