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Snug Harbor Marina was established over 50 years ago. Originally the Middlesex Brick and Tile Company used the peninsula in the late 1890’s to load its product on double masted schooners to transport down Lake Michigan. After the decline of the lumber industry the original office, made of Pentwater brick, served as a furniture company and then a small aircraft plant. During one winter retaining walls were constructed around the peninsula; during another, T-docks and fuel dispensers were constructed near the southeast end; during the winter of 1958 the Tower from the abandoned Coast Guard Station from the north channel wall was hauled over the frozen ice to become the trademark symbol of Snug Harbor Marina; during another the turn of the century information booth from the Pere Marquette Railroad Co. station was moved to the property. During the Spring of 2003 the hull of one schooner that burned to the waterline and was scuttled about the turn of the century was found off the Southeast T-docks of Snug Harbor Marina.
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