Chippewa Lake

History

Chippewa Lake took its name from the Ojibwe tribe of Native Americans. In the 1880s, Oscar Townsend and the Cleveland, Lorain, & Wheeling Railroad developed a vacation resort, eventually called Chippewa Lake Park, on the banks of Chippewa Lake. The Great Depression and extinction of interurban rail service crippled the park, but in 1937, Parker Beach purchased the resort. In 1978, after more than 100 years of operation, Chippewa Lake Park was shut down. In 2008, scenes for the horror film Closed For the Season (released in 2010) were shot at the abandoned amusement park, using many of its decrepit attractions as backgrounds. A large estate that was originally part of Townsend's empire in town remains intact today, and has operated for decades as The Oaks Lodge restaurant. The restaurant is a popular event space; its lakeside gazebo is often used for weddings.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  13,684
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  10,221
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  9,962
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  9,952
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  9,808
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  9,701
• Downy Woodpecker

  Dryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  8,953
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  8,726

Most recent

• M 3 — 2024-03-30
  2 km SSW of Maple Ridge, Ohio
• M 2.5 — 2022-01-27
  2 km NW of Lakeline, Ohio
• M 2.8 — 2022-01-04
  3 km NW of Timberlake, Ohio
• M 2.6 — 2021-11-19
  2 km NW of Sherrodsville, Ohio
• M 2.6 — 2021-10-28
  1 km NW of Sherrodsville, Ohio
• M 2.6 — 2019-12-07
  1 km N of Willowick, Ohio