Glen Arbor in Leelanau County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Sleeping Bear Point Life Saving Station.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 27, 1995
1. Sleeping Bear Point Life Saving Station. Marker
More than fifty ships have wrecked along this stretch of Lake Michigan. These buildings housed the men of the United States Life Saving Service who guarded this hazardous shore. Equipped with line throwing cannons and rowing life boats, they stood ready to help ships in distress. Still, the most important life saving tool was the skill, courage and dedication of the men and women who live here.
Built in 1901 along the dunes of Sleeping Bear Point, the station was nearly buried by the moving sand. Horses pulled the building to this site in 1930. The Life Saving Service became a part of the U.S. Coast Guard. The station served until the early 1940s.
Erected by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Notable Places • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 1901.
Location. 44° 54.45′ N, 86° 2.058′ W. Marker is in Glen Arbor, Michigan, in Leelanau County. It is on Sleeping Bear Drive. The marker is on the grounds of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal
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Regionally, this marker is in Northern Michigan Lower Peninsula, in the Grand Traverse Bay Region, and in one of the Lake Michigan Shore counties. It is also in the American Midwest and on the Great Lakes. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Early State Parks (approx. 0.9 miles away); The Moving Dune (approx. 1.7 miles away); Sand and Ice (approx. 1.8 miles away); Pierce Stocking (approx. 2.4 miles away); D.H. Day's Million-Dollar Plan (approx. 2.8 miles away); Glen Lake Was Once a Bay (approx. 2.8 miles away); Mother Bear Is Migrating (approx. 3.8 miles away); Of Wrecks and Water Trails (approx. 3.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Glen Arbor.
Also see . . . Sleeping Bear Point Life Saving Station. (Submitted on December 27, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland.)
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 27, 1995
2. Sleeping Bear Point Life Saving Station.
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 27, 1995
3. Sleeping Bear Dunes-from a parking lot
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 27, 1995
4. Sleeping Bear Dunes on Lake Michigan
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 27, 1995
5. Sleeping Bear Dunes on Lake Michigan
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 27, 1995
6. Sign at the entrance to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Credits. This page was last revised on June 12, 2020. It was originally submitted on December 26, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 486 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on December 26, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
