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Forest Lake was known as one of the major summer resort areas of the upper Midwest in the late 1800s / early 1900s.

The village had numerous hotels, including the Marsh Hotel, on North Shore Drive, which was host to U. S. President Grover Cleveland and future U. S. President William McKinley, as well as many world dignitaries.

The steamship Germania sailed the Forest Lake chain of lakes in the late 1800s, and was a major tourist draw.