As Michigan ramps up its marketing campaigns to lure out-of-state travelers to its shores, one travel writer from Canada touts the glories of the lower peninsula’s western shore to our northern neighbor's canoe enthusiasts, cyclists, and hikers looking to experience fresh vistas and a plentitude of outdoor thrills.
According to excerpts from the story:
Savvy Southwestern Ontario residents know there's more to Michigan than cheering the Tigers in Detroit or bargain-hunting in the outlet malls of Birch Run.
They've discovered the northern half of the Lower Peninsula, where the slopes they ski in winter become part of the courses they golf the rest of the year.
Some of my favourite parts are along the Lake Michigan shoreline, where wealthy industrialists from Chicago and Cleveland built massive "cottages" in the late 1800s and travelled there by yacht or private rail car
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