Little Traverse Bay is a small bay, 170 feet (55 m) deep, off Lake Michigan in the northern area of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. The cities of Harbor Springs and Petoskey are located on this bay. Harbor Springs originated as L'arbre de Croche, a French Jesuit mission village to serve the Odawa people bands in the area. After the British took over the territory, the village was renamed in English. The federally recognized Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians have their headquarters here. They have land here, and additional land and a gaming casino in Petoskey.
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| - Little Traverse Bay is a small bay, 170 feet (55 m) deep, off Lake Michigan in the northern area of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. The cities of Harbor Springs and Petoskey are located on this bay. Harbor Springs originated as L'arbre de Croche, a French Jesuit mission village to serve the Odawa people bands in the area. After the British took over the territory, the village was renamed in English. The federally recognized Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians have their headquarters here. They have land here, and additional land and a gaming casino in Petoskey. (en)
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| - Bay View Association
- Boating
- Little Traverse Light
- Petoskey, Michigan
- Petoskey State Park
- Lower Peninsula of Michigan
- Bays of Michigan
- Sailing
- Odawa people
- Bay
- Emmet County, Michigan
- Human swimming
- Wequetonsing, Michigan
- Bodies of water of Charlevoix County, Michigan
- Bodies of water of Emmet County, Michigan
- Lake freighter
- Charlevoix County, Michigan
- Harbor Point, Michigan
- Harbor Springs, Michigan
- Jacksonville, Illinois
- Chicago
- Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac
- Lake Michigan
- Bays of Lake Michigan
- Jacob Bunn
- Springfield, Illinois
- Port Huron to Mackinac Boat Race
- Jesuítas
- Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians
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| - Little Traverse Bay at sunset, viewed from Petoskey (en)
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| - Little Traverse Bay at sunset, viewed from Petoskey (en)
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| - Location of Little Traverse Bay in Michigan, USA. (en)
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| - Little Traverse Bay is a small bay, 170 feet (55 m) deep, off Lake Michigan in the northern area of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. The cities of Harbor Springs and Petoskey are located on this bay. Harbor Springs originated as L'arbre de Croche, a French Jesuit mission village to serve the Odawa people bands in the area. After the British took over the territory, the village was renamed in English. The federally recognized Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians have their headquarters here. They have land here, and additional land and a gaming casino in Petoskey. The Little Traverse Light marks the entrance at Harbor Springs to the smaller harbor within the bay. After the Odawa bands in northern Michigan were persuaded to cede considerable lands to the United States, the Little Traverse Bay region was developed by Illinois land developers and resort founders, such as lawyers and , and the of Jacksonville, Illinois and woolen mills fame. The Stryker, Capps, and McClure families were interconnected with the Jacob Bunn industrial dynasty of Chicago and Springfield, Illinois. The bay has also been used as a refuge by Great Lakes freighters during severe weather. (en)
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