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back EARLY LOGGING DAYS Page 1 next Ann Lake is located in Kanabec County and lies mostly in Ann Lake Township but the south end lies in Kanabec township. Ann Lake is alleged to have received the name from and Indian squaw named Ann who received that from lumbermen in the area. Ann Lake township was separated from Knife Lake and organized on July 13, 1904. The township was named after the lake in this township. With the aid of a series of dams, the Ann River Logging Company floated many logs down the Ann River watershed. Headquarters was on the old Bronson farm. These logs were floated down to the mill at Stillwater. Settlement was slow in Ann Lake as there was no homesteading. The logging companies owned much of the land and there were no roads. Even in 1904 there were not many settlers here. Kanabec township was separated from Arthur township and organized on August 29, 1896, on that same day South Fork township was named after the county as Kanabec River (now called Snake River) does not touch the township. Kanabec is the Chippewa name for snake. The story regarding the origin the name is that the Chippewas and Sioux were bitter enemies. The Chippewas had invaded the hunting and fishing territory of the Sioux and had forced them out to the prairies. The Sioux referred to the Chippewas as snakes and the river coming out from that county was Snake River. Kanabec township had a beautiful stand of white pine timber, some of which was floated down the Groundhouse River; and the 1890's as far as the Noah Adam's shingle mill at Greenhouse (now Ogilvie). At one time the huge pile of sawdust at Groundhouse (near the old cemetery) assured that there was a tremendous cut of pine made up the river, much of which came from Kanabec township. |
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