This page contains information about 2 very nice all-sports lakes in Oakland County MI. (Wolverine Lake and Lake Sherwood) Waterfront properties usually seem to hold their value better than many other Oakland County homes
Lake Sherwood Real Estate
Metro Detroit waterfront properties
Lake Sherwood, Commerce Twp, MI
There are 627 homes on Lake Sherwood in Commerce Township. The homes are ranches, split levels, colonials, and cape cods. The lake is a man made lake. Lake Sherwood is an all-sports lake. The homes were built between 1958 to 1998. Square footage of the homes range from 1400 - 5100. The homes have:
2 + car garages
3-5 Bedrooms
2.1 + bathrooms
Basements. (some walkout)
Exterior of the homes are brick, cedar, brick/vinyl, brick/wood
The streets near and around Lake Sherwood are:
Sandbar Dr Ravinwood Dr
Deerwood Dr Commerce Rd
Tiquewood Cir Surfwood Dr
Pikewood Ct Trentwood Dr
Windwood Ct Leafwood Dr
Driftwood Dr Tamwood Ct
Oakwood Ct Barbwood Ct
Raftwood Dr Wavewood Dr
Ledgewood Dr Beachwood Ct
Lakes Edge Dr Winewood Dr
Lake Sherwood is 258 acres. The main lake is 147.3 acres, the canals are 18.1 and the south side is 94.6 acres. There are 11.4 miles of shoreline. There are 2 acres of islands one of which is called Higgins Islands. There is also a shallow area at the entrance of the main lake that was once an island. The deepest part of the lake is 20 feet deep. There are blue gills, rock bass, sunfish, and perch in the lake.
There are two tunnels to get to the canals. Ledgewood tunnel is 29 ft wide and 9 ft tall and the other tunnel is Commerce Tunnel 12 ft wide and 11 tall. The main park is Kendall Park.
Lake Sherwood has a great association. The website is http://lake-sherwood.org
The lake was man made during the 1950's. James Cole and Lewis Easlick were 2 men that brought Lake Sherwood from a dream into reality. At one point they had a dream of connecting all the lakes they had made together. The other lakes they dug and developed are Cedar Island Lake, Neva Lake, and Brendal Lake. Lot prices in 1960 were $8,900 but they were not selling. They raised the price to $10,150 and then the lots started selling. Lake Sherwood hosted the State salom championship in 1958 - 59.
The dam is 1600 ft long and the lake outlet flows into the Huron River via Ann Arbor into Lake Erie. During the fall they lower the level of the lake.
Lake Sherwood is a short drive to downtown Milford, Michigan. In less than 5 to 10 minutes will get you to restaurants, shopping. Lake Sherwood homes are only a short distance from I-96 and Twelve Oaks Mall. You can reach downtown Detroit in under 40 minutes and to Southfield in about 20 minutes.
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Oakland County Lakes Michigan
Wolverine Lake, MI
Wolverine Lake is a 265 acre all sports lake 
with a maximum depth of 58 feet. Local residents have access to Wolverine Lake through community parks that dot the shoreline. Some of the subdivision parks have swimming beaches and boat launch facilities. Open to residents only! But there is also a Department of Natural Resources (DNR) public access site located off Glengary Road on the north side of the lake. (15 parking spots)
Wolverine Lake Oakland County Location
Wolverine Lake, Michigan is 7 miles NW of Farmington Hills and about 29 miles NW of Detroit Michigan. 25 miles from Detroit Metro Airport, and only 8 miles from the Oakland International Airport. Wolverine Lake is south of Glengary Rd, west of S. Commerce, north of West Maple Rd Benstein Rd cuts through the western part of the lake.
Wolverine Lake MI history
Wolverine Lake Oakland County MI was created in the 1920's through a private damming and inundation project funded by local dentist and developer Howard Stuart. Howard Stuart is considered the founding father of Wolverine lake. It was originally six small lakes Spring, Mayie, Pork Barrel, Taylor, Bradley, Bickling and the surrounding marsh.
Dr Stuart hired the building of the dam in early 1919 which was built with the help of ten teams of horses, the concrete dam is 12 feet long with 600 feet of levee fill. He ran into all sorts of problems which including one area that kept sinking. They also had to raise Bernstein road 6 feet at the cost of $6000. He also was sued twice to have the dam removed and for damages.
The dam raised the water levels to about eight feet in the marsh surrounding Spring, Mayze, Pork Barrel, Bicking, Taylor, and Bradley Lakes, thus uniting them. They even flooded a section of the road that still can be seen today under the water.
When the land was flooded there was an island formed on what was Dr. Stuarts land. The island is called Stuart's Oak Island.
The project was completed in 1923, and the lake it was named after Michigan's state animal the wolverine. The area grew as a suburb to Detroit, and was eventually incorporated into a village in 1954 to protect it from annexation. Wolverine Lake has a central homeowners association.
Wolverine Lake Fishing
Fish: Bluegill, Crappie, Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass
Wolverine Lake Map click here 
Wolverine Lake Village is serviced by the Walled Lake school district and Commerce Township Fire Department. The village maintains its own police department.
Misc Wolverine Lake info
70% of the lake is only 5 ft deep. There is a no wake rule befroe 9 am and after 5 pm.
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