Leland Historic District (Fishtown) - Michigan Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

Description: This commercial fishing district has provided a livelihood for residents of the town for over a century. Fishermen reached the fishing grounds of Lake Michigan by way of the Leland River (Carp River) using small sailboats until the introduction of primitive gas-powered oak boats around 1900. Small fishing shanties and related buildings such as ice and smoke houses were constructed during the peak years of the industry which spanned the first three decades of the twentieth century. Now gray and weather-beaten, some still serve their original purpose. Other buildings in the district date back to Leland's lumbering and iron smelting era in the letter half of the nineteenth century. Leland continues to be a commercial fishing area as well as the headquarters for transportation to the Manitou Islands. Parking nearby?: yes D/T ratings: Registered Site #: 407 Historical Date: Not listed Historical Name: Not listed website: Not listed

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Date Logged Log User Rating   03/02/2018 Historic Markers visited it 09/16/2017 theHostas visited it 09/02/2017 Rattrak visited it 11/04/2016 wildernessmama visited it 08/02/2014 woolsox visited it 06/24/2012 kJfishman visited it 05/27/2012 Vante & Sammy Pants visited it

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