Archive for category: history

Suttonsburg, Pleasant City and the History of Suttons Bay

In S-B once had 6,000 platted lots the Leelanau Enterprise presents…

Seminar on Fishtown and Great Lakes Fisheries

The Inland Seas Education Association will present a seminar…

The Bear in the Sleeping Bear Dunes

The other day we posted the Legend of the Sleeping Bear. After thinking about it, I wondered if folks knew that "the Bear" was also an actual formation atop a dune about a mile north of the Pierce Stocking Overlook.

Can Sugar Loaf Mountain Come Back?

Jeff Smith of Traverse Magazine asks Can Sugar Loaf Mountain…

Exploring the wreck of the Lauren Castle in Grand Traverse Bay

The other day we stumbled upon this cool video of the wreck of…

An arch and some great Leelanau photos!

Photographer Ann Teliczan took this photo near Glen Arbor and…

Storm beaches unknown shipwreck in the Sleeping Bear Dunes

Update!! The Leelanau.com team hiked out to the wreck yesterday…

White Hurricane: Remembering the Great Lakes Storm of 1913

The Glen Arbor Sun has a great writeup on the strongest storm…

Martha Graham's American Document – Saturday, October 23

ISLAND (Institute for Sustainable Living, Art, and Design) will…

Dancing to Documents: An American Heritage

by Gretchen Eichberger What do you know about your heritage?…

Westmoreland Shipwreck Discovered

The fact that the Westmoreland was one of the earliest propellers…

Glen Haven Cannery Boathouse Museum

via Michigan in Pictures... Looks like the old cannery at the…