Search Results for: Bay Port

Dioxin Clean Up in Saginaw Bay Watershed

Posted on October 27, 2018November 22, 2021 by Michael Hardy

45 Years of Dow Chemical Dioxin Clean Up Dow DuPont is preparing to clean up the last section of the

Port Austin Art – Home of Emergency Ark

Posted on May 27, 2018November 24, 2021 by Michael Hardy

The Port Austin Art scene is exemplified by the Emergency Ark completed by sculpturing artist Scott Hocking in 2015. Using a donated barn.

Tuscola Bay Wind I – 75 Wind Turbines

The Tuscola Bay wind farm, located in Fairgrove, Michigan and owned by NextEra Energy Partners, was put into operation in 2012.

Great Lakes Pollution – Saginaw Bay Muck is Poop (#2)

Posted on May 16, 2017May 12, 2022 by Michael Hardy

2017 marks 30 years since Michigan’s Saginaw Bay was deemed an Area of Concern. Outdated and failing septic tanks, overflow from Bay City and Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations CAFOs. Experts confirmed local suspicions of what exactly is in the muck that has been appearing on beaches.

A First and Exciting Saginaw Bay Sail

Posted on September 19, 2014November 17, 2021 by Michael Hardy

A couple makes their first sail from Caseville to Tawas in 2006 in a restored 1973 Catalina 27. During the two day trip they experience a little bit of everything has they cross Saginaw Bay.

Walleye Pike is a Tasty Target on Saginaw Bay

Posted on July 9, 2012November 15, 2021 by Michael Hardy

I’ve learned that opportunity presents itself at sometimes the most unexpected times. Today we were out on the Saginaw Bay

Michigan Commercial Fishing – 10 Powerful Towns That Built a Freshwater Empire, 1890–1940

Posted on December 18, 2025April 13, 2026 by Michael Hardy

Before marinas and beach towns, Michigan’s Great Lakes ports were working fishing hubs. From Bay Port to Leland, these towns fed the Midwest and shaped life along the water from 1890 to 1940.

The Remarkable Life of Carl Heisterman – From Prussian Translator to Michigan Pioneer

Posted on January 24, 2024January 24, 2024 by Michael Hardy

We found Carl Heisterman’s life, a riveting story of a Prussian translator who shaped Michigan’s early days. From battlefields, founder of early Bay Port and political arenas, his journey is an amazing story of the diverse fabric of 19th-century America.

Before Michigan Had Towns: 10 Indigenous Villages, Fish Camps and Farm Earthworks

Posted on August 9, 2026August 9, 2026 by Michael Hardy

Long before Michigan had county seats and surveyed townships, Native communities had villages, fishing stations, sugar camps, farm fields, trade routes and ceremonial places across the Great Lakes. The record is especially rich around Saginaw Bay and the Thumb.