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Empire Winterfest 2009 takes to the Big Lake!

February 16, 2009/in beach, empire, fun, lake michigan, Leelanau, michigan, photo, sleeping bear dunes, weather, winter

Copyright 2009 Jim Sorbie

Jim Sorbie got some great shots of the Polar Bear Dip at last weekend’s Empire Winterfest! He says that there wasn’t any safe ice on South Bar Lake (the traditional location) but of course that doesn’t stop the good folks of Empire from doing their seasonal duty!

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