SUTTONS BAY, MI
Track Side, Suttons Bay, MI; July 1999
| The tracks through Suttons Bay were built by the Traverse
City, Leelanau, and Manistique; a company formed by the Grand Rapids and
Indiana to build and operate a car ferry from Northport to Manistique. The
line was completed in 1903 and proved to be immediately unsuccesful. By 1908
the car ferry was gone for good. In 1919 the line was purchased by the Leelanau
Transit Company, then leased to the Manistee and Northeastern. Tracks were
later operated by Pere Marquette, and C&O. Tracks north of Suttons Bay
were abandoned in the 1960's. South of Suttons Bay, tracks were used by the
Leelanau Scenic
Railroad between 1989 and 1995, but were removed around 1996.
The Suttons Bay depot was built in 1920 by the Leelanau
Transit Company. The depot is well maintained and in use as an architects
office. |
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