Since its incorporation, Michigan City has appreciated its lakefront assets.
The point at which Trail Creek collides with Lake Michigan has always been a source of pride for the city's residents. However, it was not until 1959 that an agency was created to protect and maintain the city's interests at the lakefront. Michigan City Marinas chronicles the agency's efforts to realize the potential of one of Lake Michigan's most magnificent ports. The people, events, and other government agencies that helped shape the future of the marinas are explored along with the Michigan City ... Read More
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Since its incorporation, Michigan City has appreciated its lakefront assets.
The point at which Trail Creek collides with Lake Michigan has always been a source of pride for the city's residents. However, it was not until 1959 that an agency was created to protect and maintain the city's interests at the lakefront. Michigan City Marinas chronicles the agency's efforts to realize the potential of one of Lake Michigan's most magnificent ports. The people, events, and other government agencies that helped shape the future of the marinas are explored along with the Michigan City ... Read More
Since its incorporation, Michigan City has appreciated its lakefront assets.
The point at which Trail Creek collides with Lake Michigan has always been a source of pride for the city's residents. However, it was not until 1959 that an agency was created to protect and maintain the city's interests at the lakefront. Michigan City Marinas chronicles the agency's efforts to realize the potential of one of Lake Michigan's most magnificent ports. The people, events, and other government agencies that helped shape the future of the marinas are explored along with the Michigan City Port Authority's tenacious oversight of the resources and facilities that are still in use today.
Details
Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Images of America
Publication Date: 30th March 2009
State: Indiana
Illustration Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9780738561264
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials) SPORTS & RECREATION / Boating PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical
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Title: Marina at 50
Author: Staff Writer
Publisher: The News-Dispatch
Date: 4/8/09
The Michigan City Port Authority has a remarkable 50-year history, and the book written by Michigan City resident Jonita Davis, "Michigan City Marinas," is a treasury of information and photographs of the early years of the marina.
Michigan City has had a port since the first boats sailed in and out of the Trail Creek harbor in the early 1800s, but it wasn't until 1959 that the city reached the point where it created a public marina that caters to private pleasure craft. In post-World War II years, as the United States vaulted ahead in its standard of living, more people could afford motorboats or sailboats. As privately owned boats got bigger, they needed a place to be docked all summer.
Today, the Port Authority figures to rent all 580 public boat slips in the Washington Park Marina, as well as some 135 upstream slips. Before cities like Hammond, East Chicago and Portage created public marinas and vastly increased the number of slips available, the Washington Park Marina had a waiting list of people who wanted to dock their boat here.
Michigan City remains the preferred marina for many people. It has not only the attraction of Lake Michigan and a modern marina, it is next to Michigan City's major lakefront park, its zoo and nearby restaurants. All together, the make Michigan City a great boating city.
The legacy of creating this marina, detailed in Davis's book, is that today Michigan City is a beloved destination for people who enjoy sailing the Lake Michigan waters. Building a public marina for the larger privately owned boats has proved to be be a huge success.
Author Bio
Jonita Davis is a freelance writer and Michigan City native who has researched the history of the Michigan City port extensively. Aided by images from the Michigan City News Dispatch, Davis traces the rise of Michigan City's harbor from wooded bank to a bustling world-class port.
Since its incorporation, Michigan City has appreciated its lakefront assets.
The point at which Trail Creek collides with Lake Michigan has always been a source of pride for the city's residents. However, it was not until 1959 that an agency was created to protect and maintain the city's interests at the lakefront. Michigan City Marinas chronicles the agency's efforts to realize the potential of one of Lake Michigan's most magnificent ports. The people, events, and other government agencies that helped shape the future of the marinas are explored along with the Michigan City Port Authority's tenacious oversight of the resources and facilities that are still in use today.
Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Images of America
Publication Date: 30th March 2009
State: Indiana
Illustrations Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9780738561264
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials) SPORTS & RECREATION / Boating PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical
Title: Marina at 50
Author: Staff Writer
Publisher: The News-Dispatch
Date: 4/8/09
The Michigan City Port Authority has a remarkable 50-year history, and the book written by Michigan City resident Jonita Davis, "Michigan City Marinas," is a treasury of information and photographs of the early years of the marina.
Michigan City has had a port since the first boats sailed in and out of the Trail Creek harbor in the early 1800s, but it wasn't until 1959 that the city reached the point where it created a public marina that caters to private pleasure craft. In post-World War II years, as the United States vaulted ahead in its standard of living, more people could afford motorboats or sailboats. As privately owned boats got bigger, they needed a place to be docked all summer.
Today, the Port Authority figures to rent all 580 public boat slips in the Washington Park Marina, as well as some 135 upstream slips. Before cities like Hammond, East Chicago and Portage created public marinas and vastly increased the number of slips available, the Washington Park Marina had a waiting list of people who wanted to dock their boat here.
Michigan City remains the preferred marina for many people. It has not only the attraction of Lake Michigan and a modern marina, it is next to Michigan City's major lakefront park, its zoo and nearby restaurants. All together, the make Michigan City a great boating city.
The legacy of creating this marina, detailed in Davis's book, is that today Michigan City is a beloved destination for people who enjoy sailing the Lake Michigan waters. Building a public marina for the larger privately owned boats has proved to be be a huge success.
Jonita Davis is a freelance writer and Michigan City native who has researched the history of the Michigan City port extensively. Aided by images from the Michigan City News Dispatch, Davis traces the rise of Michigan City's harbor from wooded bank to a bustling world-class port.
