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Wreck of the Jennie and Annie washes up on Sleeping Bear Point
About a week ago now I came across this photo by Mark Lindsay. I asked former Park Ranger Bill Herd, and he told me what has since come out in the media. Sleeping Bear Dunes historians believe the schooner fragment, estimated to be about 40-feet long and peppered with twisted metals spikes, is part of the shipÕs bilge keelsons, which the Oxford Handbook of Maritime Archeology says were long timbers running most of the shipÕs length, strengthening the keel.   read more »

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August 14, 2008

Grand Traverse Lighthouse Lobsterfest Benefit

Filed under: Leelanau,lighthouse,michigan,nonprofit,northport,photo,summer — Andrew McFarlane @ 12:34 pm

Grand Traverse Lighthouse b by The Real FergThe Leelanau Enterprise reports that the Grand Traverse Lighthouse Museum will host their annual Lobster Fest Fundraiser on Thursday, August 21st. The event benefits the lighthouse foundation restoration project and features a dinner with fresh Maine lobster (or chicken), redskin potatoes, corn on the cob, cherry cobbler, slaw, coffee, iced tea, beer or wine. With entertainment by Big Noise of Suttons Bay, it's an evening not to miss!

Reservations are required and may be made by calling 386-7195.

The also say that the GT Light is leading the JEN-WELD Window & Door contest but that we all need to keep that vote margin up there - vote early and often!

Photo: Grand Traverse Lighthouse b by The Real Ferg

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