Place:Chippewa Lake, Medina, Ohio, United States

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NameChippewa Lake
Alt namesChippewa Lake Stationsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS39003517
Chippewasource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS39003517
Chippewa on the Lake Villagesource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS39003517
Chippewa-on-the-Lakesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Lake Stationsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS39003517
TypeVillage
Coordinates41.074°N 81.904°W
Located inMedina, Ohio, United States
Also located inLafayette, Medina, Ohio, United States    
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Chippewa Lake (formerly Chippewa-on-the-Lake) is a village in Medina County, Ohio, United States. It is located on Chippewa Lake, a natural inland lake in Ohio. The village was incorporated in 1920. The population was 711 at the 2010 census.

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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 prosperous 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, and it enjoyed a swinging Golden Age through 1969, as he kept the park's ballroom filled with dancers and famous bands. In 1978, after more than 100 years of operation, Chippewa Lake Park was shut down and left to decay.

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.

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