Northern Mich~Mash Preserve
~ WATER ~
(Chronological Order)
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FEATURED WATER PHOTO
By Ken Lewis
~ Swan Sailing into the Sunset ~
2024
By Ken Lewis
~ Swan Sailing into the Sunset ~
2024
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1875 > ~ Artesian Wells
The corpulant man was H.O. Rose, the president of Petoskey.
Politics were erupting during the drilling for gas... per the POME below.
Eventually, hitting mineral water!
Politics were erupting during the drilling for gas... per the POME below.
Eventually, hitting mineral water!
Photo Below: Well being drilled on the south side of Lake Street Bridge with Mitchell Street Bridge in the background. Click HERE to access additional information about the gas/mineral well. |
1881 ~ The New McManus Water Supply
1899 ~ Area Lighthouses
Early 19th Century ~ Resorters Found Sailing Popular
1903 ~ New Fangled Public Water Fountain
1907 ~ New Sanitary Drinking Fountain
Clipping below: Could Robert Tripp have been mistaken about the year of fountain removal when reading the 1932 article below? |
Clipping Below: The removal and dumping of a landmark fountain may have been referencing the same fountain noted above; especially noting the location of Lake and Petoskey streets for each mentioned fountain.
~ Soo Locks ~
In Raymond W. Kalbfleisch's Yesterdays' People Revisited on page 308 it is aptly explained:
"In 1855 the Soo Canal was opened and the FIRST ship was locked through the new canal.
The next land transaction to take place in the present day McKinley Township has to do with the Soo Canal and deserves a detailed explanation of facts. On 26 August 1852, Congress granted the State of Michigan 750,000 acres of land for the purpose of financing the building of a canal around the falls of the St. Mary's River.
In February of 1853, officials of the Michigan State Land Office appointed agents to select acreage from the public domain. Selected land was to be free from taxes for a period of five years. In Emmet County 3520 acres (0.47% of the total) were located not far from the vicinity of the present day village of Pellston. On 25 May 1855, land enumerated below was deeded by the state to the St. Marys Falls Ship Canal.
Canal Company holdings in the present McKinley Township amounting to 2720 acres were located in Section 25 through 29, and 32 through 36. In adjoining Maple River Township selected lands, amounting to 800 acres, were located in Sections 2 through 4, and 10 through 112. In no case was a complete section owned by the Canal company. Details of the above transactions are to be found in the Emmet County Register of Deeds Office in Petoskey, Liber 1 page 364."
"In 1855 the Soo Canal was opened and the FIRST ship was locked through the new canal.
The next land transaction to take place in the present day McKinley Township has to do with the Soo Canal and deserves a detailed explanation of facts. On 26 August 1852, Congress granted the State of Michigan 750,000 acres of land for the purpose of financing the building of a canal around the falls of the St. Mary's River.
In February of 1853, officials of the Michigan State Land Office appointed agents to select acreage from the public domain. Selected land was to be free from taxes for a period of five years. In Emmet County 3520 acres (0.47% of the total) were located not far from the vicinity of the present day village of Pellston. On 25 May 1855, land enumerated below was deeded by the state to the St. Marys Falls Ship Canal.
Canal Company holdings in the present McKinley Township amounting to 2720 acres were located in Section 25 through 29, and 32 through 36. In adjoining Maple River Township selected lands, amounting to 800 acres, were located in Sections 2 through 4, and 10 through 112. In no case was a complete section owned by the Canal company. Details of the above transactions are to be found in the Emmet County Register of Deeds Office in Petoskey, Liber 1 page 364."
These Soo Locks photos in the slideshow below
were submitted by Geoff Guillaume from the collection of his Grandfather.
This OLD American & Canadian Soo photo booklet (view as slideshow below) was submitted by Geoff Guillaume
from the collection of his Grandfather. Pages may be "paused" for reading...
from the collection of his Grandfather. Pages may be "paused" for reading...
Obituary Left: Mr. Durocher who helped survey for the locks
at Sault Ste. Marie and was the FIRST Lock Keeper there, died in 1913. Photo Clipping Below: Gamble Moore, helped to build the Poe Lock. He started working on the four lock Sault complex in 1910 and worked in the labor force which built all four locks. |
Postcard Below: The 729 foot ore carrier Edmund Fitzgerald was going through the Locks at Sault Ste. Marie, upbound from Lake Huron, entering the MacArthur Lock to be raised 22 feet to the level of Lake Superior. The Edmund Fitzgerald sank in a violent storm on Lake Superior on 10 November 1975, losing all 29 crewmen.
A Quick History of the Soo Locks presented by the US Army Corps of Engineers may be accessed by clicking HERE.
The Corps of Engineers is building a new "Poe-sized" lock to provide much needed resiliency
in the Great Lakes Navigation System.
The new lock is being built on the existing Sabin and Davis Locks sites.
in the Great Lakes Navigation System.
The new lock is being built on the existing Sabin and Davis Locks sites.
On 21 January 2022 it was announced that the USArmy Corps of Engineers will receive $479 million for the Soo Locks expansion project from the 2021 infrastructure bill. The project involves constructing a second Poe-sized lock (110 feet by 1,200 feet) on the existing decommissioned Davis and Sabin locks site. The original Poe Lock was built in 1896, located on the St. Marys River at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The Second Poe Lock, and the last lock built in the present Soo Lock system, opened in 1968/69.
Search Google for additional information about the proposed new lock.
~ Little Traverse Bay viewed from the corner of Madison Street and Ingalls Avenue... (undated) ~
~ Big "Little Traverse Bay" Wave Drives Him From Bed–He Sleeps in Canoe ~
1913
1913
~ Emmet County Clerk Mr. and Mrs. Madlem Stranded in Lake Superior ~
1916
1916
~ Top of Kalamazoo Street for Water System Being Improved ~
1932
1932
~ Car Ferry "City of Petoskey" Christened ~
1941
1941
~ Carp River Lamprey Weir Nears Completion ~
1948
1948
~ City's Only Water Reservoir has Serious Problems ~
1949
1949
This city playground location was referred to as "Lockwood Field" or "The Tanks."
~ Hailstone and Storm Water ~
1951
(Notice Dew Drop Inn below photo in 1958)
1951
(Notice Dew Drop Inn below photo in 1958)
~ Little Traverse Bay Seiche with Harbor Springs Repercussions ~
1953
1953
~ Petoskey Bathing Beach ~
1958
1958
~ Flash Flood ~
1958
(Notice Dew Drop Inn above photo in 1951)
~ Top O' Michigan Speedboat Racing ~
Three Photos Below: Like the article above explains, it was quite the viewers' event to watch the Petoskey Outboard Club races held at the Petoskey Waterfront. The huge Wells Fuel Storage Tanks can be view in the background on the shore.
~ HIGH Water Damage in the Area from Lake Michigan ~
1952
1952
~ Sea Serpent of Little Traverse Bay~
View additional Information about Little Traverse Bay's Sea Serpent on the
"Flora and Fauna" web page on this same web site by clicking HERE.
"Flora and Fauna" web page on this same web site by clicking HERE.
~ Drilling for Water ~
1982
1982
~ The Little Traverse Bay tug of war declared the world's longest ~
1988
1988
~ Bear River ~
20 May 2011
Two Signs say
DANGER EXIT NOW
20 May 2011
Two Signs say
DANGER EXIT NOW
~ Petoskey State Park on Little Traverse Bay ~
~ Petoskey Bathing Beach was sold to the State of Michigan April 1968 ~
(Petoskey State Park opened its campsites to the FIRST campers in July 1970)
(Petoskey State Park opened its campsites to the FIRST campers in July 1970)
~Map Used by Representative John Kilborn to Develop Petoskey State Park~
1961
1961
~ Just Waiting for Winter ~
~ Slide Slipping into the Sand ~
(Slip-Sliding Away)
Petoskey State Park by the Waters of Little Traverse Bay
2018
~ Wequetonsing by Little Traverse Bay ~
~ Ice Going Out of Little Traverse Bay ~
~ Million Dollar Sunset over Little Traverse Billion Dollar Bay ~
~ Petoskey's Bay VIEW ~
~ Frozen Water on Crooked Lake ~
~ Little Traverse Bay's Sunset Toward Harbor Springs ~
~ Blustery Fall Day with Waves Shooting over the Breakwall ~
The red barberry was planted to deter the geese from landing and leaving a mess by the water...
so, instead, the geese land and make their mess in the grass on the land side of the barberry.
The red barberry was planted to deter the geese from landing and leaving a mess by the water...
so, instead, the geese land and make their mess in the grass on the land side of the barberry.
~ Emmet County Water Resource Data ~
Undated
Undated