CADILLAC  , a

city and the county seat of Wexford county, Michigan, U.S.A., on Lake Cadillac, about 95 M . N. by E. of Grand Rapids and about 85 m . N.W. of Bay City . Pop . (1890) 4461; (1900) 5997, of whom 1676 were foreign-born; (1904) 6893; (1910) 8375 . It is served by the Ann Arbor and the Grand Rapids & Indiana railways . Cadillac overlooks picturesque lake scenery, and the good fishing for pike, pickerel and perch in the lake, and for brook trout in streams near by, attracts many visitors . Among the city's chief manufactures are hardwood lumber, iron, tables, crates and woodenware, veneer, flooring and flour . Cadillac was settled in 1871, was incorporated as a village under the name of Clam Lake in 1875, was chartered as a city under its present name (from Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac) in 1877, and was rechartered in 1895 .