Lake Lansing and picnic areas. The Lake Lansing Boat Launch, located on the North side of Lake Lansing provides two boat launch ramps, a picnic area, basketball court, a powerboat washer and paved parking. Alcoholic beverages are prohibited. Lake Lansing is home to several types of fish including: Largemouth bass, Smallmouth bass, Northern pike, carp, crappie, bluegill, Redear sunfish, perch, and several types of Catfish. Lake Lansing Lake Lansing is a lake in Haslett, Michigan just a few miles northeast of the state's capital city of Lansing. Lake Lansing was originally known as Pine Lake, and was a highly popular recreation site
Lansing, Michigan academic square. 16 men bought plots in the nonexistent city, and upon reaching the area later that year found they had been scammed. Many in the group too disappointed to stay ended up settling around what is now metropolitan Lansing. Those who stayed quickly renamed the area "Lansing Township" in honor of their home village in New York. The settlement of fewer than 20 people would remain dormant until the winter of 1847 when the state constitution required the capital be moved from Detroit to a more central and safer location in the state's interior; many were concerned about Detroit's