Location: Linwood Park, MI

Linwood Park was a Saginaw Bay resort operated early in the 1900's by the Detroit & Mackinac railroad. It was located just east of the village of Linwood on Saginaw Bay north of Bay City. The D&M ran excursion trains to Linwood Park from Bay City and in conjunction with the Pere Marquette from Saginaw.

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1901. October. Linwood Park is described as a beautiful resort located on Saginaw Bay. The park "is of the wildly picturesque order, and is just now arrayed in full autumnal glory". It contains a fine club house which will accommodate 150 people, and numerous pretty summer cottages (all furnished) which rent from rent $60 to $100 for the season. The park contains 1,000 acres and is owned by the D&M. It extends four miles along the bay. [DFP-1901-1027]

1912. Ice driven by a high wind from Saginaw bay out onto the tracks of the D&M railroad, about ten miles north of Bay City, caused the derailing of a passenger train and the serious injury of the engineer and fireman. The road at that point runs close along the shore. A gale from the east forced huge masses of ice out of the bay, covering the tracks to a depth of eight feet. Into this obstruction the train crashed. Two coaches were derailed but none of the passengers was injured beyond a severe shaking up. [SEB-1912-0418]