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WOW! So Many     Disappointing to lose any  ing places that had been there                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          	 Canal house in Clay Twp. with the
   Fun Boater   public waterfront location  forever, since the early 1900’s                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             old “Henry’s” sign from Algonac
                                            when it was a train stop! Over
Hang Outs Gone         on Lake St. Clair    100,000 people passed around                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Hotel Hohnhorst

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                                     Grill, Huck’s Lakeshore, Kramerhof,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 occupied the Anchor Bay Tin Fish
See Page 34  7  8 9 10 11            Mike’s Palm Room, or Todd’s.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           property since the early 1900’s
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   6                      13 18             The night Bobby Moore’s                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 We used our memories, several other fel-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    low boaters’, local historians, and librarians’
                          14 burned down in 1997                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    memories... which the boaters’ memories
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    could be somewhat tarnished from our so-
   54                 15                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            cializing at most of these establishments! The
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    more chats I had with local boaters, the lon-
   2            3 19      16 17                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     ger the list became, so here’s our best recol-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    lection with a short history lesson thrown in
      Can you guess what waterfront                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 for free... Thanks! to all those who contribut-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ed for this nice walk down memory lane..... 	
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         gone from these locations?

Have you launched your boat on or around quired for Entry.” Do you really need a first summer to get into the rotation if
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    	 What if there is a DNR represen-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    tative to greet you on the way in and you
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    don’t have a Recreation Passport? If you
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    are a Michigan resident you’ll have to pay
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    $11 to buy the passport (no daily). If you
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    are out of state, you can choose to buy a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    daily at $9 or annual for $31.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    	 What happens if there’s nobody
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    at the launch ramp to sell me a Recreation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Passport? Will I receive a ticket? Accord-
                                   through December 31 of the calendar ing to the DNR: “No, you will not receive
                                   year in which it was purchased. BUT, a ticket if you enter these facilities and
                                   here’s a little kick in the butt for the first someone is not present to sell you a Rec-
                                   year you buy one for Michigan resi- reation Passport. We realize some visitors
                                   dents…. According to the State… “Please may not have purchased the Recreation
                                   note that the Recreation Passport expires Passport yet when they arrive at a DNR
                                   when your license plate expires, wheth- facility. You will simply receive a notice
                                   er you buy it during vehicle registration, on your vehicle that will assist you in pur-
                                   after vehicle registration at the Secretary chasing a Recreation Passport via mail.”
                                   of State, or as a window sticker at a state                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      	
                                   park.” So this means, if you have a July                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Continued on Page 17..
                                   birthday, you’ll need to buy it twice that
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