Bent's Camp Resort
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Location | Land O' Lakes, Wisconsin |
Coordinates | 46°11′19″N 89°23′51″W / 46.188611°N 89.3975°W |
Type | Campground and cabins |
Facilities | 12 cabins |
Water | Mamie Lake (Wisconsin) |
Operated by | Craig Kusick |
Website | Bent's Camp Resort |
Bent's Camp Resort is a resort in Northern Wisconsin in Land o' Lakes, Wisconsin. The resort has 12 cabins and it is located on the south shore of Mamie Lake (Wisconsin). In 1893 as a Bent's was established as a logging camp. In 1896 Charles Bent established it as a campground with cabins. The Bent family operated the campground until the 1940s.
Background
[edit]Bent's camp was established on Mamie Lake in 1893 and it was developed from what was an obsolete logging camp. Bent's became a tourist recreation spot.[1][2] Bent's is located at 6882 Helen Creek Rd. Land O' Lakes, WI 54540 in Vilas County, Wisconsin.[3][1] In 1896 the campgrounds were established.[4] The campgrounds allow traditional campers and the grounds also feature 12 cabins. In 1906 a restaurant was added to the grounds.[4][5][6] Today the campgrounds encompass 360 acres (150 ha).[7]
History
[edit]In the 1890s the area near Bent's in Vilas county was known for logging and several logging camps were established as a result of the industry. Bent's camp was founded as one of those logging camps, in 1893, .[1]
The camp was owned and operated by Charles Bent, into the 1940s[8] In 1990 Raymond M. Peterson purchased the resort with his wife Carol. The two operated the resort until they sold it to their daughter Lisa in 2003.[9] Lisa and Paul Stemen continued running the resort until 2011 when two long-time visitors, Craig and Amy Kusick, offered to purchase the location.[10]
Each year in February the resort hosts a snowmobile event called the Radar Run. The annual event is a fundraiser for a snowmobile club.[11] An annual music festival called Northwoodstock is also held at the location.[12] The resort was featured in a 2023 episode of America's Best Restaurants Roadshow.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Bell, Devon (2016). Haunted Summerwind: A Ghostly History of a Wisconsin Mansion (Paperback). Haunted America. p. 22. ISBN 9781626194373. ISBN 1626194378. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ Helminiak, Jon (6 June 2011). Land O' Lakes. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 111–112. ISBN 978-0-7385-8316-7.
- ^ "Bent's Camp". Bent's Camp. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ a b Gauper, Beth (2005-02-13). "Golden Oldies - In the North Woods, Classic Lodges Are Remnants of a Vanished Era". St. Paul Pioneer Press. Archived from the original on 2024-07-14. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ^ "Bent's Camp: Experience 125 Years of History". Discover. Discover Wisconsin. 4 October 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ Hintz, Martin; Percy, Pam (2014). Williams, Tracee (ed.). Food Lovers' Guide to Wisconsin: The Best Restaurants, Markets & Local Culinary Offerings. Guilford, Connecticut: Globe Pequot Press. p. 252. ISBN 978-0-7627-9214-6. Retrieved 2024-07-14 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Campground Protest over expansion of Bent's Camp". Green Bay Press-Gazette. June 15, 1965. p. 39.
- ^ "Austin Bent, son of Charles Bent, operator of Bent's Camp". Wausau Daily Herald. Wausau, Wisconsin. August 12, 1954. p. 6. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
- ^ "Peterson, Raymond M." Wisconsin State Journal. 12 February 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ Nimsgern, Tom (May 14, 2011). "Nostalgia inspires new owners to purchase camp". The Northwoods River News. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
- ^ "Radar Run Held at Bent's Camp" (PDF). Border Bulletin. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ Skola, Shereen (March 24, 2013). "5 great places to eat Up North". Wausau Daily Herald. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
- ^ Drew, Michelle (September 13, 2023). "Two local restaurants to be featured as 'America's best'". Vilas County News-Review. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
Further reading
[edit]- Bawden, Timothy (2001). Reinventing the Frontier: Tourism, Nature, and Environmental Change in Northern Wisconsin, 1880–1930 (PhD thesis). University of Wisconsin–Madison. p. 115. ProQuest 231652918. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- Westervelt, Amy (2012). Michigan's Upper Peninsula: A Great Destination. Woodstock, Vermont: The Countryman Press. pp. 175, 178. ISBN 978-1-58157-138-7. Retrieved 2024-07-14.