Mackinac, the wonderful isle, Petoskey, Traverse City and other northern Michigan summer resorts.

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MACKINAC the
Wonderful Isle
PETOSKEY.
TRAVERSE CITY
And other
NNORTHERN MICHIGAN
SUMMER RESORTS
SUMMER RESORTS ANO LAKE REGION OF NNORTHERN MICHIGAN. GRAND RAPIDS & INDIANA RAILROAD.
A LAND OF SUMMER HOMES.
A SHORT SCORE OF YEARS AGO but a few
hundred travelers in each summer had visited
one spot in NNorthern Michigan- Mackinac
Island. Such had found that beautiful isle
so delightful a resort they were regular
annual visitors. Since those days, so great
has become the tide of travel of summer
visitors in NNorthern Michigan, that nearly
or quite one hundred thousand find renewed
health and strength among the beautiful
lakes, and from the health-giving breezes of
the most delightful resort region in all
America. Such know the way and will return
year after year, for to them no other land
presents so many and such varied attractions.
Others, however, who have yet in store the
pleasure of such a visit, will find in the accom­panying
maps of the upper portion of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan,
and the adjacent shores of the Upper Peninsula, information that will make
plain the way to all who are seeking coolness, comfort and cheerful com­pany
for their coming summer's tour.
The first of these maps or views, it will be observed, gives Mackinac
Island on its southern boundary, includes the famous Sault Ste. Marie,
White Fish Bay and other adjacent regions of the Upper Peninsula,
together with the Cheneaux Islands, 51. Ignace and Bois Blanc Island.
The map, which is drawn to a scale, includes all the different streams, and
lakes, and wagon roads, as well as the railroads, and furnishes complete.
accurate and valual1le information for any tourist who shall include NNorthern
Michigan in his route for his summer outing.
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The second of these maps gives the nNorthern part of the Lower
Peninsula, from Petoskey on the south to Mackinac Island on the north,
including Little Traverse Bay, the celebrated Inland Route and the
neighboring hamlets and resorts of which Petoskey is the natural center.
The third of these maps includes the remainder of the resort region of
NNorthern Michigan proper, from Kalkaska and Traverse City on the south,
to Charlevoix and Petoskey on the north. In this region is the celebrated
Grand Traverse Bay country, with its almost innumerable lakes, trout
streams and islands, Its old, settled country, its wildernesses, its fruit farms
and virgin forests.
From Traverse City to Mackinac, more than one hundred miles whether
by rail or by water, is an almost constant succession of summer resorts,
association grounds, with hundreds of cottages, with commodious hotel
accommodations, with every variety of summer amusement afforded at
modern watering-places. The general popularity of this entire region is
attested by the many thousands, who, during the past years, have visited
this country. A number of new resorts have been established by associa­tions
9f Michigan citizens, or from other adjacent states. Several of these
new associations have such broad liberality of constitutions and by-laws, as
permit them to welcome good people from everywhere at their resorts
upon payment of a nominal fee, which entitles members to cottage sites
upon the resort grounds. Of course it is expected that such will do as their
neighbors have done, and are doing-build summer homes upon these
sites.
Notable among these new associations were two formed by residents of
Chicago; a third known as the" Universalists' Resort Association of Mich­igan,"
and the fourth the" Traverse Point Association," which might be
termed" A Business Men's Summer Home."
Although, as already intimated, there are almost scores of these resorts,
which appear in the following pages, there are still many admirable points
for location by similar organizations, and upon the principal of the old
adage, "the more, the merrier," those who are seeking such possibilities
will find it a decided advantage to locate in the midst of so many genial
neighbors.
It is proper to add, in this connection, that the cost of a summer home,
whether a "log-cabin" or a "Newport villa," erected at any point in Northern
Michigan, is probably lower than at any other resort in the United
States; for this is the region of building material, and competent mechanics
can be obtained at a day's notice from various points in Michigan, Chicago,
Milwaukee, or other large and near cities.
Another important fact, worthy the attention of those considering the
building of such summer homes, is that admirable markets are at their
very doors, so reducing the cost of living, though it include" all the delica­cies
of the season," as to make the figures scarcely more than the expense
of staying at home.
The foregoing facts doubtless have had great influence in determining
the choice of so many hundreds, who have already selected Northern
Michigan for their summer sojourn. There are now in the region included
in these three maps, between two and three thousand such summer
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cottages, of which probably three hundred have been erected during the
past year; and more than as many more have been planned to be built
during the coming season.
If the old adage about" the proof of the pudding" is of any value, this
overwhelming testimony in favor of Northern Michigan, will make good
the prognostication of a Chicago citizen, who prophecied that" within a few
years more resorters will be found, every summer, on the shores of Lake
Michigan and the inland waters of its eastern coast, than in any other like
territory in the United States."
A resort located anywhere in the country included in these maps, will
be easily accessible by water as well as by rail. Frequent service by fast,
safe steamboats, is now provided upon nearly all of the inland waters, as
well as upon the main lakes and the large bays of the entire region under
consideration. To the casual visitor seeking variety, this accessibility of
so many different resorts is a matter of no small moment.
GRAND HOTEL, MACKINAC ISLAND.

MACKINAC ISLAND.
MACKINAC ISLAND, fanned by the breezes and
laved by the waters of the three greatest lakes
of America-Superior, Michigan and Huron­ has
the most equable, exhilarating and delightful
Summer climate of any spot in the north temperate zone.
The island, situated at the confluence of the great lakes
Named, is about nine miles in circumference, containing a
little less than three thousand acres. Of this area one
hundred and three acres are used for a military reserva­tion.
somewhat more is private property, and the remain­-
der the United States. with a proper appreciation of its
many attractions. has reserved for a National Park. The Wonderful
Island. surrounded by the blue-green waters which separate the two pen­insulas
composing the State of Michigan, has all the beauties and advan­tages
of an Ideal summer resort. This has been known for centuries, for
the aboriginal inhabitants of the Peninsular State, and indeed the entire
West. regarded the island as the especial home of the" Great Spirit." It
was as near an approximation to heaven as the Indian had ever realized.
So imagery and metaphor have been exhausted in the vain attempt to
describe its glories. It has been named “ The Wonderful Isle."  “The
Queen of Enchantment," “The Tourists' Paradise." “Gem of the Straits,"
“The Fairy Isle"-indeed, it has almost as many pet names as it has had
visitors, and their number is legion.
The island, at its highest point. rises some three hundred feet above
the waters of the Straits of Mackinac, hence, to craft passing through that
.. Gateway of the West." it is one of the most conspicuous objects in the
horizon for a long distance. Indeed, it may be properly termed "Nature's
Statue of Liberty." watching the wealth and products of the great North­west
as they pass on their way to the sea-coast, for our own people or for
other nations.
The Wonderful Isle has watched the procession of ages, and from the
Indian dug-out filled with dusky warriors. or the daring Voyageurs, down
to the present, with its palatial steam craft. sailing craft, summer yachts and
row-boats. it has witnessed a never-ending procession, typifying the spirit
of progress and the growth and achievements of the nation. Its beauties
were familiar to white men long before the Puritans had landed at
Plymouth Rock. or the old cavaliers had attempted a settlement as the
"first families of Virginia." The old French navigators seeking an oppor­tunity
to Christianize the Indians, Fathers Marquette, Hennepin. Nicollet
and La Salle and their brave followers had visited this favored spot and
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rapturously described its beauties in their diaries and letters to friends in
the Old World. so that besides its romance and its delights as a summer
resort it has almost incalculable interest for its historical associations.
More than a century ago it was considered an important strategic point,
and to-day has an old fort on a rocky plateau above the town, where is kept
continuously a small garrison of United States troops. One of the chief
attractions of the old fort are its old block-houses, pierced with port-holes,
striking remnants of the ancient defences against either the red men or
their white allies.
On the island are almost numberless points of interest. Those whose
names are familiar through recent fiction, or through the relation of their
experiences by thousands of tourists, are "Arch Rock," "Robinson's Folly,"
“Lovers' Leaf'" "Fort Holmes" "British Landing," "Scott's Cave," "Old
Fort," "Devil s Kitchen," “Chimney Rock," “Sugar Loaf," “The Old Mis­sion
House" and "Pontiac's Lookout."
Marian Harland, the celebrated authoress, whose name is a household
word wherever the English language is spoken and read, terming this
“The Pearl and Princess of Islands," thus writes of it from the Island
which she visited for some time during the season of 1890:
“The finest Inland water view upon the continent is from the balcony overlooking the
noble veranda of the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. Below the hotel terrace, a grove of
arbor-vitae and balsam firs divide drive and tennis courts from the Strait. Beyond this the
waterway from Huron on the left to Lake Michigan on the right, a dark-blue. undulating
line marked other Islands. and the mainland. For the rest the land-locked seas had all the
lower world to themselves. From eastern to western horizon they roll. An expanse varying
glory. but always sublime. day unto day uttering and hinting prodigality and reserves of
beauty inconceivable by those who have never looked upon the divine panorama indescribable
by the tongue or pen of those whose eyes have feasted upon the light. From height
above height, robed in fir and cedar. poured down the Elixir of Life. Filling lungs
depths and hurrying the reddening pulses until the recreated wanderers from the lowlands
walked as upon air. and in spirit heard the recall to youth. strength and hopeful endeavor."
Mrs. Margaret E. Sangster, the talented editor of Harpers Bazaar,
who also visited the island at the same time with Mrs. Harland, adds her
comment in the following eloquent but not extravagant terms:
“One finds In combination at Mackinac Island the several advantages of pure. exhilarat­ing
air. a magnificent view. and a charming variety of walk and drives. For those who
desire the diversions of the water. boating. bathing and fishing offer unusual facilities, while
to the student of American history. or of current literature. the old legends and quaint
romance of the still primitive Island afford occasion for enjoyment. Our stay which was all
too brief at the Grand Hotel. a hostelry pleasingly situated. and replete with everything
for the entertainment of the summer tourist. Once Visited. Mackinac is sure of being remem­bered.
and Included among the places to which the loiterer In sunny regions would fain
return another season."
The medical fraternity of the entire country, relying upon statistics, or
upon personal experience, are agreed that Mackinac is pre-eminent in
possessing the cool, dry, bracing air necessary for the recuperation of the
exhausted, or the curing of the invalid.
The hotel accommodations on the island are now all that could be
desired. The celebrated Grand Hotel, which usually is open about the
20th of June, is located on a. bluff at the western side of the island, some
two hundred feet above the lake, overlooking the Straits and the enormous
commerce passing through them. It is SIX hundred and fifty feet in
length, four stories high and has every comfort the summer tourist could
desire. Other good hotels are the John Jacob Astor House, named in honor
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of the founder of the Michigan Fur Company, who for many years had one
of his most important posts on the island; the Island House, the Old Mis­sion
House. the ew Mackinac, the New Murray, Lake View, Palmer
House, Grand Central. etc.
All of the resorts and other manifold attractions in Northern Michigan
are easily accessible from the island. Commodious, powerful steam
ferries run in connection with all the trains of the Grand Rapids & Indiana
Railroad, to and from Mackinaw City, between the island and 51. Ignace.
In addition, Bois Blanc Island, Skilligalee Light, Point St. Helena
Light, Les Cheneaux, Spectacle Reef Light, St. Ignace, The Soo, and other
points in the Upper Peninsula may be reached every day, and some of
them nearly every hour, daily, during the entire resort season. Of Spec­tacle
Reef Light, which is one of the "lions" of the region, it may be said
that it is the finest on the entire system of the Great Lakes and has but one
equal in America.
A short five miles northwest of the island is St. Ignace, one of the
oldest towns in the northwest, having been first settled in 1671. It is in
plain sight across the Straits. It is the connecting point of the Duluth,
South Shore & Atlantic Railway with the railroad system of the Lower
Peninsula. From it all points in the Upper Peninsula are readily reached.
The Pictured Rocks on Lake Superior, Indicated in the topographical map,
are but a little distance from this line and will well repay a visit, the
scenery being particularly grand and interesting.
But one hundred and fifty miles from St. Ignace is Marquette, the
finest, most important city of the Upper Peninsula, named in honor of
the famous French discoverer and priest, whose bones now rest in the
state. Marquette has a commanding site, overlooking Lake Superior, and
is a justly popular summer resort. Michigan has the largest and most
famous copper and iron mines in the world. Gold is also found in consid­erable
quantities within its borders. The chief of these mines are within a
short distance of Marquette.
LES CHENEAUX ISLANDS. If Mackinac Island was the home
of the Indian's "Great Spirit," this archipelago of more than four hundred
beautiful islands was his fishing-ground. These islands, but from fourteen
to twenty miles distant from Mackinac Island, on the south coast of the
Upper Peninsula, in a direct route to the Lake Superior ports, are reached
from Mackinac by daily steamers. The largest of these islands, Mar­quette,
contains nearly three thousand acres; the smallest 's but a speck
of a ingle rock just Visible on the surface of the water. The narrow, deep
channels between this labyrinth of islands literally swarm with Mackinaw
. trout; pickerel, muskallonge, pike, perch and black bass, and are the favorite
fishing-grounds with every sportsman who has ever visited them. These
islands are the camping-grounds of several sportsmen's and other clubs,
and comfortable accommodations are provided on several of them, includ-
ing boats, bait, guides and other necessaries for tourists' provision.
UP THE SOO. No one who visits Northern Michigan should fail of
one of the most delightful excursions which can be taken from Mackinac.
The large, safe, fine steamers of the Delta Transportation Company make
daily trips up the Sault Ste. Marie River to the town of the same name•
•
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This river, which is sixty-two miles long, is almost entirely shut in by high
hills, covered by the prevailing forests. It is a succession of beautiful
straits and broad lakes, combining a panorama of enchanting views, includ­ing
the many islands mirrored in the clear, rapid river. Marty travelers
prefer the beauties of the Ste. Marie to the Hudson and other historic
streams.
The village or city of Sault Ste. Marie is on the west bank of the river
at the mouth of the famous government ship canal, built for the detour of
the rapids, for in the short distance of but two miles, the river, carrying the
overflow of Lake Superior, falls nineteen feet. These rapids are some­thing
of a terror to the inexperienced visitor, and to shoot them in an
Indian canoe furnishes an experience never to be forgotten. One of the
most important government works undertaken in the entire country is the
building of the new canal and locks at this point. It is proposed to so
enlarge and deepen the canal as to make it navigable for boats drawing
twenty feet of water. This is being done at an expense of more than five
millions of dollars, of which considerably more than a million will be
expended during the present year. The new lock, which is to be eight
hundred feet long and one hundred feet wide, built of enormous blocks
of granite, will be the largest reservoir of its kind on the globe. It sup­plants
the old lock, itself more than five hundred feet long, but through
which a greater commerce annually passed than enters the port of London,
England. This magnificent new lock, together with the many other attrac­tions
found in this historic old town, makes a visit to the "Soo" of great
interest. The hotel accommodations are ample and all that can be desired.
Travelers wishing to return more quickly than by the water route can
reach Mackinaw City, via St. Ignace, by railroad in about four hours.
PETOSKEY.
WHO HAS NOT HEARD OF PETOSKEY?
This famous summer resort, in considera­bly
less than a score of years, has already
achieved a continental reputation, so that
veteran travelers speak of going up to
Petoskey as a most natural and matter­ of-
course experience. It may fairly be
expected that to the dweller in the New
World, ere long the expression, “See
Naples and die,” will be paraphrased by
the aphorism, “See Petoskey and live" to
tell others of your visit
Petoskey is situated on the south side
of Little Traverse Bay, a beautiful sheet
of water some nine miles wide, which
indents the coast about six miles. The
bay is enclosed by table-lands and' hills
that approach the water in a succession
of terraces, forming a natural amphithea-
tre where Petoskey is situated, Living the
city a commanding view of the lake, the bay and its surrounding snores.
The town is one of the most important in the State of Michigan, the largest
and busiest in the Northern portion of the state. The advantage which
every visitor soon realizes is that its prevailing winds are from off Lake
Michigan, hence always cool, fresh, invigorating and healthful. These
breezes, too, as at Mackinac Island, absolutely prevent that intolerable
pest of many watering-places, the mosquito. The breezes, combined with
waters of crystal purity, with ,Pleasing surroundings, happy companions,
busy, bright days and refreshing nights, make out this region a natural
sanitarium. A full, deep inhalation of Petoskey air contains more of cure
for the tired or sick than all the drugs of the pharmacopeia. Many who
speak from experience consider the marvelously pure air certain relief and
speedy cure for asthma, hay-fever and kindred ailments. In fact, a
National Association of sufferers from hay-fever holds annual conventions
at Petoskey. and its members urge all who are suffering from that distress­ing
malady to join them in visiting Petoskey and thus escape its provoking
miseries.
Petoskey offers almost endless amusement and recreation for summer
visitors. What with daily excursions, including sailing, boating, dancing,
bowling, bathing, fishing, tennis, and gathering agates, a programme of
PETOSKEY AND NEIQHBORING RESORTS-GR
AND RAPIDS & INDIANA RAILROAD.
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pleasures can be made out, fil1ing the fleeting hours until they pass like a
midsummer dream. It is the natural center or radiating point from
which trips by land or by water may be made at almost any time to any
one of the score of adjoining summer resorts. The Daily Resorter, pub­lished
during the season, is devoted to the interests of Petoskey and
Northern Michigan, and of visitors at the various resorts. Better accom­modations
for guests, in extent and character, cannot well be found. Be­sides
the well-known Arlington, whose name has become a household word
and synonym for comfort and good service among summer tourists, are
several other hotels, first-class in all their appointments.
ARLINGTON HOTEL, PETOSKEY.
A favorite occupation for the thousands who visit the shores of Little
Traverse Bay, is gathering agates. The bed of the lake and bay is com­posed
of what has been termed agatized coral, and the action of the water
breaks off fragments which the waves toss upon the shore. A number of
lapidists make the polishing of these specimens their sole business, for it is
the universal rule with visitors to take home something of this kind as
souvenirs for themselves or friends. However, the corals are not the only
such keepsakes, and excursions into the adjacent forests or to the neighbor­ing
resorts provide an ample harvest, not only of memories, but of tangible
objects, to recall the happy days spent during a holiday upon the shores of
Little Traverse Bay.
A LAND OF SUMMER HOMES. IS
BAY VIEW. A short mile above Petoskey, on the Grand Rapids &
Indiana Railroad, is Bay View of Summer University fame, a most beauti­ful
and interesting summer resort. It is an elegant summer city of over
400 cottages, besides quite a large number of elegant and commodious
public buildings, and claims special advantages as the only Northern
Michigan resort that has an Assembly. Besides, its proximity to Petoskey
and its central location among the resorts of this region are decided advan­tages
in its favor. This charming resort is owned by the Bay View
Camp Ground Association of the Methodist Episcopal Church. A camp
meeting is held on these grounds every summer, which is of great
interest and spiritual profit to large numbers of people. The tourist
finds here the greatest variety of pleasures. Ten minutes distant are the
bathing waters of Oden and the fine fishing streams of Burt and Crooked
lakes, while trains and steamers leave .the grounds at close intervals.
Its fraternal and inter-denominational features are thoroughly enjoyed
by all. Tourists always comment on the delightful cottage life, as well as
the superior views of the bay and the opposite shore, and the glorious
sunsets seen at Bay View. Here one can find an ideal vacation, enjoying
recreative, social and educational advantages of the highest order. Most
of the cottages are occupied by their owners, but it will be of interest to
know many have been built and furnished for rent on easy terms. The
resort has two good hotels besides a large number of dining halls. Board
and rooms can be procured on these grounds at satisfactory rates.
The place has become immensely popular the past few years and now
attracts thousands of people to hear and see celebrated people taking part
in the rich Assembly programs. The Summer University is regarded the
leading one in the West. It has a faculty of thirty-four instructors, and
the advantages are considered very superior. Here, also, the members of
the Chautauqua Circle, Christian Endeavor Society, Epworth League.
Women's Christian Temperance Union, and Young Women's Christian
Association have established headquarters, some of the societies owning
elegant homes. This year, 1892, the University opens July 12, the Assembly
a week later, both closing August 10. The Assembly Herald, telling all
about the place and this season's program, will be sent on application to
J. M. Hall, Flint, Mich.
HARBOR SPRINGS. This hamlet, until recently known as Little
Traverse, in point of antiquity and historical interest is second only to
Mackinac Island. There can be no doubts, from the fragments of ancient
pottery and other articles found here, that this part of the coast was an
Important resting-place for the Mound Builders during; their annual trips
from Mexico and the South-land to Lake Superior and Its prehistoric cop-
per mines. The change of name from Little Traverse to its present title of
Harbor Springs is especially appropriate, for alone the water front are
many springs of the coolest and purest of water. and It has, besides, the best
Natural harbor on the Great Lakes. The town is situated on a second or
interior harbor, separated from Lake Michigan by a long narrow peninsula
projecting into the bay, inclosing a land-locked sheet of water a mile long
and a half mile in Width, affording an especially safe bay for rowing, for
sailing and other water sports, particularly for amateurs and children. The
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chief" lion" of this resort, which visitors always delight to see, is the old
church of the Holy Infancy, built as one of the mission churches of the
Ottawa Indians more than a century ago. This mission was one of those
founded by Pere Marquette more than two hundred years ago.
HARBOR POINT. On the point or peninsula, just described in con­nection
with Harbor Springs, is a beautiful resort bearing the above name,
which nature and art have combined to make peculiarly attractive, homelike
and healthful. It comprises some fifty acres of land, jutting out between
the two bays, gradually narrowing to a width of a few rods at the extreme
point where is situated a light-house. Clusters of cottages, with fanciful and
bright colored roofs, rise to the summits of the natural terraces, the noble
background of dark-green cedars, pines and hemlocks throwing out in
bold relief the dwellings on their slopes. Beyond the point is the bay, ever
beautiful, "Whate'er Its moods may picture," and further to the west the
eye rests on the broad expanse of Lake Michigan. There is a carefully ­managed
hotel with accommodations for five hundred guests, and In
addition to the unsurpassed boating and bathing, ample and varied amuse­ments
are provided. Here, as at all other resorts' this region, the mail,
railroad, telephone, telegraph and ferry-boat facilities are all that can be
desired.
WE-QUE-TON-SING•
.. 'Twas '\Ve-que-ton-sing,' when the red man's tongue
Long years ago Its sylvan beauty sung;
And we, successors to the wood and wave,
Repeat the word, and while we lounge or lave,
Thank some old minstrel of the fated race
For its rare euphony and rustic grace:
Its sweet suggestiveness of all that's best
In calm retirement and refreshing rest.
A welcome shelter 'neath the looming lee,
Land·locked and safe against the threat'nlng sea,
This little one within the broader bay,
(Such is the meaning, as the wise ones say,)
And this to us who here our sails have furled,
Is 'We-que-ton-sing,' in the wide, wide world."
A short mile to the east of Harbor Springs and six miles by rail from
Bay View, is still another admirable association resort, which bears the
name the Indians gave the harbor, "We·que·ton-sing" (Harbor of rest, or
quiet harbor). From this point a beautiful view is obtained of Harbor
Springs, Harbor Point, Bay View and Petoskey, the open and ever chang­ing
bay, and beyond, great Lake Michigan stretching away to the horizon,
with occasional glimpses, on exceptionally clear days, of the Beavers and
Fox Islands. The two hundred families of cottagers who make it their
summer home consider We-que-ton-sing the most charming spot on the
bay, and it truly is a paradise for children. That it is growing In favor is
proved by the many new and elegant summer homes recently erected. It
has an assembly hall for services and entertainments. It has a large and
fine hotel with admirable service. The railroad passing through the rear
of the grounds furnishes hourly trains to and from Petoskey and Harbor
Springs, and the steam ferries touch at its piers going both ways.
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CHARLEVOIX. This town, with a historic name in honor of one of
the earliest French navigators in this region, is but eighteen. miles from
Petoskey, situated on the high bluffs overlooking Lake Michigan and on
each side of Pine River, the outlet of Round and Pine Lakes. Several
steamers ply daily between Petoskey and Charlevoix, affording frequent
communication over one of the most delightful water trips on the Michigan
coast 
Round Lake, a park-like body of water with some thirty acres of
surface, lies between the Main Lake, as Lake Michigan is here called, and
Pine Lake, and upon its shores are situated the popular Chicago and
VERANDA-GRAND HOTEL. MACKINAC ISLAND.
Charlevoix resorts. The charms of pure air, pleasing scenery and ample
recreation, attract many summer visitors beside the cottagers, who are sure
to find good hotel accommodations, _pleasant surroundings and a cordial
hospitality from genial neighbors. The country inland from Charlevoix
abounds in numerous streams and lakes, renowned for their fishing.
Pine Lake, divided in two arms, is twenty miles long, as will be seen
from the accompanying maps, and at its farthest end receives the Jordan
River, the most famous trout stream in Michigan. The Boyne, scarcely
less celebrated, also empties into this lake. Pine and the neighboring
lakes abound with pike, pickerel, black bass and muskallonge, affording
thorough sport to those who prefer fishing for them rather than trout.
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There is frequent steamer service on both arms of the lake, rendering its
various points readily accessible.
BATHING AT ODEN. Eight miles from Petoskey, upon the banks
of Crooked Lake, is the little hamlet of Oden, one of the finest camp and
picnic grounds in the vicinity of Petoskey. Much of this lake, especially
on the west coast, is shallow, so that the water becomes much warmer
than in other Northern lakes, thus affording an admirable beach for bath­ing.
THE INLAND ROUTE. This furnishes one of the most novel and
delightful excursions from Petoskey that can be obtained in Northern
Michigan. Leaving the town of the old Indian name, by rail to Oden,
thence on one of the Inland Company's steamers through Crooked Lake,
Crooked River, Burt Lake, Indian River, Mullet Lake and Cheboygan
River to Cheboygan; thence to Point aux Pins on Bois Blanc Island and
up Lake Huron and the Straits to Mackinac Island, one can obtain a
summer day's ride which will always be accounted one of the most charm­ing
experiences in life. The elegant steamers the  “Romeo" and the
“Juliet," make daily trips on this route during the season.
Crooked Lake ,which is five miles long, furnishes good bass fishing and
delightful camping-grounds. Crooked River is properly named, for it
abounds in quick turns and abrupt angles, so that a part of the way tour­ists
may pick branches from the trees on either side. This stream, seven
miles long, connects with Burt Lake, which is ten miles long and five wide.
Passing through this lovely forest-environed lake, Indian River, with its
tortuous but wider and swifter channel than Crooked River, takes one to
Mullet Lake, the largest and most important of the inland chain, which is
twelve miles long and from five to eight miles in width. Its shores present
a wild ruggedness of outline; it is full of fish, and game is plentiful in its
borders.
Point aux Pins' Cottage Resort, reached by these steamers, is on the
south shore of Bois Blanc Island about opposite Cheboygan on the main­land,
and consists of many pretty cottages, well-shaded avenues and parks.
“The Pines," a well-built and modern hotel, furnishes choice accommoda­tions
for guests on reasonable terms.
GRAND TRAVERSE BAY.
L,EAVING THE MAIN LINE of the Grand Rapids
& Indiana Railroad at Walton Junction, a short
ride of but twenty-six miles on the Traverse City
Branch takes one to TRAVERSE CITY, a
beautiful town of about 6,000 population at
the head of the famed Grand Traverse Bay,
which Charlevoix so accurately named “La
Belle Baie" more than two centuries ago.
The view afforded from the train, as the City
is approached, of the wide expanse of blue
water with forest-covered hills, and the shores
stretching out to the far horizon line upon the
north, forms a picture the passenger never
will forget. The inevitable exclamations of
admiration and delight will be intensified,
however, upon a nearer and more intimate
acquaintance With the bright, clean, prosperous
hamlet of Traverse City. It has the charms of a
long-settled, thrifty, well-governed community, posess-
ing a considerable commerce and manufactures, together with the advan­tages
of pure, cool air and an unusually hospitable, intelligent population,
who ever give a cordial welcome to all strangers within their gates. It
has an exceptionally good hotel among several with excellent reputations.
It is surrounded on either side with remarkably fine wagon roads and rich,
fine fruit farms, whose products are famed throughout the entire country.
Connected with all resorts on Grand Traverse Bay by several daily lines
of steam craft, it is not strange that resorters find much to interest and
please them in Traverse City.
Seven miles southwest of Traverse City, a party of Chicago people
have established a charming resort on the banks of Long Lake, known as
“Forest Lodge." This resort is a very exclusive one; those who join the
association binding themselves to erect a log cabin and board it a common
mess-house maintained by the association.
Carp Lake extends from north to south, almost the entire length of
Leelanaw County, the land which borders Grand Traverse Bay on the west,
lying between it and Lake Michigan. It is twenty miles in length and
averages about three in width. Its nearest point from Traverse City is
about seven miles. It is one of the finest fishing-grounds in Northern
Michigan for bass, pickerel and muskallonge. Its admirers say that it is
the one place where fisherman's luck never fails, and a day on Carp Lake
is always set down as a “red-letter day" in the fisherman's diary.
22 A LAND OF SUMMER HOMES.
Near the head of the lake is Fountain Point, or PROVEMONT, a resort
founded by Cincinnati people about three years ago. One of the attractions
is a flowing well, which was sunk by an eccentric French nobleman a
quarter of a century ago, who was in quest of oil. The Fountain Point
Hotel is a commodious structure and is deservedly well patronized.
Two and one-half miles north of Traverse City, on the narrow strip of
land lying between Traverse Bay and Cedar Lake, is TRAVERSE BEACH. a
resort founded in 1890 by Baptists of Chicago. It occupies over one
hundred acres of land, partially covered by a virgin forest of hemlock,
cedar, and hardwood, very large and well conducted hotel is one of the
attractions of this resort.
Twenty miles north of Traverse City is OMENA, formerly known as
New Mission. This celebrated resort comprises six hundred acres of high
and rolling ground overlooking the country and bay for miles about,
abounding in beautiful walks and well-kept drives. The hotel at this
resort is large and commodious, its capacity having been nearly doubled
since the close of the season of 1890.
Three miles northeast of Traverse City, situated on the famous
Traverse, or Mission Peninsula, is “EDGEWOOD," formerly known as
"Lathrop's," where cheerful cottages and a splendidly kept hotel attract
summer visitors until late in the autumn.
Seven miles further north, at the end of the narrow point of land
running out into the bay and forming the charming body of water known
as Bowers' Harbor, is TRAVERSE POINT, which was opened to the public in
the spring of 1890, and has had a somewhat remarkable growth. The
location is a natural one for a resort, as water surrounds three sides of the
point. A hotel and numerous cottages were built last season. .
One mile from Traverse Point, situated at the Northern extremity of
the beautiful Marion Island, is a little island known as “No Man's Land,"
so called because it has never been meandered by the United States
government, but is inhabited by Dick Bassett, a solitary fisherman, who
possesses a national reputation as the “Hermit of Traverse Bay:'
Adjoining Traverse Point on the north, is NE-AH-TA-WANTA, the state
resort of the Universalists of Michigan, which was started in 1889. opened
to the public in 1890, and already takes rank with resorts much older in
years. Much money has been expended in fitting the grounds, and a
commodious hotel surmounts the highest point on the resort.
On the east side of the famous Traverse Peninsula. some six miles
north of the Traverse Point and Ne-ah-ta-Wanta, is OLD MISSION one of
the oldest resorts in the state, having been popular with summer visitors
for more than thirty years. Two commodious boarding houses and several
cottages furnish ample accommodations here.
. South and east from Old Mission, across the bay, here known as the
"East Arm." is ELK RAPIDS, a thriving town of fifteen hundred people.
where is located a mammoth blast furnace and the largest wood alcohol
works in the world. Good fishing may be found within a short distance
from this town, and most delightful canoe or steamboat trips can be taken
through Elk, Round, Torch and Intermediate Lakes, which are connected
by streams of rare beauty. The location of all these waters is accurately
given in the accompanying maps. .
A LA D OF SUMMER HOMES. 23
HEALTH IS HAPPINESS. This entire region of Michigan, from
Traverse City to Mackinac Island, is a grand sanitarium for sufferers from
malaria, hay-fever, and the ailments following exhausting labor or confine­ment
in crowded cities. A trip to and visit at anyone, or all of these
resorts, will afford more of satisfaction and practical benefit than any
doctor's doses. The health-giving air, laden with piny odors, is both heal­ing
and exhilarating for the tired brain and overworked muscle. The first
sentiment on reaching this enchanting region is perfect repose of mind
and body,  “Rest." The curative effect of the pure, bright atmosphere, and
brilliant sunlight, is felt at once, and soon ones ailments and anxieties are
a thing of the past. Do you think the picture overdrawn? Come, see and
prove It for yourself.
"THE FISHING LINE.” It may seem that in the foregoing pages
much has been said about fish and fishing, but the actual facts would
warrant even more. This portion of Michigan is the rival of the cele­brated
lakes of Maine, in the abundance and variety of fish its waters con­tain,
and thousands of travelers have conceded the appropriateness of the
name given the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad, “ The Fishing Line."
The gamy, shy, speckled trout, the celebrated grayling, not found else­where
save in one other stream in North America, black bass, muskallonge,
Pickerel and perch, and many other varieties, are to be found in nearly all
the waters. For many years yet this whole Northern end of the Southern
Peninsula, as well as the adjacent land of the Upper Peninsula, will be one
of the finest as well as one of the most accessible game preserves in the
United States, and winter sportsmen enjoy a few weeks as thoroughly in
these forests as the ardent angler and the summer sojourner during the
heated season. Bear, deer and similar game are plentiful in all of the
region above described, while water-fowl abound in the many lakes and
streams. It is as truly the happy hunting-grounds, and “Land of Fin, Fur
and Feather" as it is the summer tourists' paradise.
HOW TO REACH IT. The map of the Grand Rapids & Indiana
Railroad and its connections on the back cover, the topographical and
other maps herewith given, afford ample instruction as to the best route for
reaching this incomparable country. ln the Summer season the tourist can
take through buffet sleeping cars, without change, from the Pennsylvania
station, Cincinnati, to Mackinaw City, the journey being made in but twenty
hours. From Chicago and Detroit, through sleeping cars are run to Mackinaw
via the Michigan Central and the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroads.
As every east and west thoroughfare north of the Ohio River crosses the
Grand Rapids & Indiana, close connections and unrivaled accommoda­tions
are furnished tourists or resorters from every section of the country.
Folders giving full information as to time schedules, sleeping and Parlor
car arrangements, will be mailed to all desiring them upon application to
General Passenger Agent, G. R. & I. R. R., Grand Rapids, Mich.
LIST OF HOTELS AT THE VARIOUS RESORTS
ON THE LINE OF THE GRAND RAPIDS & INDIANA RAILROAD.
SHOWINO LOCATION, TERMS. CAPACITY. ETC.
, -
PROPRIETOR OR 6>1
~A~IE OF. HOTEL WHERE LOCATED
MANAGER 3!:: PER DAY IPER \~EE~
Grand................... Mackinac Island, Mieh .. tR. Hayes ......... 1000 3.00-1;'()() ...........
Ina. Jacob Astor House. Mackinac Island, Mlch .. . F.Cable .......... 2liO 2.00-3.00 14.00-17.00
sland House........... Mackinac Island. Mieh .. rs. H. Van Allen .. 100 3.00 14.00-17.150
:Mission House.......... Mackinac Island, Mich .. Franks Bros ........ 300 3.00 14 .00-17.00
The New Mackinac..... Mackinac Island, Mieh .. F. R. Emerick ...... 200 2.50-3.00 15.00-18.00
The New ~furray ..... "I Mackinac Island, Mich .. D. MurraI" ........ 200 2.00-2.150 12.00-15.00
Lake View ....... '" .... Mackinac Island, Mich .. C. C. Cab e.......... 00 2.00-3.00 ...........
Palmer House .......... Mackinac Island, Mieh .. Jollie & Bird ........ 100 2.00 10.00
Lozon House ........... Mackinac Island, Mieh .. A. Lozon ........... 00 1.00 ...........
Grand Central.. . ...... 1 MaCkinac Island. Mieh " C.~Lou~aw.... 100 2.00 10.00
The Sherwood.........'. St. Ignace. Mich ......... E. herw ........ 300 2.00 7.00-10.00
The Russell ............ St. Ignace. Mieh ......... W. M. ~iee ........ 150 2.00' SPECIAL
Dunham House ........ St. J~ace, Mich •........ W. M. ampbell .... 20 1.00 ...........
The Wentworth ........ Mac inaw City. Mich .... W. S. Troop ........ 75 2.25 ...........
Campbell House.. ...... Mackinaw City, Mieh .... Mrs. Walters........ 20 1.00 4.00
Stimpson House.. .. .... Mackinaw CitI; Mieh .... D. Smith & Son..... 00 1.00 8.00
Arlington Hotel........ Petoskey, Mie .......... ~ R. Hayes ......... 300 3.00 ...........
Cushman House ........ Petoskey, Mich .......... ushman & Judson. 100 2.00-a.00 14.00-21.00
Occidental Hotel....... Petoskey, Mieh .......... CallS Van Leuven ... 75 .2.00 10.00-14.00
Clifton House .......... Petoskey, Mieh .......... tA. C. Rowan ..... 00 1.00-1.00 7.00-10.00
• ationaJ Hotel. ........ i Petoskey, Mieh .......... . G. Braun ......... 80 1.00-1.150 6.00- 7.00
ExchanAe Hotel.. .... . Petoskey, Mien .......... · A. Labodie ...... 00 1.00-1.150 6.00- 7.00
Pacific otel ............ Petoskey, Mich .......... D. Hastings......... 00 1.150 6.00- 7.00
Park Hotel ............. I Petoskey. Mich .......... L. S.Davis .......... 30 1.00 4.00- 6.00
Bay Shore Hotel........ ' Petoskey, Mleh .......... L. A. Curtis ........ 00 1.00 6.00- 7.00
Bay View House........ , Bay View, Mich ......... G. W. ChUds: ....... 100 2.00 7.00-12.00
Howard House ......... ' Bay Vie~ Mich.......... t w. Howard....... 100 2.00 7.00-12.00
Boyne Falls Hotel.. .... ' Boyne F Is, Mieh ....... · C. Thompson .... 1.00 5.00
Commercial Hotel.. .... Boyne City, Mieh........ C. J. Lewis ......... 00 1.50-2.00 3.50- 6.00
United States Hotel. ... Boyne City, Mich........ tos. A. Faulk ....... 76 1.1iO-2.00 3.50- 6.00
Bear Lake House....... ' Bear Lak~ Mich ........ · J. Mizer.......... 25 1.00 ...........
Park Place Hotel.." ... 1Traverse Ity, Mleh...... W. O. Holden ...... 2liO 2.00-2.50 12.00-14.00
OccidentaJ Hotel ....... Traverse City, Mlch..... {vR. Gowdy ....... 60 1.00 7.00
Central Hotel.. ......... ' Traverse City, Mleh...... m. Decker........ 3li 1.00 3.150
Boardman River Hotel. Traverse City, Mieh...... T. G. ShUson " ..... 50 1.00 4.00- 5.00
~ational Hotel. ........ ' Traverse City, Mien...... Geo. Marshall....... 30 1.00-1.25 4.00
Front Street Hotel...... i Traverse Cltr,' Mic!J.... " O. Bostrom ... " .... 00 1.00-1.25 4.00- 4.00
Ne-ah-ta-wanta ......... *Traverse Po nt, Mlch.......................... 100 2.00 10.00
Traverse Point Hotel... ,*Traverse Point. Mlch.......................... 00 1.150 8.00
Lake View House ...... ' Elk Rapids, MIeh.. . . . . .. F. tvLewis ........ , . 76 2.00 10.00
Hu!nes House.......... i Elk Rapids. Mle\....... E. . Bement ...... 30 1.00 4.00- 11.00
He den House ......... Old Mission. Mle ....... George Hedden ..... III 1.00 6.00
The Leelanau.......... Omena, Mleh .................................. 200 2.50 10.00
Fountain Point Hotel... Carp Lake, Mich ........ L. N. Fowler........ 50 2.00 SPECIAL
Fountain City House... Charlevoix, Mich ........ O. H. Ball........... 75 2.00 10.00-14.00
Brid~ Street House.... Charlevoix, Mich ........ G. W. Bumg........ 50 2.00 ...........
The ensin~on........ Harbor Springs, Mieh.... 1 A. A. Bleaz y....... 200 2.00-2.50 10.00-16.00
Commercial ote!...... Harbor Springs, Mleh.... .... .. . ............. 60 ."i:26" ..........
The Globe .............. Harbor Springs, Mieh.... G. O. Rubardson ... 40 6.00
Emmet House .......... Harbor lforings, Mlch.... 1 {Vs. Ki~atrlek ...... 25 1.00 6.00
Point Hotel. ............ Harbor oint. Mleh.. .... . H. ewey....... 200 2.00-2.50 12.00-140.00
he Elliott .......... ". Les Cheneaux lsI.. Mieh"j R. Fickling ......... 100 3.00 ...........
MuscaJlonge House..... Les Cheneaux lsI., Mich.. M. lamleson......... 711 2.00 ...........
The Marquette........ Marquette, Mich ......... 1 C. . Deane ........ 150 2.00-4.00 10.50-24.50
New Clifton ............ Marquette, Mlch......... i W. H. Volk ......... 76 2.00-3.00 H.OO-21.00
he Summit ............ Marquette, Mich......... t B. Tavlor......... 100 1.50-2.00 8.00-10.00
ne Brunswick. .. .. .... MarquetterJfich ......... I an Sullivan ........ 00 1.50-2.00 ...........
he IroquOIS ........... Sault Ste. arie, Mich ... Smith Bros.......... 200 2. ro-3. 00 ...........
nitp"'wa Hotel.. ...... Sault Ste. Marie, Mich ... ' H. P. Smith......... 200 2.00-2.50 10.00-12.00
ic • Exchange Hotel.. Sault Ste. Marie. Mich. "1 F. B. Atwood ....... 1150 2.60-3.00 ...........
Hotel Perry............. I Sault Ste. Marie, Mien. "I C. B. Jones.......... 100 2.50-3.00 he Pine~..............                                                                               Point Aux Pins. Mieh........................... .... 2.00 io:OO:i:i:oo
Map of the
GRAND RAPIDS &
INDIANA R. R.
And connections
PARTIES DESIRING FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE ADDRESS C. L. LOCKWOOD, GEN'L PASSENGER AGENT, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.