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Glen Arbor Township is located along the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, which in 2011 was named the "Most Beautiful Place in America" by Good Morning America. [4] The town is bordered by Glen Lake to its East and Lake Michigan to its West. Glen Lake is a popular destination for tourists due to its warm turquoise blue waters.
A small tourist town, Glen Arbor lies on an isthmus between Lake Michigan and Glen Lake. It is adjacent to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Its population was 261 as of the 2020 census, up from 229 at the 2010 census. [3] The community is located along M-22 and the Lake Michigan shore. Glen Arbor has a post office with ZIP code 49636. [4 ...
Glen Arbor Township: This inn, originally called the "Sleeping Bear House," was built in 1857 by C.C. McCarthy. It operated as a boarding house and hotel through the rest of the 19th century, and well into the 20th. It eventually closed in 1973, and was purchased, along with the remainder of Glen Haven, by the National Park Service. 23
Leelanau County (/ ˈ l iː l ə n ɔː / LEE-lə-naw) is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan.As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,301. [2] Since 2008, the county seat has been located within Suttons Bay Township, one mile east of the unincorporated village of Lake Leelanau. [3]
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M-22 reaches the northernmost point along its route in Northport, with the highway's two legs meeting at a junction south of the central business district. Southwest of Northport, M-22 travels along the Lake Michigan shore through the communities of Leland, Glen Arbor, Empire, Frankfort, Elberta, Arcadia, and Onekama, before terminating at US-31 north of Manistee.
South Manitou Island (/ m æ ˈ n ə t u / MAN-ə-too) is located in Lake Michigan, approximately 16 miles (26 km) west of Leland, Michigan. [2] It is part of Leelanau County and the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
In 1857, Glen Haven, was founded as a settlement called Sleeping Bearville when C. C. McCarty, brother-in-law of Glen Arbor pioneer John E. Fisher, built a saw mill and inn on the beach there. [2] [3] By 1881, there were 11 buildings in the community. Over years the timberline receded away from the shore and steamer firewood became scarce.