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Marine Marketplace Media HURON | ONTARIO | MICHIGAN | ERIE | SUPERIOR 2021 Marine Marketplace Advertising MEDIA KIT A guide for Great Lakes boating enthusiasts With more than 10,000 miles of shoreline (equal to almost 44% of the earth’s circumference), the Great Lakes command a vast share of North America’s boating waters and is one of the world’s most popular, affluent and explored cruising grounds. For 75 years, Lakeland Boating has covered this unique area. Our editorial content caters to the interests of freshwater boaters throughout the Great Lakes, as well as connecting waterways as far south as Florida, north to Ontario, west to Minnesota, and east to Quebec. Our respected editorial package is a mix of Great Lakes travel destinations, personality profiles, boats, boating gear and accessories, boating lifestyle, waterfront living, cruising and more. Monthly editorial departments highlight local news and events, boater education, maintenance tips, electronics, new products and boat tests. We know Great Lakes boating. BOAT TEST GLASTRON GTD 245 You never forget your first. BY CHUCK WARREN Editorial Calendar PORT OF CALL GLASTRON GTD 245 Cla ssic design hints, including SPECIFICATIONS traditional Glastron “spear” DEALERS LOA: 24’4” Easy access with twin stern ladders SkipperBud’s Beam: 8’6” and bow ladder SKIPPERBUDS.COM Draft: 35” Optional enclosed head Weight: 4,600 lbs. Spicer’s Boat City SPICERSBOATCITY.COM Fuel Capacity: 60 gals. Matching trailer included Ravenna Marine Water Capacity: 12 gals. Seating, seating and more seating From boating and world-class beaches RAVENNAMARINE.COM Max Power: 350 hp MSRP: $66,667 Thayer Marine to fine dining, friendly boutiques and THAYERMARINE.COM GLASTRON.COM year-round activities, there’s something Watch the video at LAKELANDBOATING.COM! for everyone in the neighboring PHOTOS COURTESY OF GLASTRON MARCH 2020 | LAKELANDBOATING.COM communities of grand bend and Bayfield 38 on Ontario’s Sunset Coast. LAKELANDBOATING.COMLAKELANDBOATING.COM | MARCH 2020 39 Lake Huron Bayfield y Mar Steven Grand Bend Big Format Port Franks SHORELEAVE BY KATH USITALO Ontario United States PHOTO BY SHARON MATTHEWSSTEVENS SHARON BY PHOTO Sarnia Nobody gives you a larger slice of the Great Lakes market — literally — than Lakeland Boating. TahquamenonLAKELANDBOATING.COM | AUGUST 2020 Falls State Park AUGUST 2020 | LAKELANDBOATING.COM Michigan’s wonderful waterfalls. Falls, a series of five gentle cascades that invite ong before 19th-century lumbermen splashing, wading and rowing a rental boat to a Land Longfellow discovered the rushing, small island. From there, Dennis suggests heading amber-colored waters of the Tahquamenon River to Lake Superior to rent kayaks at the Rivermouth, and Falls, they were known to the Native Americans, where “You can go out into the bay or fool around missionaries and fur traders who lived and worked in in the river.” He also recommends a guided nature Our 8.75" x 10.75" format is bigger than other boating magazines. When it comes to staying the northeastern Upper Peninsula wilderness. In his hike or one of the free programs at the park. 1840 survey of the region, state geologist Douglass “You can get the history of the area, go on hunts Houghton observed riverside signs of lodges, portage for insects and critters, or learn archery,” Dennis trails and farmland of the Ojibwa people. Henry says, “and it’s all free.” Wadsworth Longfellow included the waterway Miles of hiking trails lead to quiet areas for known as Taquamenaw in “The Song of Hiawatha” picnicking, blueberry picking and wildlife viewing — his epic poem of 1855. Nearly a century later, the for moose, black bear, wolves, fox, deer, waterfowl, falls and surrounding wilderness were made into bald eagles and 125 other bird species. There’s a state park, and now its 46,000 acres make it the fishing for northern pike, muskellunge, walleye second largest in the system. and yellow perch, and snowmobiling, snowshoeing Year-round playground and cross-country skiing. Camping ranges from Annual Events power, bigger is definitely better. Research indicates that larger-format magazines enjoy backcountry to rustic and modern sites, as well as a n June 20, 2020: The Two Hearted Trail Run offers a choice of 50K, marathon The photogenic Upper Falls at the heart of yurt, camper cabin and three-bedroom lodge. One or half-marathon hosted by Great Lakes Endurance. Pre-registration required at Tahquamenon Falls State Park is the best-known campground is open in all four seasons. GREATLAKESENDURANCE.COM of Michigan’s 200 named waterfalls, and the main n August 8, 2020: The Tahqua Trail Run hosted by Great Lakes Endurance features Camp 33 and Tahquamenon Falls Brewery & GREATLAKESENDURANCE.COM attraction for many of the park’s 600,000 annual From timber to tourists 10K and 25K events. Pre-registration required at Pub, a rare, private microbrewery, restaurant visitors. It’s a short stroll along an accessible path n September 12, 2020: The Paradise Tahquamenon Wilderness Canoe Race Logging operators of the late 19th and early and gift shop located within a state park. Jack to view the tinted water rushing over the 200-foot- attracts professional paddlers for the 6.6-mile one-person and 17.5-mile two- 20th centuries depended on the Tahquamenon Barrett was a lumberman who owned the property TAHQUAMENONWILDERNESSCANOERACE.ORG wide, 50-foot-high drop at — depending on the person races. River to transport their harvest to the sawmills at at what is now the Upper Falls park entrance, season — 5,000 to 50,000 gallons per second. n September 26, 2020: Hike Between Da Falls along the River Trail. A free shuttle Lake Superior. One of those lumbermen, Robert where handsome timber buildings are named for transports hikers for a one-way hike. Tannins that leach from the cedar, spruce and Hunter, decided to build a riverside sawmill and Barrett’s 33rd logging camp. His grandchildren, n October 10, 2020: Harvest Festival fun at the Lower Falls Campground includes hemlock in swamps drained by the river cause the railroad to more efficiently transport his timber, Lark Carlyle Ludlow and Barrett Ludlow, operate pumpkin carving, chili cook-off, campsite decorating and trick-or-treating. Non- a longer shelf life than their smaller counterparts. Occupying a coveted space on the coffee brown hue, and churning creates foam, inspiring a but by 1925, he ceased operations. At that time, the businesses that sprang from Jack and Mimi campers are welcome. “Root Beer Falls” moniker. auto touring was growing and local conservation Barrett’s love of Tahquamenon and their desire to n Every Saturday in February at the Upper Falls join guided, one-mile snowshoe After viewing the Upper Falls, Park Manager officer Joe Beach saw an opportunity. He leased from 2-3 p.m. Cross-country ski or snowshoe the one-mile, lantern-lit trail from make it available for public recreation. 6-8:30 p.m. Bring your own gear; a limited number of loaner snowshoes are Kevin Dennis encourages the short drive or the idle tracks, and in 1927 transported his first “My grandfather gifted all but two acres to four-mile, moderately rigorous hike to the Lower available at no charge. Warm up with hot chocolate at the bonfire. tourists aboard a makeshift train to a riverboat that the state,” Lark says. “He built modest, lumber carried the passengers to the falls. camp-style buildings for a souvenir stand and The wildly popular excursion soon demanded over-the-counter food stand that he leased for new and larger equipment. Nicknamed “Toonerville others to operate in the summer only.” Trolley,” the open-air train cars still chug By 1990, the siblings had rebuilt the structures — complete with an outdoor along a 24-inch narrow gauge track to the fireplace as a gathering space for the public — as a tribute to his vision. 180-passenger riverboat helmed by Robert Hunter’s “I thought a brewpub would be something that visitors would enjoy — I just table long past the competition means greater visibility for your products. great-grandson Kris Stewart. Captain Stewart had to learn how to make the beer,” Lark says with a laugh. narrates the two-hour cruise to the falls, sharing Brewmaster since the pub opened in 1996, she keeps up to four taps flowing local history and pointing out wildlife along the with the likes of Red Falls Tannin and Blueberry Wheat Ale, created in honor of way. It’s a long, leisurely outing that offers a view August’s Wild Blueberry Festival in nearby Paradise. Her Lumberjack Lager takes of the falls from a different vantage point than park longer to ferment and the microbrewery just can’t keep up with the demand in the visitors get from across the river. summer months so she enjoys making it in the winterH — her favorite season at the COURTESY OF MICHIGAN DNR; RIGHT PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHIGAN DNR MICHIGAN OF COURTESY PHOTO RIGHT DNR; MICHIGAN OF COURTESY MAIN PHOTO BY ASHLEY WILLIAMS/SAULT STE. MARIE VISITORS BUREAU; INSET PHOTO PHOTO INSET BUREAU; VISITORS MARIE STE. WILLIAMS/SAULT ASHLEY BY PHOTO MAIN TOURS; BOTTOM PHOTO BY JUDY MERRILL-SMITH JUDY BY PHOTO BOTTOM TOURS; Wakesport If looking at all of that rushing, foamy, RIVERBOAT FALLS TAHQUAMENON OF COURTESY PHOTOS TWO TOP falls because “the ice formations are just spectacular.” brown-colored water makes you thirsty, head to 23 Makeover LAKELANDBOATING.COM | MARCH 2020 22 MARCH 2020 | LAKELANDBOATING.COM Transform any boring old boat into a wakesport machine. BY ZENON BILAS pecialized wakesport boats offer the ultimate utilizing a convex design. The wider the view, the tow characteristics for wakeboarders, easier it is for the driver to see the person in tow as Swakesurfers and waterskiers alike. But a few he or she swings out to the side of the boat.
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