Wel­come to the 2026 Lake Free­man boat­ing Season!

Hot off the Cen­ten­ni­al Cel­e­bra­tion of Free­man Lake (The orig­i­nal name), we head into the Nation’s 250th anniver­sary, the 100th anniver­sary for Indi­ana Beach and the 50th anniver­sary of the Madam Car­roll! The hits keep com­ing. If you are new to Lake Free­man wel­come! If you are a vet­er­an, you know the fun you are in for. A cou­ple save the dates… We all know Memo­r­i­al Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day are big week­ends. But Save The Date” for the Ken­tucky Der­by Cruise, May 2nd, the 4th Annu­al Fooda­Palooza, Sat­ur­day August 15th and the 50th Anniver­sary Par­ty for the Madam Car­roll, Sat­ur­day August 22nd. Please don’t tell any­one how much fun Lake Free­man is. We want to keep it a secret! Ha!

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We're lucky to have such a nostalgic treasure to celebrate.

How Free­man Lake became the best lake in Indiana

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!” Fol­low us on Face­book. Remem­ber one thing, If you’re lucky to live by the Lake, you’re lucky enough!

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We still have a few Centennial Flags. info@lakefreemanlife.com

What do you love most about the Lake Freeman Life?


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 Madam Carroll has graced Lake Freeman for 40 years.

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