Let’s Cel­e­brate 100 years of Mag­i­cal Free­man Lake! Free­man Fest August 9th

Let’s cel­e­brate a 100 years of the Lake Life! Sat­ur­day August 9th at White Oaks RV & Camp­ground. We have so much to be grate­ful for. We have a full line up of fam­i­ly fun! A procla­ma­tion from our elect­ed offi­cials. The grand­son of Roger Free­man will bring a mes­sage from the fam­i­ly. Four Bands. A fly­over from the Fly­ing Hooli­gans. A pet­ting zoo. Even a T‑Shirt can­non tar­get­ing float­ing boaters! The fun begins at 12:00 Noon! Bring the whole fam­i­ly and your swim­suit! Come enjoy the music. Come enjoy your Lake neigh­bors. Come cel­e­brate what Roger Free­man cre­at­ed for us all! A big thank you to all our spon­sors includ­ing Enjoy White Coun­ty, The Car­roll Coun­ty Cham­ber of Com­merce, The Madam Car­roll, Susan’s Free­man Bay, SFLECC, and of course, White Oaks RV & Camp­ground.

Final Flyer

The Offi­cial Cen­ten­ni­al Free­man Lake Flag 1925 – 2025, Wavy stripes for the water. Five stars. 1. Roger Free­man 2. Oak­dale Dam 3. The 1974 tor­na­do in which five peo­ple lost their lives in the Lake 4. The endan­gered mus­sel sit­u­a­tion that we over­came 5. The won­der­ful peo­ple and busi­ness­es that call Free­man Lake home

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On April 18th, 1925 the Indi­ana Con­ser­va­tion Cor­po­ra­tion procla­ma­tion that the new­ly formed reser­voir behind the near­ly com­plet­ed Oak­dale Dam be known as Free­man Lake”. This was in hon­or of Roger Free­man the vision­ary engi­neer who designed and over­saw con­struc­tion of both dams, the Nor­way and the Oak­dale. These dams brought the first reli­able elec­tric­i­ty to cen­tral Indi­ana and two of the best lakes to the mid­west! Roger Free­man passed in Jan­u­ary of 1925, six months before the Oak­dale Dam was com­plet­ed. The work­ers ral­lied and com­plet­ed it in record time… For Roger!” Get ready for a year long cel­e­bra­tion. Let’s all raise our glass­es a pro­pose a toast… To Roger!” Talk to us, share your pho­tos. If you have any ques­tions, please email and we will respond quick­ly. Fol­low us on Face­book. Remem­ber one thing, If you’re lucky to live by the Lake, you’re lucky enough!

Freeman100 Flag
Help support the 100 year celebration and LakeFreemanLife.com, order your official Freeman Lake Centennial Flag. Your donation of $50.00 helps fund this website and the many activities planned for the summer. Send Bob Dion an email to info@LakeFreemanLife.com You can mail me a check, Venmo, Zell or heck meet me and pay cash. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!!!

How will you celebrate The Freeman Lake Centennial?


Well we are biased, but Lake Free­man is absolute­ly amaz­ing. If you are look­ing for a lake house here’s your check list—

1. Ten miles long, not a bor­ing puddle

2. Sand bot­tom, no muck

3. A big vari­ety of homes and price points

4. A fan­tas­tic sand­bar for a boat­ing destination

5. Restau­rants, beach bars and a giant par­ty boat

6. Great ramps

7. A full ser­vice Marina

8. Incred­i­ble wildlife includ­ing abun­dant Bald Eagles 

9. An island and his­toric Bridge

10. Great fishing

A Touching Video "A Good Run"

Here is an incred­i­bly touch­ing show that recaps one mans mem­o­ries and gets to the heart of the spe­cial expe­ri­ence that is boat­ing. We’ve all had many of these moments on Lake Free­man. It was pro­duced and post­ed cour­tesy of Dis­cov­er Boat­ing. Enjoy!

Lake Freeman Facts

Did you know?

The annual fireworks show is funded entirely by private contributions. Make a contribution at LakeFreemanFireworks.com

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