East of Boyne City, M-75 turns northward and runs in that direction until turning again to follow the south shore of Walloon Lake.

There it follows North Shore Drive into the town of Walloon Lake.

Horton Bay is just four miles from Walloon Lake, and Hemingway swam and socialized with teen-age friends here.

Tom Gutow, who comes from Walloon Lake, Mich., is not as well known yet as the others.

Camp Daggett is a not-for-profit children's summer camp in Petoskey, Michigan on Walloon Lake.

In 1923 MacMillan held a ten-day boys camp south of present day Camp Daggett on Walloon Lake.

Walloon Lake was originally named Talcott.

The childhood cottage of Ernest Hemingway is located on Walloon Lake.

In 1937, Randall witnessed someone using a Scagel knife to scrape paint off of a boat near Walloon Lake, without damaging the edge of the blade.

Including Walloon Lake, the Bear River system drains all or portions of the following cities and townships: