Lake Bella Vista (Michigan)

Lake Bella Vista
Location Cannon Township, Michigan
Coordinates 43°05′24″N 85°30′58″W / 43.09001°N 85.51620°W / 43.09001; -85.51620Coordinates: 43°05′24″N 85°30′58″W / 43.09001°N 85.51620°W / 43.09001; -85.51620
Basin countries United States
Max. depth 75 feet
Surface elevation 823 feet (251 m)[1]

Lake Bella Vista is in northwest Cannon Township, Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The lake was originally known as "Grass Lake" and once lay in the center of a marsh surrounded by pastureland as well as apple and cherry orchards. Grass Lake was one of the so-called "triplet lakes" lying along M-44. Its sister lakes to the east are Silver Lake and Bostwick Lake. Developed by the Velting family contractors in the mid-1970s, Grass Lake was expanded and a large dike was added to the western edge to raise the water level. Residential and commercial development was soon constructed and in the early 21st century, a lakeside suburban sub-division also called "Lake Bella Vista" functions very much as a community. Lake Bella Vista is bordered by M-44, (Belding Road), on the south, and Blakely Road on the east. To the south are the Lockhart family orchards and the beginning of the Stout Creek watershed which cuts through forest-concealed glacial dunes bordering the Woodbrook area.

In the spring of 2013, the Rockford High School Rowing Team used the lake for team practices during a flood which made their boathouse, on the Grand River, inaccessible.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake Bella Vista (Michigan)
  2. ↑ Lakeside Living (June 2013 ed.). p. 19.


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