[3] Wealthy American tourists have been visiting the area since the 1860s and bought large tracts of land around the lake.

[2] Around the beginning of the 20th century, a number of fishing camps were built on Ahmic Lake, including Cedar Croft which stayed in business until the late 1950s.

[4] The two camps are directly across the lake from each other and to get from one to the other by water one paddles past Rocky Reef,[5] which is a very exclusive tourist peninsula owned by a few American families.

The tourist industry and the two swim camps are what kept the young people and adult residents in the small town of Ahmic Harbour employed for many decades and still contributes to the economic well-being of the area.

Ahmic Lake was an ideal lake for the two swim camps due to the clear water and a size that allowed for training of marathon swimmers such as Marty Sinn.