This is an iPhone photo taken from the table while at lunch in Leland, Michigan, August 24th. It shows just a small part of Fishtown, Leland’s authentic fishing community. (And a couple of very nice boats.)
Fishtown is a collection of weathered fishing shanties, smokehouses, overhanging docks, fish tugs and charter boats along the Leland River in Leland, Michigan. Once the heart of a commercial fishing village, the structures and docks are real places where people can walk through, see and feel a connection to Lake Michigan’s fishing heritage. For the past half-century it has been enjoyed and appreciated by thousands of visitors and regional residents who find the shanties, fish tugs and docks that make up the property a living legacy of our maritime culture.
I had a very nice burger at lunch that day, but my aunt only let me have half so I was pretty hungry still. We had fresh whitefish bought in Fishtown the next evening. And some great green beans and slaw, all fresh and locally grown.