Roy Van Loo

Grass pink orchid.

Located three miles east of Saugatuck on the eastern end of Silver Lake, the Wade Memorial contains a lovely beech-maple forest as well as numerous dogwood and hemlock trees on a high bluff overlooking the lake. The sanctuary is easily accessible from 62nd St and canoes can be launched into the lake. This sanctuary was given to MNA by the Wades, who were prominent citizens of Holland, MI. It is a fine example of a beech-maple forest with hemlocks that have grown back after a wildfire that occurred in the early 1900’s. Silver Lake abuts the southwestern portion of the sanctuary and a canoe or kayak can be launched here for a pleasant trip amidst beds of pickerel weed and other aquatic plants.