CADILLAC

city, seat (1869) of Wexford county, northwestern lower Michigan, U.S., on the shores of Lakes Cadillac and Mitchell (linked by a canal), 97 miles (156 km) north of Grand Rapids. Settled by lumbermen in the 1860s and incorporated in 1875 as the village of Clam Lake, it was renamed at its incorporation as a city in 1877 for the founder of Detroit, Antoine de La Mothe Cadillac. Cadillac is the headquarters of the Huron and Manistee national forests and is a year-round resort noted for boating, fishing, and winter sports (notably at nearby Caberfae). Its economy is now balanced between light manufacturing, tourism, and agriculture. Pop. (1990) 10,104.