The standard guide; Mackinac Island and northern lake resorts . rOlNTE AUX BARQUES. POINTE AUX BARQUES. 59. :j^1sA THE SUOKE AT POINTE AUX BAKUUES. the routine cares of life become a necessity. The Pointe aux Barques de-scribed by Colonel Anderson of the Government Survey of 1833, as arough, rocky, small caverned cape, still furnishes numberless nooks andgrottoes where, in the cool environment, one may muse with luxuriouscontentment upon the uniquely picturesque surroundings. Here the cooland inviting breezes always blow, and beyond stretches the beach of whitesand, dotted with merry children,
The standard guide; Mackinac Island and northern lake resorts . rOlNTE AUX BARQUES. POINTE AUX BARQUES. 59. :j^1sA THE SUOKE AT POINTE AUX BAKUUES. the routine cares of life become a necessity. The Pointe aux Barques de-scribed by Colonel Anderson of the Government Survey of 1833, as arough, rocky, small caverned cape, still furnishes numberless nooks andgrottoes where, in the cool environment, one may muse with luxuriouscontentment upon the uniquely picturesque surroundings. Here the cooland inviting breezes always blow, and beyond stretches the beach of whitesand, dotted with merry children, and in the background are the pleasantgroves which give certain promise of romantic paths and pleasant more than a score of years the lighthouse on the reef has flashednightly the beacon light of warning at regular intervals, and in thickweather the bass voice of the fog-horn has been heard for miles. Until1896 the residence of the lighthouse keeper was alone and solitar}-. Butearly in that year the Pointe aux Barques Resort Association, having forits purpose the upbuilding of a family reso
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