Northern MichiganHandbook for travelers, including the northern part of lower Michigan, Mackinac island, and the Sault SteMarie river .. . s, in a stately sweeping shore whichrises in beautiful terraces from the bluff 100 feet high,like a great amphitheatre, and presents a scene of re-markable beauty. The deep blue, green and purplecoloring of the water is fringed by snow-white lines ofsurf. Beyond gleams a beautiful white beach of sandor pebbles above which rise in many places sheer lime-stone bluffs bold and dark; then the land sweeps back inwide plateaus where dense forests contrast sharply
Northern MichiganHandbook for travelers, including the northern part of lower Michigan, Mackinac island, and the Sault SteMarie river .. . s, in a stately sweeping shore whichrises in beautiful terraces from the bluff 100 feet high,like a great amphitheatre, and presents a scene of re-markable beauty. The deep blue, green and purplecoloring of the water is fringed by snow-white lines ofsurf. Beyond gleams a beautiful white beach of sandor pebbles above which rise in many places sheer lime-stone bluffs bold and dark; then the land sweeps back inwide plateaus where dense forests contrast sharply withwell-cultivated farms, the whole crowned by an impos-ing panorama of Petoskey and Bay View. Almostimmediately the steamer enters the beautiful long, narrow peninsula juts out into the lake inclos-ing a little bay, beyond which nestles Harbor peninsula of singular beauty, is studded with finesummer homes with a picturesquelittle red brick lighthouse on thetip of thepoint. Thewa ter isvery deepclose to theshore, sothat •? larg es t steamer ssail within easy hailing distance of the-lighthouse. 48. The harbor is practicall}^ land-locked and is exquisitel}beautiful. Beyond the stretch of summer cottages liesthe villag-e, behind which rises an imposing- woodedbluif full}^ 75 feet high. The whole effect is indescrib-ably beautiful and the view from the steamer is onh^surpassed by the magnificent view secured from thebluff itself. (See Part III, Sec. 4.) Even if no longersta} is made, passengers shuld certainly not fail toclimb the bluff. Conveyances at the dock may besecured for a very reasonable sum, and half an hourwill be ample time for the round trip. The view thusenjoyed will never be forgotten. For details of LittleTraverse Ba}^ with map, see Part III. Leaving Harbor Springs the steamer retraces itscourse out of Little Traverse Bay, and bearing to thenorth, rounds Nine Mile Point; thence northward tothe entrance of the Straits of Mackinac. On
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