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Port of Northport
The Port of Northport was located on Grand Traverse Bay (Lake Michigan) near the northern tip of Leleenau County. For a time, a railroad car ferry operation was located here to take railroad freight cars north to Manistique in the upper peninsula. This operation was moved shortly after it was established to Elberta, likely because the port froze over rapidly in the winter.
Bibliography
The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:
- [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
- [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
- [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
- [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
- [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI
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