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Catalog Number
no visible number 73
Date of Origin
ca. 1885
Description
Black and white photograph taken from Look Out Mountain, on the south side of the channel, looking north towards Ottawa Beach.  
Notice that there is no sign of the Ottawa Beach Hotel, built in 1886.

 
History
Ottawa Beach is the name given to the area along the north side of the channel and northwest section of Lake Macatawa, in Park Township. It received its name in 1886 with the construction of the hotel Ottawa, built on a hillside near the beach.