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Archive for category: history

Manitou Passage shipwrecks shared by Coast Guard Air Station

April 20, 2015
via Michigan in Pictures... (and it made it all the way to Newsweek) Wreckage…
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Sleeping Bear Lakeshore Weekend: Astronomy, Meteors & Glen Haven Days

May 21, 2014
Astronomer Tyler Nordgren at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Kick-off…
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Leland Heritage Festival this Saturday, September 21st

September 18, 2013
The annual Leland Heritage Festival takes place this Saturday…
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Free admission to Sleeping Bear Sunday for 97th NPS Birthday!

August 27, 2013
Photo: North Bar Lake ... ahhh by Ken Scott The National Park…
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Port Oneida Fair ~ August 9-10, 2013

July 17, 2013
The annual Port Oneida Fair offers you a chance to step back…
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Finding Number 9: The Sleeping Bear Dunesmobiles

June 27, 2013
Justin Warnes shared this awesome video from TC based Hagerty…
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Steamer Leelanau explosion, August 1908

June 26, 2013
On August 15th or 16th, 1908, the passenger steamer Leelanau…
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Straight as the Pine, Sturdy as the Oak: a history of Camp Leelanau for Boys, the Leelanau Schools and the Homestead

May 17, 2013
Michael Huey in the last couple of days of a Kickstarter project…
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Spring on Good Harbor Bay

May 2, 2013
Via Michigan in Pictures... Spring on Good Harbor Bay, photo…
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Leland Harbor: Before the Breakwall

April 8, 2013
Here's a pre-1970 photo of the harbor - quite a change from…
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Back when there was snow…

January 16, 2013
Karl Bahle shared a great set of photos from the 50s and 60s…
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Lake Michigan Levels: Then & Now Edition

December 3, 2012
The Suttons Bay Chamber of Commerce shared this photo by Tom…
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