7 great things to do with kids at Sleeping Bear Dunes
Updated May 18, 2021;
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EMPIRE, MICH. When it comes to quintessential spots for making Michigan summer memories, it’s tough to beat Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. This 71,000-acre park in Northwest Lower Michigan has all the necessary ingredients for the perfect family vacation: beaches, trails, sweet small towns, and no shortage of activities and interests for every age.
But if knowing where, exactly, to start your family trip planning has you stumped, we’re here for you. We asked Tom Ulrich, the park’s deputy superintendent and a father of two, to clue us in to a few of the National Lakeshore’s most kid-approved highlights. The following tips are timeless, and are just a hint at what the park has to offer young visitors. Read on to see what he shared, and be sure to check out our ultimate Sleeping Bear guide,
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Prehistoric human remains found along shoreline of Lake Michigan at Sleeping Bear Dunes
Remains found in the summer of 2017
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View of a section of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore park and fog-obscured Lake Michigan beyond, Michigan, November 2013. (Photo by Interim Archives/Getty Images) (Getty Images)
LEELANAU COUNTY, Mich. – Human remains, which are believed to date back to prehistoric times, were found in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
An area resident found the remains on the shoreline of Lake Michigan in the summer of 2017.
The remains were returned to the National Lakeshore in February 2019 and then sent to Western Michigan University. The remains were analyzed using non-invasive osteological analysis.
It is the first time native remains have been found in the park, Tucker said, but others have been uncovered throughout the Great Lakes area.
The park service is now giving notice to the local Native American tribes and organizations as required by law and aims to turn the remains over to the appropriate tribe or tribes once the legal process is completed.
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act specifies the process for determining what happens to native remains and cultural objects found on federal or tribal lands.
Park officials are in discussions about what to do with the remains with the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, the Bay Mills Indian Community, and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians.
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