Fitzpatrick Resort, Long Lake WI (Lake Wisconsin: real estate, motels, school)

[ktownlady]

I spent my childhood summers at Fitzpatrick Resort in Long Lake Wisconsin......this was in the 50's.......a long time ago. I have some great memories from these years. I have tried to find out if this place still exists but have had no luck.
It was a very small town and the resort was cabins. The first one we stayed in had no indoor toilet. There was a swimming hole. The town had a store where we bought ice cream cones. We went to the local school to play on the playground. The city dump attracted bears. There was a small island in the lake called Honeymoon Island. There was an unused railroad track along the property.
Anyone have any info?

[ktownlady]

Fitzpatrick resort is now Long Lake resort. The owner very kindly called me after I tracked down the owner of Fay Lake resort. When I went to the website Iwas surprised to see that very little has changed over the years........makes me want to go back for a visit!

[Drover]

Go back while you still can -- the old-school Wisconsin resort is a quickly dying breed. The taxes are killing them off, today's vacationers are looking for a more "upscale" experience, and developers are offering the owners huge amounts of money that they can't turn down. If the resort sits on a decent-sized lake, sometimes the developer will simply turn around and sell off the tiny little individual cabins for about a hundred grand apiece. That's how wacky prices have gotten for lakeside real estate.

[susancruzs]

Too true, the days of the mom and pop resorts/motels, housekeeping cottages are falling by the wayside. Today everyone wants microwaves, big TV's, hot tubs, fancy schmancy!

In spite of being a world traveler, some of my best memories are family vacations in a simple housekeeping cottage at a lake, tile or cement floor where you could sweep out the sand, definitely not carpeted! My mom never minded cooking a simple meal for supper, we were on our own for breakfast and lunch. There was never a TV or even a radio, cards and board games were the main evening entertainment.

Even the Cliff Dwellers up in Door, has been totally changed over to fancier, and I notice they are selling some off for at least 6 figures! I stayed there when it was pretty rustic only thing that seems to be the same is bikes for the state park, however, they may not be free anymore.