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Grand Traverse Bay ( / ˈtrævərs / TRAV-ərs) is an arm of Lake Michigan, located along the west coast of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. The bay is separated from the rest of Lake Michigan by the Leelanau Peninsula. The bay is some 32 miles (51 km) long, ranges from 7 to 10 miles (11 to 16 km) wide, and up to 620 feet (190 m) deep in spots.
The Boardman River ( / bɔːrdmən / BORD-mən ), also known as the Ottaway River ( / ɒtəweɪ / AH-tə-way) or the Boardman–Ottaway River, [ 1] is a 28.2-mile-long (45.4 km) [ 2] river in the northwestern Lower Peninsula of Michigan. It rises in western Kalkaska County, and flows west and north through Grand Traverse County to end in ...
The Great Lakes Maritime Academy at Northwestern Michigan College is located on West Grand Traverse Bay in Traverse City, Michigan.The academy was established in 1969 as a Maritime college to train men and women to be licensed mariners on ships of unlimited tonnage or horsepower; including research vessels, cruise ships, freighters, tankers and more.
Silver Lake is a lake in Grand Traverse County, Michigan. It is roughly 3.5 miles (5.6 km) from the northern to southern ends. The lake is known for its pine coasts, irregular shoreline, and many peninsulas and islands, despite being smaller in size. [ 2] Its maximum depth is 96 feet (29 m), making it the third deepest lake in Grand Traverse ...
Population. 1 (in summer) Power Island (formerly Marion Island) is an island in Lake Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. Part of Grand Traverse County, Power Island is located in the west arm of Grand Traverse Bay, between the Leelanau Peninsula (west) and Old Mission Peninsula (east). The island was once owned and operated by Henry Ford.
Traverse City is the most populous city in the Northern Michigan region. Traverse City is located at the head of the East and West arms of Grand Traverse Bay, a 32-mile-long (51 km) bay of Lake Michigan. Grand Traverse Bay is divided into arms by the 18-mile-long (29 km) Old Mission Peninsula, which is attached at its base to Traverse City.
Get the Traverse City, MI local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... On this day 32 years ago, Andrew became a hurricane - the first named storm and the first hurricane of the ...
Harry J. Defoe and sons. The Defoe Shipbuilding Company was a small ship builder established in 1905 in Bay City, Michigan, United States. It ceased to operate in 1976 after failing to renew its contracts with the United States Navy. The site of the former company is now being developed for business and housing on the bank of the Saginaw River .