Get More from your Ride - Discover the Historic Side! July - October Remaining event dates include: Tuesdays & Fridays @ 10:30am through October 14th Make Sleeping Bear’s historic sites part of your vacation! Combine your biking with discovery of local lore and history. Immerse yourself in nature and culture. More than simply a joy
Bring your family and friends on this unique, educational, narrated experiences. Clip clop back in time to experience the Port Oneida Rural Historic District the way they did in the late 1800s – early 1900s! Learn about the life of the early pioneers, and their landscape as we travel by horse and wagon through the
A Community Pancake Breakfast When: Saturday, March 4 9 am – 1 pm Where: CQ's Cabin located in Mountain Village of the Homestead Resort, just down the road from Port Oneida where the National Park will be hosting Maple Sugaring Days! What: Enjoy all you can eat pancakes with local maple syrup, bacon, sausage, fruit,
Come experience the sugaring process through time in the Port Oneida Historic District at the Dechow Farm and Olsen Farm. Learn the history of maple sugaring through a guided hiking tour from the Anishinaabe, to the Settler’s open fire process, to the sugar shack evolving to the present day. Step inside the Olsen farmstead for
Come experience the sugaring process through time in the Port Oneida Historic District at the Dechow Farm and Olsen Farm. Learn the history of maple sugaring through a guided hiking tour from the Anishinaabe, to the Settler’s open fire process, to the sugar shack evolving to the present day. Step inside the Olsen farmstead for
Sleeping Bear Trivia Sunday, June 4th 4 pm Social Hour followed by 5 pm Trivia Competition Joe's Friendly Tavern on the new Porch, 11015 Front Street, Empire, MI Join friends and neighbors in a spirited trivia contest hosted by trivia master "Hoot." Test your knowledge of the history of the lands and people of the
The Lyle Gun is the only canon ever designed to save lives, not take them. Watch the demonstration to find out more about this life-saving tool. The program lasts about 15 minutes. Arrive early as the program starts promptly at 1 pm.
Do you have what it takes to be a surfman of the US Lifesaving Service? To find out, join park rangers on Thursdays from 1:15-3 pm at the Maritime Museum to complete a series of stations as part of the rescue duties of the surfman stationed the Sleeping Bear Point Station. Stations will set up
The Lyle Gun is the only canon ever designed to save lives, not take them. Watch the demonstration to find out more about this life-saving tool. The program lasts about 15 minutes. Arrive early as the program starts promptly at 1 pm.
Do you have what it takes to be a surfman of the US Lifesaving Service? To find out, join park rangers on Thursdays from 1:15-3 pm at the Maritime Museum to complete a series of stations as part of the rescue duties of the surfman stationed the Sleeping Bear Point Station. Stations will set up
How were the local Anishinaabe involved in the War of 1812? Hear from Anishinaabe historian Eric Hemenway on this topic and other conflicts of the time period. The Anishinaabek of the Great Lakes fought in numerous wars and battles to maintain their place and way of life. Some battles were with other tribes while many
The Lyle Gun is the only canon ever designed to save lives, not take them. Watch the demonstration to find out more about this life-saving tool. The program lasts about 15 minutes. Arrive early as the program starts promptly at 1 pm.
