Hamlin Lake Preservation Society

 

 

Protecting Hamlin Lake for Future Generations 
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Sauble Inn

The Gatke Resort, a three story hotel, was built by Charles Gatke and sons of Ludington in 1895. The name was later changed to the Sauble Inn.  The Inn attracted many Chicago vacationers.  There was a covered stop at the bottom of the hill on the lake front for the Dummy Train.  The large Inn with its veranda was up a wooden flight of stairs.  There were tennis courts, a Log House for dances and games, a ball diamond, enclosed swimming area with a dock and slide into the water.  The hotel burned in 1941 and was replaced with cottages today called Sauble Resort.

 
  Hamlin Lake Preservation Society, PO Box 178, Ludington, MI 49431