Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 17, 1937
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ON THUNDER BAY: Alpena has a unique beach at Mich-e-ke-wis Park. Low waters in the Great Lakes have left broad flats exposed, with sands so hard that automobiles can drive to the edge of the waves, or even into them. Bathers use a moveable dock to get into the clear waters back from the immediate shore. A kiddy slide and diving dock are anchored far out in the shoal waters. In the distance is Grass Island.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 7, 1937
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ON ERIE'S RIM: Lake Erie is shallow at its western end where it washes 47 miles of Michigan shore. It is edged by flat farmlands and marshes. The picture shows a typical beach. The public owns only a mile and a half of the 47 miles - that being at Monroe State Park, reached from Highway M-56. There is no scenic highway along this coast.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 7, 1973
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Shoreline residents in the Manistee area and elsewhere on the Lake Michigan coast have watched the waters of the lake slowly inch upward for the past three years. Docks went first, then cottages tumbled into the water. Some have tried various erosion controls -- pilings, breakwalls, rockpiles -- but the inexorable advance of the waters prevailed, as the photos left, right, and below [this photo] clearly show. The pilings, right, have helped some, but the water is coming around the ends. A recent storm pulled the footings out from under a number of trees, below right [this photo].

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 7, 1973
Caption:
Shoreline residents in the Manistee area and elsewhere on the Lake Michigan coast have watched the waters of the lake slowly inch upward for the past three years. Docks went first, then cottages tumbled into the water. Some have tried various erosion controls -- pilings, breakwalls, rockpiles -- but the inexorable advance of the waters prevailed, as the photos left, right, and below [this photo] clearly show. The pilings, right, have helped some, but the water is coming around the ends. A recent storm pulled the footings out from under a number of trees, below right.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 7, 1973
Caption:
Shoreline residents in the Manistee area and elsewhere on the Lake Michigan coast have watched the waters of the lake slowly inch upward for the past three years. Docks went first, then cottages tumbled into the water. Some have tried various erosion controls -- pilings, breakwalls, rockpiles -- but the inexorable advance of the waters prevailed, as the photos left [this photo], right, and below clearly show. The pilings, right, have helped some, but the water is coming around the ends. A recent storm pulled the footings out from under a number of trees, below right.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 7, 1973
Caption:
Sandy banks such as this are eaten away by each storm

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 7, 1973
Caption:
Erosion of the Lake Michigan shoreline north of Manistee has reached to the very foundation of this cottage

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 7, 1973
Caption:
Shoreline residents in the Manistee area and elsewhere on the Lake Michigan coast have watched the waters of the lake slowly inch upward for the past three years. Docks went first, then cottages tumbled into the water. Some have tried various erosion controls -- pilings, breakwalls, rockpiles -- but the inexorable advance of the waters prevailed, as the photos left, right [this photo], and below clearly show. The pilings, right [this photo], have helped some, but the water is coming around the ends. A recent storm pulled the footings out from under a number of trees, below right.