Images of America: The Inland Water Route
$22.00
From its humble beginnings as a trading route for Native Americans, the Inland Waterway has become a popular excursion route into the tip of Michigan’s lower peninsula. The waterway is a series of interconnected rivers and lakes extending from Cheboygan to Alanson. The book is filled with photographs of the waterways early history.
From its humble beginnings as a trading route for Native Americans, Northern Michigan's Inland Route has become one of the most scenic and memorable voyages anywhere in America. As a series of interconnected lakes and rivers from Cheboygan to Conway, the Inland Route touches several Northern Michigan communities and links them through her winding rivers and vast lakes. After improvements to the waterway in the 1870s, bigger boats and log booms started drifting down the route; but what once was a necessity for fur traders and lumbermen, the meandering waterway soon blossomed with dozens of tourist boats, hotels, resorts, and cottages. The result was a memorable voyage filled with natural beauty, recreation, and socialization.
The Inland Water Route, explores the history of the waterway which runs from Petoskey up through Cheboygan and connects with a number of lakes and rivers along the way. The book features more than 200 vintage images, including early boats on the river, businesses, homes and cottages. Images featured in The Inland Water Route come from a number of private collections and local historical societies many of which have never been published before.
By Matthew J. Friday. 128 pages. Approx 6.5" x 9.5". Softcover. Published by Arcadia Publishing, 2010.