The Emmet County Water Quest Geo-trail will take participants to both famous and obscure places in Emmet County to learn about locations and people that made the county famous.
This cache is part of the Emmet County Water Quest Geo-Trail. When discovering the “wet” historic places in Emmet County each cache will provide a specific answer to a question on the passport. Information and the passport can be downloaded from the Emmet County web site
http://www.emmetcounty.org/geocache/
Once 25 of the caches in this tour have been completed, the passport can be taken to Emmet County Building, Suite 178 or mailed to Beth Eckerle, Emmet County Building, Suite 178, 200 Division St., Petoskey, MI 49770 to receive a collectable souvenir coin for this series.
Wycamp Lake is a fairly shallow lake covering 642-acres. Anglers can expect to catch a variety of fish including Bluegill and Yellow Perch. This lake is named for Father Johann Bernard Weikamp. Father Weikamp was a German-born Franciscan Father, who in 1855 entered the Land of the Crooked Tree with the goal of creating an independent settlement where Indians could live, work and learn in peace, away from the influence of Anglo-European civilization. During his time in 'the Village,' Father Weikamp enlisted the Odawa to help him build a convent, complete with a Catholic school for reading and writing. Farming, rather than fishing, became the primary work in the region as the convent lands were tilled for production of food for people and animals. Father Weikamp died in 1889 and is buried in Cross Village.