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Solicitation number: 140P2123R0058
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This file is an attachment to a federal solicitation for wayside exhibit design, fabrication, and audio description services. The National Park Service is seeking proposals under solicitation number 140P2123R0058 to design, fabricate, and provide audio descriptions for various wayside exhibits across multiple park sites. Offerors should have experience designing and producing interpretive media for outdoor exhibit areas that convey educational content to visitors. Proposals are due by the end of July 2022, with work expected to be completed over a one year period. The award will be a fixed-price contract with one base year and two option years.

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ATTACHMENT D

WAYSIDE EXHIBIT PACKAGE

June 6, 2023

This preliminary wayside exhibit package contains:

• SLBE wayside proposal o with maps of the wayside locations o with details on panels, bases, and locations o with photos of each location

• Wayside exhibit plans o with layouts for Ex 200B, 200C, 202-205, 207B, 207C, and 200-230 o layouts contain placeholders for the tactile elements o layouts for Ex 200A and 207A will be provided after award

• Screen shots of the tactile elements from their STL files

The following will be provided after award:

• Final production InDesign files for the waysides

• STL files for the tactile elements

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore W A Y S I D E E X H I B I T P R O P O S A L

Prepared by

Project Team

National Park Service | Harpers Ferry Center | June 2023

Parkwide Wayside Exhibits

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Proposed Wayside Exhibits

LocationMaterial MountMaterial

June 2023

SubjectNo.

PANEL BASE

Description

Village Area, Arrival Station, North Manitou Island

36 x 48 three-sided kiosk In-GroundPainted Aluminum

High Pressure LaminateOrientation to North Manitou Island200 A

High Pressure LaminateHuman History200 B

High Pressure LaminateIsland Geology200 C

USLSS/CG Station, North Manitou Island

36 x 24 Low Profile In-GroundPainted Aluminum

High Pressure LaminateUSLSS Station202

Village Area, Shingle Mill, North Manitou Island

36 x 24 Low Profile In-GroundPainted Aluminum

High Pressure LaminateShingle Mill203

Maple trees up the trail toward Cottage Row, North Manitou

42 x 24 Low Profile In-GroundPainted Aluminum

High Pressure LaminateNative American History Along the Archipelago204

Cottage Row, Monte Carlo Cottage, North Manitou Island

36 x 24 Low Profile In-GroundPainted Aluminum

High Pressure LaminateCottage Row205

Newhall Cottage, North Manitou Island

36 x 24 Low Profile In-GroundPainted Aluminum

High Pressure LaminateApple Orchard206

Three-sided platform in front of the bathrooms, South Manitou

36 x 48 three-sided kiosk DeckPainted Aluminum

High Pressure LaminateOrientation to South Manitou Island207 A

High Pressure LaminateHuman History - Duplicate207 B

High Pressure LaminateIsland Geology - Duplicate207 C

USLSS/CG Station, Near Ranger Station, South Manitou Island

36 x 24 Low Profile DeckPainted Aluminum

High Pressure LaminateLife Saving Station209

National Park Service | Media Services

BASE

Location

PANEL

Subject Material MountMaterialNo. Description

Behind ULSSS Station, South Manitou Island

36 x 24 Low Profile In-GroundPainted Aluminum

High Pressure LaminateBirch Tree Uses210

Florence lake Trail near schoolhouse, South Manitou

36 x 24 Low Profile In-GroundPainted Aluminum

High Pressure LaminateIsland Ecology211

GC Hutzler Farm, South Manitou Island

36 x 24 Low Profile In-GroundPainted Aluminum

High Pressure LaminateGC Hutzler212

Near existing wooden directional sign, South Manitou Island

36 x 24 Low Profile In-GroundPainted Aluminum

High Pressure LaminateWilderness213

South Manitou Island36 x 24 Low Profile In-GroundPainted Aluminum

High Pressure LaminateNative American Uses of the Islands214

Ken-Tuck-U-Inn, Platte River District

36 x 24 Low Profile In-GroundPainted Aluminum

High Pressure LaminateKen-Tuck-U-Inn215

Peterson Beach, Platte River District

42 x 24 Low Profile In-GroundPainted Aluminum

High Pressure LaminatePeterson Beach216

Bass Lake, Platte River District42 x 24 Low Profile In-GroundPainted Aluminum

High Pressure LaminateBass Lake217

Esch Beach, Platte River District36 x 24 Low Profile In-GroundPainted Aluminum

High Pressure LaminateAral218

Tweddle School, Platte River District

36 x 24 Low Profile In-GroundPainted Aluminum

High Pressure LaminateTweddle School219

Empire Bluffs Trail, Platte River District

42 x 24 Low Profile In-GroundPainted Aluminum

High Pressure LaminateDunes220

BASE

Location

PANEL

Subject Material MountMaterialNo. Description

Empire Bluffs Trail, Platte River District

36 x 24 Low Profile DeckPainted Aluminum

High Pressure LaminateDune Preservation221

Empire Bluffs Trail, Platte River District

36 x 24 Low Profile DeckPainted Aluminum

High Pressure LaminateLake Michigan222

Lookout Point, Port Oneida36 x 24 Low Profile In-GroundPainted Aluminum

High Pressure LaminateGlaciation223

Dechow Farm, Port Oneida36 x 24 Low Profile In-GroundPainted Aluminum

High Pressure LaminateFarming in Port Oneida224

Kelderhouse Farm Orchard, Port Oneida

36 x 24 Low Profile In-GroundPainted Aluminum

High Pressure LaminateApple Orchard225

Lane Road, Port Oneida36 x 24 Low Profile In-GroundPainted Aluminum

High Pressure LaminateWaukazoo226

Carsten Burfiend Farm, Port Oneida

36 x 24 Low Profile In-GroundPainted Aluminum

High Pressure LaminatePort Oneida Community227

Carsten Burfiend Farm, Port Oneida

36 x 24 Low Profile In-GroundPainted Aluminum

High Pressure LaminateFirst European American Settlement at Port Oneida228

Pyramid Point Trail, Port Oneida36 x 24 Low Profile In-GroundPainted Aluminum

High Pressure LaminateHistoric Farming District229

Lookout Point, Port Oneida36 x 24 Low Profile In-GroundPainted Aluminum

High Pressure LaminateNatural History, Geology, Water230

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200 A

To provide welcome and orientation to North Manitou Island.

Include safety message.

Orientation to North Manitou Island 36 x 48

200 B

Tell about the island’s human history from pre-contact to modern day.

Include a timeline. Park will provide 8-10 items for timeline.

Human History 36 x 48

200 C

Tell about the geology of the islands, but don’t duplicate the VC exhibit that is on South Manitou.

Island Geology 36 x 48

ThumbnailSizeEx. No./Subject/Purpose

P A N E L

Location Base Drawing

45.122537

Lon:

Lat:

Orientation

Village Area, Arrival Station, North Manitou Island

Same location as current sign.

-85.977229

Material High Pressure Laminate20

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3

• Existing Map with changes 200 A and 207 A will be similar Audio Description

Material High Pressure Laminate

Royal Ontario Museum:

Kane painting of native settlement

Small images to illustrate timeline:

Canoes on lake, wigwams, USLSS, Community, Logging, etc20

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3

• New Art 200 B and 207 B will be duplicates of each other. Audio Description

Material High Pressure Laminate

New Art will illustrate mother and cubs swimming.

Existing art used showing lakes covered with ice.

New art will illustrate geologic processes.

NPS:

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3

• New Art

• Existing Art

200 C and 207 C will be duplicates of each other.

Give equal space/attention to scientific and native viewpoints of creation of the islands.

Audio Description

36 x 48 three-sided kiosk Painted Aluminum

Material

Mount In-Ground

NPS Dark Brown

Color

Existing bulletin board will be removed by park.

Site Preparation

District North Manitou Island

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Description

Panel Details

Graphic Categ. MapsPossible Graphics

P A N E L D E T A I L S

B A S E D E T A I L S

Notes Additions

P A N E L

B A S E

T H U M B N A I L

Location

Purpose

Tell the story of the lifesaving station and its people. They evolved from 1854 Volunteer Service, to paid service, to the Coast Guard.

Graphics

Leelanau Historical Museum Collection:

-Crew and boat 1989.05.08 -Crew posing for photo 2005.09.01 -N. Manitou boathouse 2007.19.11 -USLSS compound 198717103

Maps

Notes

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3

USLSS/CG Station, North Manitou Island

Orientation:

Lat: 45.121789 Lon: -85.977363

Additions

Audio Description

Size: 36 x 24 Material: High Pressure Laminate

Material Painted Aluminum

Mount In-Ground

Color NPS Dark Brown

Description

36 x 24 Low Profile

Site Preparation

District North Manitou Island

Subject: USLSS Station

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T H U M B N A I L

Location

Purpose

Tell the story of this saw mill and include the larger story of logging and saw mills throughout the park area.

Graphics

Leelanau Historical Museum Collection:

-Mill photo 2006.31.06 -Huge pile of logs with men 2011.06.87

Maps

Notes

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3

Village Area, Shingle Mill, North Manitou Island

Orientation:

Lat: 45.124006 Lon: -85.976570

Additions

Audio Description

Size: 36 x 24 Material: High Pressure Laminate

Material Painted Aluminum

Mount In-Ground

Color NPS Dark Brown

Description

36 x 24 Low Profile

Site Preparation

Existing hazardous structure sign will be removed by park.

District North Manitou Island

Subject: Shingle Mill

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T H U M B N A I L

Location

Purpose

Tell the history of the Native Americans that lived and traveled between the islands of the area’s archipelago. Continue the history up to present day.

Graphics

New art:

-Illustration of the archipelago with you are here -Native people in canoes

Modern tribal fishery image.

• New Art

Maps

Notes

Include Panel title and island labels in English and Anishnaabemowin.

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3

Maple trees up the trail toward Cottage Row, North Manitou Island

Orientation:

Lat: 45.122266 Lon: -85.977817

Additions

Audio Description

Size: 42 x 24 Material: High Pressure Laminate

Material Painted Aluminum

Mount In-Ground

Color NPS Dark Brown

Description

42 x 24 Low Profile

Site Preparation

District North Manitou Island

Subject: Native American History Along the Archipelago

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T H U M B N A I L

Location

Purpose

Tell the story of Cottage Row.

People used to leave the cities in the summertime for their health.

Ten rich families used to summer on this island. Husbands worked back and forth from Chicago.

Graphics

Tending a Comfortable Wilderness:

Woman promenading along boardwalk

Leelanau Historical Museum Collection:

Inset images of cottages

Maps

Notes

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3

Cottage Row, Monte Carlo Cottage, North Manitou Island

Outside of Monte Carlo Cottage

Orientation:

Lat: 45.121842 Lon: -85.978622

Additions

Audio Description

Size: 36 x 24 Material: High Pressure Laminate

Material Painted Aluminum

Mount In-Ground

Color NPS Dark Brown

Description

36 x 24 Low Profile

Site Preparation

District North Manitou Island

Subject: Cottage Row

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T H U M B N A I L

Location

Purpose

Tell the story of this apple orchard, and include information on other apple orchards on North, focused on commercial apple growing operations here.

Graphics

Leelanau Historical Museum Collection:

-Photo of people with apple baskets 1958.04.18

Maps

Notes

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3

Newhall Cottage, North Manitou Island

Orientation:

Lat: 45.044953 Lon: -85.768272

Additions

10/24/2019 Audio Description

Size: 36 x 24 Material: High Pressure Laminate

Material Painted Aluminum

Mount In-Ground

Color NPS Dark Brown

Description

36 x 24 Low Profile

Site Preparation

Existing hazardous structure sign will be removed by park.

District North Manitou Island

Subject: Apple Orchard

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207 A

To provide welcome and orientation to South Manitou Island.

Include safety message.

Orientation to South Manitou Island 36 x 48

207 B

Tell about the island’s human history from pre-contact to modern day.

Include a timeline. Park will provide 8-10 items for timeline.

Human History - Duplicate 36 x 48

207 C

Tell about the geology of the islands, but don’t duplicate the VC exhibit.

Island Geology - Duplicate 36 x 48

ThumbnailSizeEx. No./Subject/Purpose

P A N E L

Location Base Drawing

45.011208

Lon:

Lat:

Orientation

Three-sided platform in front of the bathrooms, South Manitou Island Replace current bulletin boad.

-86.094497

Material High Pressure Laminate similar to 200A

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3

• Existing Map with changes 200 A and 207 A will be similar. Audio Description

Material High Pressure Laminate

Same as 200B

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3

• New Art 200 B and 207 B will be duplicates of each other. Audio Description

Material High Pressure Laminate

Same as 200C

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3

• New Art 200 C and 207 C will be duplicates of each other. Audio Description

36 x 48 three-sided kiosk Painted Aluminum

Material

Mount Deck

NPS Dark Brown

Color

Need to verify inner triangle dimensions for in-ground install. If small, the kiosk will need to be mounted on the deck.

Existing kiosk will be removed by park.

Site Preparation

District South Manitou Island

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Description

Panel Details

Graphic Categ. MapsPossible Graphics

P A N E L D E T A I L S

B A S E D E T A I L S

Notes Additions

T H U M B N A I L

Location

Purpose

Update the life saving station’s wayside.

Graphics

NPS:

Life saving station Boat cutting through ice USLSS crew

Maps

Notes

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3

USLSS/CG Station, Near Ranger Station, South Manitou Island

Replace “Life Saving Station” wayside.

Orientation:

Lat: 45.011222 Lon: -86.094283

Additions

Audio Description

Size: 36 x 24 Material: High Pressure Laminate

Material Painted Aluminum

Mount Deck

Color NPS Dark Brown

Description

36 x 24 Low Profile

Site Preparation

Existing “Life Saving Station” wayside will be removed by park.

District South Manitou Island

Subject: Life Saving Station

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T H U M B N A I L

Location

Purpose

Tell how the birch tree is used by the Anishinaabe.

Include tree preservation message.

Graphics

Minnesota Historical Society Collections:

Canoe Women making baskets Standing basket

Hemenway:

Main background image

Tactile: birch bark

• Attached Tactile Graphic

Maps

Notes

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3

Behind ULSSS Station, South Manitou Island

Orientation:

Lat: 45.010817 Lon: -86.094441

Additions

Audio Description

Size: 36 x 24 Material: High Pressure Laminate

Material Painted Aluminum

Mount In-Ground

Color NPS Dark Brown

Description

36 x 24 Low Profile

Site Preparation

District South Manitou Island

Subject: Birch Tree Uses

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T H U M B N A I L

Location

Purpose

Tell about this forest’s unique ecosystem which is created by the lack of deer on the island. Canada Yew is an indicator of the absence of deer that would have eaten them. No browse line here.

Millipedes are found on the island but are uncommon on the mainland.

Graphics

Tactile of millipede

Stock Photo:

Background photo: spiranthes lacera

NPS and Stock:

close up of Canada Yew, bluebead lily, island’s orchids, trillium

• Attached Tactile Graphic

Maps

Notes

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3

Florence lake Trail near schoolhouse, South Manitou Island

Potentially where the Farm Loops and Cedar Loop trails split. However, site may need to be moved to village to avoid being too close to wilderness.

Orientation:

Lat: 45.016084 Lon: -86.113739

Additions

Audio Description

Size: 36 x 24 Material: High Pressure Laminate

Material Painted Aluminum

Mount In-Ground

Color NPS Dark Brown

Description

36 x 24 Low Profile

Site Preparation

District South Manitou Island

Subject: Island Ecology

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T H U M B N A I L

Location

Purpose

Tell the story of the agricultural district of the island.

Tell the story of Rosen Rye. It was grown here because the island’s isolation enabled growers to maintain the purity of the rye (no cross pollination). This seed rye was more valuable because it was a pure seed.

Michelite pea inset story.

Graphics

Tactile of Rosen Rye

Coming Through the Rye:

background image:1930s fields of Rosen rye Louis Hutzler in rye field George Hutzler with ribbons

NPS:

ribbons

Michelite pea bean TBD

• Attached Tactile Graphic

Maps

Notes

Title 1 Title 2

GC Hutzler Farm, South Manitou Island

Orientation:

Lat: 45.023968 Lon: -86.127343

Additions

Audio Description

Size: 36 x 24 Material: High Pressure Laminate

Material Painted Aluminum

Mount In-Ground

Color NPS Dark Brown

Description

36 x 24 Low Profile

Site Preparation

District South Manitou Island

Subject: GC Hutzler

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T H U M B N A I L

Location

Purpose

To tell about wilderness and the idea of the spirit of Manitou.

Discuss the idea of the island being wilderness but that it’s not been untouched by people.

Discuss wilderness ethics.

Graphics

Photography Plus Photo:

Aerial photo of S. Manitou with wilderness overlay.

NPS:

Photo of old grown cedar with man showing size

Link at Past Perfect:

Photo of overcut island

Maps

Notes

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3

Near existing wooden directional sign, South Manitou Island

Orientation:

Lat: 45.009245 Lon: -86.093659

Additions

Audio Description

Size: 36 x 24 Material: High Pressure Laminate

Material Painted Aluminum

Mount In-Ground

Color NPS Dark Brown

Description

36 x 24 Low Profile

Site Preparation

District South Manitou Island

Subject: Wilderness

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T H U M B N A I L

Location

Purpose

Tell about Native American harvesting calendar. Example, June = Strawberry Moon.

Discuss how if ecosystem changes due to climate change, than the calendar also changes/shifts.

Graphics

Minnesota Historical Society Collections:

fish lure spool of woven rope drying fish racks

Hemenway:

Main image: family with canoes at shore Strawberry basket

Stock image:

skin/hide rack

Maps

Notes

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3

South Manitou Island

First tri-junction from village

Orientation:

Lat: 45.010656 Lon: -86.113898

Additions

Audio Description

Size: 36 x 24 Material: High Pressure Laminate

Material Painted Aluminum

Mount In-Ground

Color NPS Dark Brown

Description

36 x 24 Low Profile

Site Preparation

District South Manitou Island

Subject: Native American Uses of the Islands

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T H U M B N A I L

Location

Purpose

Tell the story of Ken-Tuck-U-Inn as a roadhouse that provides services to visitors in the 1920-30s period, and is an example of the larger recreation history.

Graphics

NPS:

Ken-Tuck-U-Inn Advertizing card artifact

South Portland Historical Society online collection:

People recreating/old cars

Maps

Notes

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3

Ken-Tuck-U-Inn, Platte River District

Undetermined, but prefer the backyard area of the building. Depends on historic photos.

There are no paved areas.

Orientation:

Lat: 44.696220 Lon: -86.185682

Additions

Audio Description

Size: 36 x 24 Material: High Pressure Laminate

Material Painted Aluminum

Mount In-Ground

Color NPS Dark Brown

Description

36 x 24 Low Profile

Site Preparation

District Platte River District

Subject: Ken-Tuck-U-Inn

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T H U M B N A I L

Location

Purpose

Highlight this stretch of beach where the forest and dunes meet. Describe dune succession and its features.

Graphics

New art to describe dune succession.

• New Art

Maps

Notes

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3

Peterson Beach, Platte River District

Near new trailhead.

Orientation:

Lat: 44.730963 Lon: -86.104217

Additions

Audio Description

Size: 42 x 24 Material: High Pressure Laminate

Material Painted Aluminum

Mount In-Ground

Color NPS Dark Brown

Description

42 x 24 Low Profile

Site Preparation

Evaluate to determine if base should be regular in-ground, in-ground with fins, or in-ground with stabilizer bar.

District Platte River District

Subject: Peterson Beach

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T H U M B N A I L

Location

Purpose

Tell the story of the inland lakeshore ecosystem web of life, specifically insects.

With 26 inland lakes in the park, there is an abundance of aquatic invertabrates, focus on dragonflies.

Graphics

New art showing the lakeshore ecosystem above and below the waterline.

New art illustrating dragonfly’s 3 stages of life.

Tactile of adult dragonfly.

Park suggested these:

beaver, otter, frogs, bass, blue gill, crappie, perch

• Attached Tactile Graphic • New Art

Maps

Notes

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3

Bass Lake, Platte River District

Along side of the new ramp.

Orientation:

Lat: 44.736472 Lon: -86.065488

Additions

Audio Description

Size: 42 x 24 Material: High Pressure Laminate

Material Painted Aluminum

Mount In-Ground

Color NPS Dark Brown

Description

42 x 24 Low Profile

Site Preparation

District Platte River District

Subject: Bass Lake

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T H U M B N A I L

Location

Purpose

Redesign “Aral” wayside but with the same basic story of vanished town.

Tell the story of logging/mill towns and how they used up local resources and then packed up and disappeared. It is a common story all around the lake area.

Graphics

NPS:

Aral school group Mill Group on beach

Maps

Notes

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3

Esch Beach, Platte River District

Replace “Aral: A Town That Vanished.”

Orientation:

Lat: 44.762970 Lon: -86.074722

Additions

10/10/2019 Audio Description

Size: 36 x 24 Material: High Pressure Laminate

Material Painted Aluminum

Mount In-Ground

Color NPS Dark Brown

Description

36 x 24 Low Profile

Site Preparation

Park will remove existing “Aral” wayside.

District Platte River District

Subject: Aral

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T H U M B N A I L

Location

Purpose

Tell the story of one-room schools and the kids that walked distances to attend them.

One-room schools were common in the area, but today the entire park is used as a classroom.

Graphics

Empire Museum: Exterior and interior photos of schoolhouse and students.

NPS: Modern day Parks as Classroom photo

Maps

Notes

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3

Tweddle School, Platte River District

Orientation:

Lat: 44.792830 Lon: -86.050050

Additions

Audio Description

Size: 36 x 24 Material: High Pressure Laminate

Material Painted Aluminum

Mount In-Ground

Color NPS Dark Brown

Description

36 x 24 Low Profile

Site Preparation

District Platte River District

Subject: Tweddle School

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T H U M B N A I L

Location

Purpose

Tell the overall/general story of dune creation/formation which led to the creation of SLBE.

Graphics

Wassel Photo:

Main photo

Shutterstock:

Distance photo of same area

New Diagram of perched dune formation

• Existing Photograph • New Art

Maps

Notes

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3

Empire Bluffs Trail, Platte River District

Orientation:

Lat: 44.801278 Lon: -86.067245

Additions

Audio Description

Size: 42 x 24 Material: High Pressure Laminate

Material Painted Aluminum

Mount In-Ground

Color NPS Dark Brown

Description

42 x 24 Low Profile

Site Preparation

Evaluate to determine if base should be regular in-ground, in-ground with fins, or in-ground with stabilizer bar.

District Platte River District

Subject: Dunes

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T H U M B N A I L

Location

Purpose

Tell about the fragileness of dunes, the need to preserve the vegetation, and the relationship between the dunes and the vegetation.

Include dune preservation message.

Add message on invasive species such as baby’s breath.

Stay on trail

Graphics

Wassel Photos:

Main image Insets of grasses

Inset of invasive species: baby’s breath and spotted nap weed will be stock photos

• Existing Photograph

Maps

Notes

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3

Empire Bluffs Trail, Platte River District

Orientation:

Lat: 44.801238 Lon: -86.071491

Additions

Audio Description

Size: 36 x 24 Material: High Pressure Laminate

Material Painted Aluminum

Mount Deck

Color NPS Dark Brown

Description

36 x 24 Low Profile

Site Preparation

Park will build accessible viewing portion on boardwalk for deck-mounted wayside.

District Platte River District

Subject: Dune Preservation

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T H U M B N A I L

Location

Purpose

Tell the story of the creation of Lake Michigan.

Graphics

Fine Art America:

Satellite photo of Lake Michigan

Inset images will be stock photos

• satellite Photograph

Maps

Notes

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3

Empire Bluffs Trail, Platte River District

Orientation:

Lat: 44.801236 Lon: -86.071493

Additions

Audio Description

Size: 36 x 24 Material: High Pressure Laminate

Material Painted Aluminum

Mount Deck

Color NPS Dark Brown

Description

36 x 24 Low Profile

Site Preparation

Park will build accessible viewing portion on boardwalk for deck-mounted wayside.

District Platte River District

Subject: Lake Michigan

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T H U M B N A I L

Location

Purpose

Tell the story of how glaciation created this landscape and how thousands of years later, it contributed to which farms were successful and which were not.

Graphics

New art will illustrate glaciation at this spot.

• New Art

Maps

Notes

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3

Lookout Point, Port Oneida

0.5 mile up Bayview Trail from parking lot

Orientation:

Lat: 44.938996 Lon: -85.949526

Additions

Audio Description

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Site Preparation

District Port Oneida

Subject: Glaciation

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T H U M B N A I L

Location

Purpose

Tell the overall story of crops and farming in Port Oneida. Farmers here grew a larger variety of crops than many farms today.

Graphics

Leelanau Historical Museum Collection:

Potato farming 1992.08.01 Maple syrup image

NPS: Dechow farm

Maps

Notes

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3

Dechow Farm, Port Oneida

Mowed parking spots area, under trees west of the house looking west out at fields

Orientation:

Lat: 44.936025 Lon: -85.936756

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House currently has residents.

District Port Oneida

Subject: Farming in Port Oneida

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T H U M B N A I L

Location

Purpose

Tell the orchard story and their importance to farmers. Apples were harvested for baking, eating, and cider.

Also nursery here and preservation of historic varieties.

Graphics

Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners:

Photos of several varieties of apples shown and identified.

Orchard photo from Tending a Comfortable Wilderness

Park is looking for harvesting photo.

Maps

Notes

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3

Kelderhouse Farm Orchard, Port Oneida

Along exterior of orchard fence

Orientation:

Lat: 44.939183 Lon: -85.935722

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District Port Oneida

Subject: Apple Orchard

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T H U M B N A I L

Location

Purpose

Tell the story of Waukazoo.

Graphics

Photos of Waukazoo family members if available.

New Art of Waukazoo band canoes arriving at new location.

• New Art

Maps

Notes

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3

Lane Road, Port Oneida

Possible location TBD by park.

Orientation:

Lat: 44.946953 Lon: -85.946830

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36 x 24 Low Profile

Site Preparation

Use caution as this is a sacred site. Park will determine final location.

District Port Oneida

Subject: Waukazoo

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T H U M B N A I L

Location

Purpose

Tell the story of the development and demise of the community of Port Oneida.

Graphics

NPS:

Historic aerial photo of village with buildings identified Photo of the ship Oneida

Maps

Notes

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3

Carsten Burfiend Farm, Port Oneida

Orientation:

Lat: 44.952530 Lon: -85.940633

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District Port Oneida

Subject: Port Oneida Community

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Location

Purpose

Tell the story of Carsten Burfiend and his wife, Elizabeth, who established the first European American farm here.

Many settlers lived on the islands prior to settlement on the mainland.

Graphics

NPS:

Burfiend photo portrait, other photos of their farm.

Maps

Notes

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3

Carsten Burfiend Farm, Port Oneida

See photo

Orientation:

Lat: 44.952534 Lon: -85.940614

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District Port Oneida

Subject: First European American Settlement at Port Oneida

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T H U M B N A I L

Location

Purpose

Tell the larger story of Port Oneida farming community.

Graphics

New map of farms in Point Oneida.

NPS:

Historic image of farm

Maps

New Map

Notes

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3

Pyramid Point Trail, Port Oneida see photo

Orientation:

Lat: 44.952530 Lon: -85.94063

Additions

Audio Description

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District Port Oneida

Subject: Historic Farming District

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T H U M B N A I L

Location

Purpose

Tell the story of farming and the difficulties of getting water to their farms, emphasizing dugways.

Graphics

New art will illustrate a dugway.

• New Art

Maps

Notes

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3

Lookout Point, Port Oneida

0.5 mile up Bayview Trail from parking lot

Orientation:

Lat: 44.939011 Lon: -85.949628

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District Port Oneida

Subject: Natural History, Geology, Water

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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior

June, 2023

Exhibits (200B, 200C, 202–205, 207B, 207C, 209–230)

Wayside Exhibit Plan

36 X 48 INCHES | 28% OF ACTUAL SIZE | march 2023 | SLBE | Wayside Exhibit 200B

Islands of the Spirits Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore National Park Service

U.S. Department of the Interior

The Manitou Islands are part of the ancestral home of the Anishinaabek— the Ottawa/Odawa, Chippewa/Ojibway, and Potawatomi/Bodawatomi peoples. Since time immemorial, they have gathered food, held ceremonies, and educated their children here. A history of conflict shows that many people wanted these lands. Much of Michigan was ceded to the U.S. in the Treaty of Washington, 1836. Later some Anishinaabek were forcibly removed; others fought to remain. They lobbied and negotiated with the U.S. to retain rights to these lands. Their descendants are here today.

In the mid-1800s, these once remote islands bustled with activity as steamship routes opened on the Great Lakes. The ships’ fuel was cordwood. Thick forests attracted loggers. Immigrants cut trees, fished, and started farms and orchards. Some joined the U.S. Lighthouse Service or Life-Saving Service. Island life was hard and isolating, but families and neighbors stood together in good times and bad.

Many lives and stories are rooted here. Walk the trails.

Step into the past. Make your own connection to the islands.

1820s–1970s Islands became centers for logging and the sale of cordwood to passing steam ships.

1847 U.S. government survey of South Manitou Island finds forest mostly clear cut.

1900–1910s Second logging boom on North Manitou Island.

1920–1986 North Manitou Island is owned by private associations.

Ojibway Chief Okeemos, 1769-1858, fought in the War of 1812. Anishinaabek birchbark basket Anishinaabek ceremonial dress

North Manitou Island 1854 boathouse

Mid-1600s fishing drawn by French Jesuit Priest Louis Nicolas

Logging on North Manitou Island

Anishinaabek families and their canoes

Waukazoo and Bailey families, 1913

Contemporary birch basket

Beck family farm, 1918

Anishinaabe use Manitou Passage as a trade route—to early 1900s.

Time Immemorial Anishinaabek live on the islands. They harvest and conduct ceremonies here.

1615 The Odawa make contact with the French.

1650–1815 Multiple wars are fought in the Great Lakes between tribes, Europeans, and Americans.

1836 Treaty of Washington, Anishinaabek fight to avoid removal and retain access to resources.

1900s Odawa children from North Manitou are sent to the Mt. Pleasant Indian Industrial School.

1980 Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians receive federal recognition.

2007 Inland Consent Decree signed between Michigan and sovereign tribes about how they will jointly manage natural resources.

1820s–1920s Peak of boat traffic through the Manitou Passage.

1825 Erie Canal opens. Great Lakes become a main route of westward migration.

1839–1958 A lighthouse is in service on South Manitou Island.

1880 Peak number of 98 people living on South Manitou Island, most families were subsistence farming.

1890s–1950s Period of commercial orchards on North Manitou Island.

1890 Silas Boardman purchases much of North Manitou Island for beef production.

1948 Only two operating farms on South Manitou Island.

1971 Last farm family leaves South Manitou Island.

Anishinaabe use islands for harvesting and spiritual ceremonies.

Europeans and Americans immigrate to the region.

From Time Immemorial

1858 U.S. Life Saving Service (USLSS) Station established on North Manitou Island.

1901 USLSS Station opens on South Manitou Island.

1915 U.S. Coast Guard created from the USLSS.

1958 U.S. Coast Guard Stations close on the islands.

1893-1924 Wealthy families build “Cottage Row” summer homes on North Manitou Island.

1970 North and South Manitou islands included within Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore boundary.

2014 Most of Manitou islands become designated Wilderness.

Sleeping Bear Dunes ranger

Wooden frog lure

LIGHTHOUSE DIGEST ARCHIVE, MARIBETH SCHMOCK RUNYAN COLLECTION

1918 Rosen rye cultivation begins on South Manitou Island.

Heirloom “Wealthy” apple

A woman, possibly Augusta Samuelson, wife of lighthouse keeper, Fred Samuelson, drives to the North Manitou lighthouse.

36 X 48 INCHES | 28% OF ACTUAL SIZE | MARCH 2023 | SLBE | Wayside Exhibit 200C_207C

U.S. Department of the Interior

11,000 Years Ago Glaciers moved through ancient riverways, widening and deepening them, forming today’s lake bottoms.

20,000 Years Ago As the glacial ice retreated northward, the immense volume of meltwater filled the Lake Michigan basin to form postglacial Lakes Algonquin, Nipissing, Algoma, and Chippewa.

How These Islands Came to Be Story An Anishinaabek oral tradition tells of the sleeping mother bear, a sacred landmark in their homeland.

Manpi agaming bagosend-mowad wibi-jawad.

Over here across the sea they were wishing to come here they.

Mawipi mises-sesnand-monid makonsan.

After a while whimpering with hunger they little cubs.

Miiwi gi-gijen-dang makwa ji-manen-dong jidka-mada-gawad.

So then made up her mind bear to attempt they to swim across.

Once, long ago, in the land called Wisconsin across the great lake, there was terrible hunger and many people died. A bear and two little cubs were trying to leave that place and come around the lake where there would be more food.

They walked for many days on the beach together, but after a while the two little cubs began to whimper with hunger, and so the bear decided to swim across the rest of the lake.

They waded into the water, one cub on each side of the bear, and they swam off into the lake a long way. After a while the cubs began to get very tired, and so the bear said, “Try hard, the land is not very far.” And very soon they did come in sight of land.

But gradually the cubs got weaker, and only ten miles away, one cub sank into the water. Soon after, the other also drowned.

The bear’s heart was broken, but she could do nothing. She waded ashore and lay down, looking out on the water where her cubs had died. Eventually, both of them came to the surface as two little islands, and so the bear still lies there atop the dunes, looking after her children.

Geology This area was formed when massive continental glaciers, up to a mile thick, moved south, bulldozing rock and soil, slowly gouging and carving the earth. As temperatures warmed, the glaciers retreated and melted. North and South Manitou islands, connected to a larger chain of islands to the north, are part of a high ridgeline of limestone tilted and covered by glacial debris—rock, sand, gravel, and clay. Glacial meltwater covered all but the tops of the ridges, creating these islands. Waves, currents, and winds continually rework the land and shoreline, adding in some places, removing in others.

How will these islands change in the future?

South Manitou Island

North Manitou Island

The word Manitou comes from the Anishinaabemowin word Minnisak, which means spirit. These islands are sacred places.

36 X 24 INCHES | 40% OF ACTUAL SIZE | MARCH 2023 | SLBE | Wayside Exhibit 202

Volunteers to Coast Guardsmen

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior

By the 1850s, accelerating ship traffic on Lake Michigan brought increased shipwrecks, especially in the Manitou Passage, the dangerous stretch of water between the Manitou Islands and mainland. In 1854, Congress recognized the need for a life-saving service in the United States. First, it authorized volunteer life-saving stations.

Then in 1878, the U.S. Life-Saving Service (USLSS) was organized with paid crews, and in 1915 merged into the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG). From 1854 to 1938 surfmen at North Manitou Island risked their lives, saving 772 people from shipwrecks. The evolution of the USLSS to the USCG can be seen at the North Manitou Island National Historic Landmark District.

The boathouse on North Manitou Island is the only 1854 boathouse in existence and has been designated a National Historic Landmark.

The North Manitou Island USLSS crew and their boat in 1897.

The North Manitou Island USLSS crew poses by the boathouse in 1901.

PHOTOGRAPHS: LEELANAU HISTORICAL SOCIETY

USLSS and resort cottages, North Manitou Island

36 X 24 INCHES | 40% OF ACTUAL SIZE | FEBRUARY 2023 | SLBE | Wayside Exhibit 203

A Green Gold Mine

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior

In the 1840s, entrepreneurs looked at the island’s timber and saw a green goldmine. A quick calculation of the hundreds of Great Lakes steamships needing fuel, plus the tons of cordwood waiting to be cut and sold, equaled money in the bank. Docks were built, crews hired, and clear-cutting began. When ships converted to coal, timber extraction switched to lumber production. This sawmill was built in the late 1920s.

Massive stacks of logs ready to go to the sawmill

This sawmill was located on the west side of North Manitou Island at a town called Crescent. It was dismantled by 1918.

It was powered by an 1875 steam engine and equipment transferred from another mill. It is the only known original, steam-powered sawmill in Michigan. Island mills provided jobs for local Anishinaabek and new immigrants. They produced timber, planking, and shingles. The chugging, hissing, and buzzing of the sawmill can no longer be heard, but extensive lumbering here forever altered North Manitou Island.

PHOTOGRAPHS: LEELANAU HISTORICAL SOCIETY

42 X 24 INCHES | 38% OF ACTUAL SIZE | FEBRUARY 2023 | SLBE | Wayside Exhibit 204

U.S. Department of the Interior

“Anishnaabek Aki”-Land of the Anishnaabek The Anishinaabek have called North and South Manitou Islands home since time immemorial. These islands have provided food, shelter, medicines, and cultural significance for the Anishinaabek for thousands of years. The islands are just as much home as the villages on the mainlands.

In the 1600s, the relationship the Anishinaabek had with their homelands drastically changed with the arrival of Europeans to the Great Lakes. Diseases, wars, and the efforts to remove the Anishinaabek from Michigan continued for centuries. Despite this, the Anishinaabek fought to remain. One decisive event is the Treaty of Washington, 1836. Leaders from Grand Traverse, along with five other Ottawa/Odawa and Chippewa/Ojibway tribes from Northern Michigan, signed this pivotal agreement to avoid removal west and to retain rights to hunt, fish, and gather. These rights are still being exercised by the Odawa and Ojibway, as well as the tribes still living in their “Anishinaabe Aki.”

North Manitou Island Manitou Minnisak

Leelanau Peninsula

Bois Blanc Island Wigobiishminnis

Mackinac Island Michilimackinong

Beaver Island Amikgogenda

North and South Fox Islands Waagosh Minnisak

• Waukazooville Peshabetown

Cross Village Ahnumawatikomeg

Harbor Springs Weqwetonsing

Hog Island Gookoosh MinnisHigh Island

Nisiwabigong

Garden Island Ktigaan Miniising

Drummond Island Bootootgani Minnis

Manitoulin Island Island of the Great Spirit

LAKE MICHIGAN

LAKE HURON

South Manitou Island Manitou Minnisak

Sleeping Bear Dunes

Petoskey Mukwa Ziibing

• Charlevoix Zhingwak Ziibing

Good Hart Aptaiwaing

36 X 24 INCHES | 40% OF ACTUAL SIZE | NOVEMBER 2022 | SLBE | Wayside Exhibit 205

The Perfect Escape

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior

Welcome to Cottage Row. In the late 1890s, wealthy Chicago families came here to escape urban crowding and summer heat. Cool breezes and clear views of the beach and Manitou Passage provided an ideal summer retreat. Cottage Row was an important part of island life for over 50 years.

It provided seasonal employment —cooking, cleaning, and working in the hotel and dining room— for year-round residents.

In the late 1920s, the Manitou Island Association purchased most of the island. They established a company retreat with exclusive hunting and fishing trips. Today, the island offers visitors beauty, history, solitude, and an accessible wilderness.

In 1893, retired banker Silas Boardman, his daughter, and son-in-law, Carrie and George Blossom, and Frederick and Mary Trude divided this stretch of land into 10 lots, creating an exclusive, private resort fronted by a park. A tree-lined, gas-lit, boardwalk ran in front of the cabins down to the private dining hall and village dock.

Cottage Row

Members of the 1900 Cottage Row resort colony on North Manitou Island pose in front of the island hotel.

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The Business of Fruit

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior

Heirloom fruit trees dot this island. They are a living reminder of the large commercial orchards of the past.

In the 1880s, Frederic Beuham started an experimental orchard here with 500 trees. In 1894, he planted an additional 4,000 apple and pear trees by contracting with the Stark Brothers.

In the late 1890s, wholesale fruit dealers Franklin Newhall and son, Benjamin, from Chicago, Illinois, purchased land on the island for a large-scale commercial orchard.

They bought the former Beuham-Stark orchard, and by 1900 controlled 8,350 acres, more than half the island.

They grew cherries, pears, plums, and apricots. But apples, An apple packing crew poses outside the Newhall storage barn on North Manitou Island around 1910.

their most important cash crop, earned Franklin Newhall the title, “Apple King.” In the early 1920s, the Newhalls lost their island property to men who held their mortgage and formed the Manitou Island Syndicate, later the Manitou Island Association, who continued fruit production as an agricultural focus.

LEELANAU HISTORICAL SOCIETY

36 X 48 INCHES | 28% OF ACTUAL SIZE | march 2023 | SLBE | Wayside Exhibit 207B