Northern Michigan Boating Articles
Red Hot Best 2023: Petoskey, Harbor Springs & The Straits
The votes have been counted and the results are in for your Red Hot Best winners in the Petoskey, Harbor Springs and Mackinac Straits...
June Swoon List: What Our Editors Are Obsessed with This Month
From making lifelong memories while glamping in the Upper Peninsula to boating to Traverse City's favorite island, here's what our editors are...
Your 2023 Insider’s Guide to the Charming Charlevoix Region
Make the most of your vacation in the charming Charlevoix region. From glamping on Beaver Island to hitting the trails in Bellaire, here are our...
Northern Michigan Summer Fun: Paddle Elk Lake
Explore crystal-clear waters like never before. This paddle in Elk Rapids is a stunning, can't-miss adventure. This is a web original article from...
Under-the-Radar Adventure Town: Water Lover’s Delight Cheboygan
In Traverse Northern Michigan magazine we took you inside 8 great under-the-radar adventure towns to consider calling home. With one of the wildest...
A Wild Foraged Dinner Featuring Morel Mushrooms & Lake Trout
Northern Michigan outdoorsman and cook Keefer Edwards offers up some of his favorite dishes, honored over years roaming the lakes and forest of his...
15 Family-Friendly Activities Across Northern Michigan
For a family day out or all-ages fun with the grandparents, we've rounded up 15 of our favorite family-friendly outings across Northern Michigan,...
Waters of Enchantment: Go Fly Fishing at Wilderness State Park
Unlike any secretive river or flashy blue ocean depths, Waugoshance Point in Emmet County’s Wilderness State Park holds its own particular form of...
Boating Articles
A Bright Day for Boating
Cruise Lake Michigan with Traverse Tall Ship Company
I board the Schooner Manitou for her season finale: a four-day cruise from Traverse City. Cell phones off. Ports of call unknown. We're heading wherever the wind blows with Traverse Tall Ship Company.Featured in the September 2019 issue of...
Two Brothers Sailing Adventures
This week I’m in hanging at Center Point Marina with Two Brothers Sailing Adventures aboard Miss Alexandra with Captain Dave MacVean. This beautiful 37-foot day sailboat is available for private and semi-private charters on the...
Schooner Manitou
How to Play on Grand Traverse Bay
4 Mackinac Island Boats We Love
Mackinac Island’s transportation repertoire is anything but average. Beyond the horse carriages and tandem bicycles, the Northern Michigan island is home to one of the most intriguing collections of boats on the Great Lakes. Marion Leigh This...
Life on a Great Lakes Freighter
Fourteen knots and a few hundred miles of Lake Michigan remain before the next stop. Come aboard a Great Lakes freighter with cadet-in-training Taylor Brown for a look at life on the fresh seas. Cadets get assigned to two commercial sea projects...
The Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac is an Epic, and Dangerous, Adventure
Every July, the Great Lakes beckon the bold and the brave to attempt the Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac. Strap on to the Gotta Wanta with us to find out what it's really like to sail 333 miles to the finish. Lake Michigan is to be respected....
Charlevoix’s New Bridge Lights
7th Annual Blessing of the Fleet + Summer’s Launch Party in Harbor Springs
Celebrate the start of summer at the Harbor Springs Area Historical Society’s annual Blessing of the Fleet on June 27. The festive boat parade honors the area's rich maritime history and blesses the community's watercraft for a safe...