Wooden Boats in Michigan

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Last week, the wife, kid and I piled in the car and went to visit my mom in northern lower Michigan (not the U.P.). Lucky for me, we stumbled onto a couple of wooden boat museums in the area - the Great Lakes Boat Museum and the Sleeping Bear Point Coast Guard Station Maritime Museum. Plus all the nautical related stuff around Mackinac Island. Having never been to Michigan, I was pleasantly surprised.

Great Lakes Boat Museum












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Sleeping Bear Point Coast Guard Station Maritime Museum








Mackinac Point Lighthouse


Round Island Lighthouse


I have more pics on my Flickr account, here. Just figured I'd share.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/1223521...7630609146960/

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[Thad]

Thanks.

[Paul Pless]

Thanks.

ditto

[michigangeorge]

Yep, wooden boats have survived in fresh water just fine for hundreds of years :-)
Hope you enjoyed your trip and do come visit us again!

[trefor]

I was also amazed by all of the boats gracing the roofs of cars as we drove through the state. Playboat kayaks, touring kayaks, canoes and sailboats. Much of Michigan is very wild looking, with green area after green area on the maps.

I think we drove through Petoskey, maybe on the way from Charlevoix to Pellston. My mom's place is in Gaylord. I know we went to Charlevoix, Traverse City, Pellston, Mackinac and St. Ignace. Somewhere in there they drove us through a chautauqua neighborhood of victorian and craftsmen type homes. Cool place. Lots of sailboats on the water there. I was trying to count them, but they kept pointing out houses they liked and I lost count. This was maybe last Tuesday.

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[bamamick]

Check out the Port Huron YC some time.

Mickey Lake

[trefor]

Thanks! I'll make note of it. We'll likely head back up that way in the next year or two.

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[rbgarr]

Love that lapstrake double ender at the coast guard station. Michigan has, or did at one time, the most boats registered of any state. So much coastline, so many lakes.