Great Lakes Shipbuilding in Caseville
In the late 1800’s Caseville Michigan was a booming town. This included large ship building.
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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.
In the late 1800’s Caseville Michigan was a booming town. This included large ship building.
In the mid 1800’s much of Michigan was wilderness. In 1857, Captain George Meade took over the Lakes Survey mission of the Great Lakes.
Caseville’s Thumb Brewery announced their 2021 Home Brewing Competition. Entries will be taken by October 17th. Winner announced in the 23rd.
The first place brewing recipes will be featured in Thumb Brewery’s Fall and Winter season lineup of brews.
A sunrise over the Great Lakes can refresh the mind and soul. This was an excellent two minutes holding still to catch a great video.
The fires of September 4th though the 6th 1881, commonly known as the Thumb Fire, took hundreds of lives and burned well over one million acres.
The calendar on your desk indicates that summer officially ends in about a week, but deep down you not quite ready to ditch the shorts and flip-flops for sweatshirts and football. It only really ends when you’ve done these 6 things in Michigan’s Upper Thumb.
Caseville beach is one of the finest in the Upper Thumb. Rent kayaks and swim the day away.
Its also one of the most posted sites on social media.
The Huron County Health Department has closed Caseville County Park’s Bathing Beach due to high E.coli levels.