LEELANAU COUNTY, MI -- Florence Haas may have been an island dweller but life was no vacation on South Manitou Island in the late 19th century. Haas is the namesake for Florence Lake, which is the ...
First, a bit of history: The North Manitou Shoal Light (the Crib) was built in 1935 in the dangerously shallow waters along the Manitou Islands‘ passage between the Leelanau Peninsula and North ...