Michigan DNR completes move of historic state park shelter threatened by erosion
By Jack Nissen
(Joel Marotti | Michigan Department of Natural Resources)
MANISTEE, Mich. - A west Michigan state park shelter has found a new home after a 23-hour journey moved the historic building away from the eroding Lake Michigan beach it sat on for more than 70 years.
Over the weekend, the Orchard Beach State Park's famed outlook that sat above the Great Lakes completed its 1,200-foot journey to its new resting place, which is about 230 feet from the shoreline.
Moving the pavilion at Orchard Beach. Excavation showing holes cut in foundation for access to excavate under the building.