THE STATE REVIEW 



23 



The Michigan Shore Resorts 



These be the days when t.ue thoughts of 

 man turn naturally to wooded haunts, shady 

 dells, rippling waters or the placid lakes, 

 wheie close to nature's heart he can take 

 that rest which a year of toil in the noise 

 and dust of the city has caused his soul to 

 crave. 



. Michigan noted for so many tilings of vast 

 import to the industrial and commercial 

 world, is but little, if any less renowned tor 

 the many favored spots in which this rest 

 may be procured. Spots which are not too 

 far removed from the busy haunts of man to 

 make them difficult of access, but suffici- 

 ently distant to assuie the seeker of rest and 

 recreation that he need not ue disturbed by 

 tne whirl and bustle of his business lut 



Today men, women and children are hurry- 

 ing, not alone from the vano.-s centers of 

 population in this state but from Chicago, 

 Milwaukee and points still further away to 

 the hundreds: aye thousands of resorts, 

 \.iiich tne Wolverine state affords. 



For the people of our own state it is not 

 even necessary to go far away from their 

 homes to secure that which they seek. On 

 the western shore we have old Lake Mich- 

 igan, whose shores are dotted with attractive 

 places and bordering this shora, Macatawa 

 and Highland parks, Jenison park and Ot- 

 tawa Beach, the favorite resorts of Grand 

 Rapids, Chicago and other localities, because 

 of their accessibility. Then there is Sauga- 

 tuck, that quaint old settlement, with the 

 sleepy Kalamazoo river rolling by it. Fur- 

 ther to the north there is White lake and 

 so on up one comes to Bass lake, Pentwater, 

 Ludington, Manistee, Torch lake and the 

 hundreds of other lakes which stretch be- 

 tween Traverse City and Petoskey. 



Traverse City on Grand Traverse bay has 

 its beautiful resort, Northport beach, while 

 Petoskey has its Harbor beach, Wequeton- 

 sing and Bay View. These for Western 



ON THE DREAMY 



Michigan altho.gh in the brief space of this 

 article but a portion of the glories of the 

 resort region can be sketched. 



One had almost forgotten Charlevoix with 

 its beautiful Pine lake stretching away to 

 Boyne City and frequently the starting point 

 for the famous inland trip over the Indian 

 river. 



The eastern portion of the state may not 

 be so well blessed but it finds its comfort and 

 rest on the waters of the big lake and the 

 lake trips. With so much to choose from in 

 the west the manifold beauties of Mackinac, 



KALAMAZOO 



St. Ignace, the Soo and the other far north- 

 ern resorts are too frequently overlooked, 

 but these to the dwellers in the east are 

 familiar scenes. 



Yes, Michigan and her people are wonder- 

 fully favored of nature, yet Michigan is per- 

 fectly cognizant of this truth and the facility 

 with which she adapts herself to the sur- 

 roundings is attested in the added numbers 

 which each year seek rest within her bor- 

 ders. 



T. P. CRAFT. 



WOODLAND NOOKS 



AT CHARLEVOIX 



