Interlochen is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2010 census, the population was 583. The community is located within Green Lake Township.

What does the name Interlochen mean?

The village (whose name means “between the lakes”) was named for its location between Lake Wahbekaness (Ottawa for “water lingers,” formerly Duck Lake) and Lake Wahbekanetta (“water lingers again,” formerly Green Lake). Interlochen is best known as the home of the Interlochen Arts Camp.

How did Interlochen MI get its name?

Interlochen takes its name from the Latin "inter", meaning "between", and the Scottish Gaelic "lochen", meaning lakes. Before the arrival of European settlers, members of the Odawa people lived between the lakes they called Wahbekaness and Wahbekanetta (now named Duck Lake and Green Lake, respectively).