Organizations
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Manitou Islands Memorial Society
A nonprofit organization which helps preserve the history and cultural resources of Michigan’s Manitou Islands by serving as volunteers and partnering with Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
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Manitou Island Transit
Fourth generation ferry service to the North and South Manitou Islands.
Publications
- All
- Backcountry Camping
- Backpacking
- Canoeing
- Do it yourself
- Gear Reviews
- Hammock Camping
- Hiking
- Historic Preservation
- Husky Dog
- Kayaking
- Lake Michigan
- Meditations on Nature
- Michigan History
- Nature Preserves
- North Manitou Island
- Oral History
- Pilgrim Haven
- Port Oneida
- Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear
- Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
- South Manitou Island
- Stories
- Traverse City
- Trip Planning
- Volunteering
- Winter
- Winter Camping
Remembering Crescent: Logging and Life on North Manitou Island
Billy and Karen Rosa
A family history of A.J White who ran the Crescent sawmill, complete with historic photos. This includes descriptions of lumbering in Michigan in the early 1900s, and life on a remote island.
186 Pages, 2024 Purchase
Review of the book: The Rosas have created a wonderful volume rich in detail and rare photos, making this an important contribution to the published historical knowledge of North Manitou. It will be treasured by island campers, visitors, and story seekers; all who are curious about the mysterious point on the island map called Crescent.
Exploring North Manitou, South Manitou, High and Garden Islands of the Lake Michigan Archipelago
Robert H. Ruchhoft
Histories and trailguides for the hiker and backpacker for these eastern Lake Michigan Islands which are part of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and the Beaver Island Group
357 pages, 1991 Purchase
Views from the Sleeping Bear
Thomas Kachadurian
Photographs of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
144 pages, 1998 Purchase
Port Oneida Walking Tour
Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear
A Hiking and Skiing Guide to the Port Oneida Rural Historic District in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
35 pages, 2006 Purchase
Why We Preserve
The Leelanau Conservancy
The Leelanau Conservancy through the lens of Ken Scott.
56 pages, 2015 Purchase