Harbor Directory, circa 1966-1976

Map

Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Name/Title

Harbor Directory, circa 1966-1976

Entry/Object ID

2021.18.70

Description

Map brochure for boaters. Map includes navigational details like green flash/white flash on channel lights, speed limits, sunken cribs, shallow water, sand bars, no wake zones, black and red markers in Lake Kalamazoo, weather signal tower. Text includes "Boating Laws You Should Know," a listing of marinas, event calendar, general information about flags, buoys, approaching/overtaking and local businesses. The map shows the Kalamazoo River from above Douglas to the outlet into Lake Michigan. Keyed map listings include apartments, amusements, antiques, arts and crafts, beauty shops, businesses, cabins, churches, clubs, clothing stores, cottages, gifts, groceries, hotels, laundries, lodges, manufacturing companies, motels, municipal services, real estate, refreshment stands, resorts, restaurants, rooms and taverns. The calendar lists band concert, Lions club, Rotary club, sail boat races, square dancing, Woman's club art exhibit in August and garden show at Douglas Village Hall

Context

Saugatuck had long been a boating destination. After the burning of the Big Pavilion, aquatic recreation grew even more important to the local economy. The listing for the Ship n' Shore suggest the brochure was printed after 1959 but before 1976, the year the Blue Tempo burned. Peterson's Tower Marine, which is not listed, was still under construction in 1966.

Collection

1930+ Tourism, brochures, guides and maps, Nautical

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2021.18

Source or Donor

Lane, Kit, family

Location

Drawer

Flat Files drawer 12 tourism maps

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

880 Holland/Southerner/Elbo Room/Clover's Landing, Saugatuck Yacht Service, Wilson's Marina, Saugataco/River Market/Gleason's Party Store/Best Chance Charters, Ship-N-Shore Hotel 1959-, Wicks Park/Anchor Park/site after 1937, 340-360 Water/Dockside Marketplace/Boatyard Village/Hiestand's Edgewater Boat Livery/Heath Grist Mill, 220 Water/Coral Gables/Hotel Saugatuck/Columbia Hotel/Leiendecker's Inn, Singapore Yacht Club 1959-present, Blue Tempo/349 Culver/Ed-Mar/Louis Beuerle Hotel ?-1976, Pier Marina/Saugatuck Marine 1947-1970s, West Shore Marine/West Shore Ferry landing/Tisdale Boat Livery, Naughtin's Marina - burned 2000s, Truesdales Marina, Wade's Bayou/Douglas Municipal Docks/Gerber Mill, Retro Boat Rentals/Old Boat House/Government House, Al's Pizza, River Queen Boatworks/81. N Ferry/Harbor Club/Harding Hotel, 2nd, Devine Vending Machines, Walz/W.E. Schultz Barber Shop, Water St. Fishing Docks, Shell Gas Station, Douglas, 302 Culver/MaluGrow/Monroe's/Chevy garage/Freeman & Newnham/S.C.R., Shepherd's Hardware/, Osterberg Cottages and Boats, Vel-Bob Resort, Root Beer Barrel 1950-, 165 Blue Star/Wishbone Pet Rescue/Douglas Mower/Smith & Schreiber

Notes

Finish Sauna Baths, Tyler's Drug Store, U.S. Dept. of the Interior Research Vessel Base. Stengers Town and Country club; Vel-Bob and Osterbergs cabins; The Americana, Lloyd's and Watson's gifts. Douglas Fruit Stand. Douglas Meat Locker. Scott's Mfg. Co., The Pennate Co., the Corn Cabin, The Pop Corn Stand, Knight Lounge, The Singapore Room, the Big Dipper (no location), Hutchin's Lumber Co., Douglas Meat Locker, Johnson's Standard Station, Sinclair Service Station,

General Notes

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Create Date

March 30, 2025

Update Date

August 13, 2025