News & Fun in Michigan
Caseville is a little city in Michigan’s Thumb that calls it itself the “perch capital of the world”. Located at the mouth of the Pigeon River that help make this area a boating destination. Well known for its large sandy beach, abundant fishing and its unique shops and festivities.
The area is known for its abundance of vacation homes and cottages. Blessed with sugar sand along the beach, it’s been drawing families to spend the summers here for over two generations.
Home of the Shanty Days Festival in the winter and the famous Cheeseburger Festival in the closing days of the summer. Caseville is the fun city in the thumb.
A trio of bills now under consideration in the Michigan legislature will, if passed, be the final act that may eliminate the 13 remaining family owned commercial fishing businesses in the state.
This is the schedule of events starting with the the first day of Cheeseburger in Caseville for 2019.
If you want a Cheeseburger that is better then anything you can get in Caseville, start with the key ingredient at Walt’s Meat
We took a unique and interesting cruise to the island in the middle of Saginaw Bay. Here is what we found.
In Michigan’s Upper Thumb, Charity Island dominates the horizon of Saginaw Bay. The island is rarely visited despite its location in a busy shipping and fishing region. Thumbwind has been researching the history of the island and reached out to Captain Tom Carriveau, who has been taking visitors out on Charity Island Tours for over 10 years. Here is our latest on Captain’s Tom’s preparations for the Summer.
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Michigan’s Upper Thumb has several 5K run/walks during the summer and at the Cheeseburger festival in August. They are fun, well attended, family fun events.
Caseville Shanty 2019 is the 27th edition of this Winter Festival. This offers mid-winter fun on the ice. It’s the largest winter carnival in the Upper Thumb.
