Leland, Michigan Leland, Michigan Aerial view of the shore and harbor at Leland, Michigan Aerial view of the shore and harbor at Leland, Michigan Leland, Michigan is positioned in Michigan Leland, Michigan - Leland, Michigan County Leelanau County Total 2,033 (Leland Township) Leland is an unincorporated improve in the U.S.
It was the governmental center of county of Leelanau County from 1883 to 2008, when a new government center was instead of in Suttons Bay Township, closer to the county's geographic center.
Leland is positioned in Leland Township, which provides small-town government services.
It is on M-22, at the mouth of the Leland River (also known as the Carp River) on Lake Michigan.
Leland is the departure point for ferry service to both North and South Manitou Islands.
Leaving Leland, going south on M-22, there is a sign that reads "45th Parallel Halfway Between Equator & North Pole." Leland is assembled on the site of one of the earliest and biggest Ottawa villages on the Leelanau Peninsula.
Where the Leland (Carp) River flows into Lake Michigan, there was a natural fish ladder (which was a traditional Native American fishing grounds).
Construction of the dam raised the water level 12 feet and what had been three natural lakes in the river all became a single lake now known as Lake Leelanau (and is navigable all the way to the improve of Cedar, about 10 miles inland).
From 1870 to 1884, the Leland Lake Superior Iron Co.
In 1884, the plant was sold to the Leland Lumber Co., which directed a saw foundry on the site.
Today, the historic fishing settlement and two fish tugs, Joy and Janice Sue, are owned by a non-profit organization, Fishtown Preservation Society. Fishtown is home to a working fishery and a grow charter fishing business.
Around 1900, wealthy individuals from Chicago, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and other Midwestern industrialized centers began to visit Leland and build summer cottages, arriving by Lake Michigan passenger steamer or by Lake Leelanau steamer from the railhead near Traverse City.
Leland is home to the Leelanau Historical Society and Museum, two blocks from Fishtown.
Leelanau Illusionist: Maro the Magician, Leelanau Enterprise, 10 May 2012 Clarke Historical Library, Central, Michigan University, Bibliography for Leelanau County Around the Shores of Lake Michigan: A Guide to Historic Sites.
Leland, MI: Leelanau Historical Society, 1996.
Leland: An Historical Sketch.
Leland, MI: Leelanau Historical Society, 2007.
Exploring North Manitou, South Manitou, High and Garden Islands of the Lake Michigan Archipelago.
Fishtown: Leland, Michigan's Historic Fishery.
Leland Michigan Chamber of Commerce Municipalities and communities of Leelanau County, Michigan, United States Bingham Centerville Cleveland Empire Glen Arbor Kasson Leelanau Leland Solon Suttons Bay Cedar Glen Arbor Greilickville Lake Leelanau Leland Maple City Omena
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Populated places established in 1853 - Traverse City micropolitan region - Unincorporated communities in Leelanau County, Michigan - Unincorporated communities in Michigan
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