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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
 Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore ... bluffs. The dunes are slowly migrating eastward and inland, where forest remnants of bleached pine, white birch, and cedar swamps persist. Newest Review: ... the shore she turned around and looked out across the Lake for her babies. She is still waiting for them now. The ‘Mother Bear’ is the dune mountain on the lakeshore, her two cubs can be seen as North and South Manitou Islands in the lake not far from where she waits, watching over them. The Dunes are fun in themselves. You can enjoy a regular beach picnic, and the lake is safe ... more ... for swimming. I love to struggle up the sandy dunes, sinking into the powdery sand as I go. When you reach the top the view is amazing, and it is great fun to run or roll down the dunes to the bottom. Kids love playing here and I enjoy French Foreign L...more |
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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: Let sleeping bears lie (500 words)
by gollygumdrops - written on 03.06.01 (Very useful, 74 readings)
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The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is a beautiful beach area in the northwest corner of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. The story surrounding the Dunes is wonderful. According to the Chippewa Indians a mother bear and her two cubs lived very happily a long time ago in Wisconsin. One day the mother bear realised that the forests of Wisconsin were on fire and so she gathered her cubs and explained that they had to swim across the Lake to safety in Michigan. As the night wore on Mother bear called to her cubs and encouraged and helped them across the Lake. It got dark and when Mother bear turned around she could not see her cubs. When she reached the ...
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