Category Archives: NE

Northeast Michigan

The AuSable River Canoe Marathon

Ready to start the Au Sable Canoe Marathon by JeffOYB
The 60th annual AuSable River Canoe Marathon will be held next weekend (July 28 - 29, 2007). The race is billed as the longest non-stop canoe race in North America.
Wikipedia's Au Sable River Canoe Marathon entry says:
The Au Sable River Canoe Marathon is an annual 120 [...]

Michigan History: They Paid the Highest Price

Louis Stepman was lucky. His desperate hold on thin strands of metal was the only thing keeping him from a 400-foot plunge to a watery grave. Two other men who were with him were not so lucky.On the afternoon of June 6, 1956, Louis "Big Louie" Stepman and three other workers were stringing a catwalk [...]

Michigan's Mackinac Bridge

2007 is the 50th Anniversary of the Mighty Mac. We’ll be telling the story of the Mackinac Bridge piece by piece here on Absolute Michigan and on Michigan in Pictures and we’ll post links to the photos and stories below. If you have some links to share, please add them in the comments. If you [...]

When the President said "no" to Mackinac Island

Before mechanical air conditioning, U.S. presidents often left Washington, DC during the hot and steamy summers for cooler locations in the Appalachian Mountains or along the Atlantic Ocean. By the early twentieth century, Michiganians began promoting Mackinac Island as an ideal place for the summer White House.After having received a variety of Michigan appeals and [...]

Touring Northern Michigan … 60 years ago

A few weeks ago Leelanau.com featured this nationally produced travelogue from 1949. James A. FitzPatrick's Travel Talks: Roaming in Michigan features views of Glen Lake and the Sleeping Bear Dunes (complete with Sleeping Bear Dunesmobile rides), cherries and Traverse City, a visit to Mackinac Island, naturalist/storyteller/bear park operator John "Spikehorn" Meyer, the Soo Locks and [...]

Valentine's Day Fun in Michigan

We Love Detroit by Devo(lutio)n
In their Valentine's feature Detroit is for Lovers, Model D takes you on a sort of romantic and definitely whirlwind tour of the Motor City that takes you to the bar (then from the bar), around the city, moving in, moving out.
If you're in the Mid-Michigan area, think about stopping [...]

Introduce Your Michigan Business or Organization!

Hey there, we thought it might be nice to have a place where folks could say "hello" and tell everyone a little bit about their Michigan business, nonprofit, community organization, or other web site or blog (sorry, only Michigan, and please keep the posts brief). Feel free to add a comment below and definitely include [...]

Michigan Cranberries & Cranberry Farming

We've got an article from Lake Magazine as the centerpiece to a feast of cranberry information including links, recipes and a big old cranberry photo!

Touring Michigan's Big Things with Wandering West Michigan

Trout by Josh Leo
Wandering West Michigan is a weekly video blog hosted by Josh Leo. It features videos highlighting the events, businesses, people, attractions and everything else that makes the west side of the Great Lakes State unique. It's pretty new, but it's the best Michigan video blog I've yet seen!
Watch Michigan's Big Things from [...]

Annual Mackinac Bridge Walk

1958 3cent Mackinac Bridge Postage Stamp

Every Labor Day the Mighty Mac opens to pedestrian traffic for the annual Mackinac Bridge Walk. Below is a slew of information about the walk and the bridge itself.
50th Anniversary Mackinac Bridge Walk of 2007
Check out Get moving, Michigan with the annual Labor Day Mackinac Bridge Walk  on Absolute [...]