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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. Traverse City Winter Microbrew Festival (Feb 11), Sleeping Bear Snowshoe Hikes (Every Saturday). Check the Leelanau Calendar. Daily photos from the Leland Report | Michigan News, Features & Links at Absolute Michigan! |
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The annual Cars in the Park takes place this Saturday (May 24) at Haserot Park in Northport. The event features antiques, hot rods, sports cars along with games, prizes, food and music. It is free to attend and benefits the Northport-Omena Firefighters Association.
You can read a story from last year in the Leelanau Enterprise and get more information about Northport from the Leelanau Township Chamber.
Photo credit: E is for Edsel by Andy McFarlane
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