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CEDARVILLE
POINTS
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INTEREST
Les Cheneaux Historical Museum. Exhibits and excellent videos illuminate the natural history development of the Cedarville/Hessel area, from Indian artifacts to lumber camps and tourist and resort eras. ...
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Safe Harbor Books. This personal bookshop has a good selection of regional, Great Lakes maritime and nature books, plus rubber stamping supplies. ...
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Les Cheneaux Maritime Museum. Boats & boat-related things in a 1920s boathouse: sailboats, canoes, rowboats, old photos ...
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Creekside Herbs. A unique amalgam of display gardens, culinary and medicinal herbs, aromatherapy oils, glassblowing and other handmade art, all based on mainly Native American spiritual thinking ...
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Michigan Limestone Operations Cedarville Plant. Pull off highway M-134 and see freighters take take on loads of limestone at Port Dolomite ...
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Prentiss Bay Marsh. Scores of nesting boxes for tree swallows are scattered across this wetland. ...
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Region: Les Cheneaux Islands, Drummond Island & the St. Mary's River
CEDARVILLE
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Like Hessel, Cedarville began in the 1880s as a lumber and fishing port. It soon became the provisioning point for summer islanders at the head of the Middle Entrance to Les Cheneaux. Since the 1950s, when Cedarville got a branch bank and hardware store, it has become the area's shopping center, with a large supermarket.
Traditionally Pickford had been the area's business center. Until recently that inland farming community had an interesting old store, Pickford Dry Goods. Mackinac Island's many horses spend their winters in stables close to Pickford, incidentally.
For a special treat, rent a small motorboat at the Island View Resort at 17244 South Scenic Drive (turn south at the river from M-134). For $40 you can get a 14-foot runabout for a day with a 15 hp outboard engine. With one you can meander among the many islands in this usually calm part of the Great Lakes and picnic on Government Island.
Back to Les Cheneaux Islands, Drummond Island & the St. Mary's River
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CEDARVILLE
RESTAURANTS,
LODGINGS
& CAMPGROUNDS
These are our choices, not ads.
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CEDARVILLE
RESTAURANTS
ANG-GIO's
(906) 484-3301
Pizza, pasta, and ample, good breakfasts like the Italian special (eggs, Italian sausage patty, American fries, around $5.99) are the big attractions at Ang-gio's. This versatile place offers an any-time steak and eggs or sandwich menu. A salad bar comes with dinner entrées. Every night there's a different special (around $9). The pizza buffet is Tuesday lunch, Thursday night, and Saturday lunch..
On M-134, 1/4 mile west of the blinker light in Cedarville. Open daily year-round from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., 7 to 10 in summer. Handicap accessible. Family friendly. Full bar.
PAMMI'S RESTAURANT
(906) 484-7844
Pammi's started as a coffeehouse and sandwich spot. Then Pammi Harrison added dinner entrées, including a very popular all-you-can-eat Friday fish fry combo ($11): locally caught walleye, whitefish, and lake trout, lightly breaded. Her light, cheerful place won a following with espresso and capppucino drinks, desserts like homemade Brownie Obsession, and a fresh menu for this conservative area, featuring wraps ($5-$6) like portobello chicken (with fresh spinach, provolone, and tomato). She makes her own sauces, so the olive burger ($4.59 with chips) stands out. All sandwiches come with a deviled egg - her mother's idea, and customers love it.
Her breakfasts also have an avid following, including gourmet french toast and sausage omelettes.
On the northwest corner of M-129 and M-134. 484-7844. Open year-round. In summer 7-9, in winter 8-8, weekends to 10. Otherwise open 7 am to 9 pm. Handicap accessible. Family friendly.
CHERYL'S PLACE
(906) 484-2384
Cheryl's offers pizza made on the premises, Jilbert's ice cream cones (40 flavors in summer), homemade soups, burgers, and subs, and some salads in a tiny downtown spot. It's across the street from Cedarville's marina park, where picnic tables let people enjoy a beautiful setting with their meal. Mushroom soup has lots of fans.
Across from The Landing restaurant. Used to be Pop's Deli. Summer hours: Mon-Sat 11 a.m. to 2:30 a.m., Sun 11-11. Otherwise Mon-Sat 11-8:30 or so, Sun noon-6. Handicap accessible: no. Family friendly.
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CEDARVILLE
LODGINGS
CEDARVILLE INN
(906) 484-2266; (800) 222-2949
This tastefully decorated, 50-room motel used to be a
Comfort Inn. It offers large rooms with phones and many extras: a 40' indoor pool with hot tub in a light, airy space; an exercise room; video games; VCR rentals; and a guest laundromat. A free deluxe continental breakfast is served in the attractively furnished lobby with fireplace, TV, card tables, coffee, and a microwave. 1 block to Ang-Gio's restaurant, 100 feet to Pammi's Restaurant. Summer rates for a standard double are typically $99, more for special events; fall and spring rates $79. Ask about winter rates. On 100-mile snowmobile trail.
On M-134 about 1/4 mile west of the blinker outside Cedarville. Handicap accessible: rooms ADA accessible. Family friendly: 18 & under free. Pets:$10.
WATERLAWN COTTAGES
(906) 484-2456
Seven totally remodeled cottages, very spiffy in an updated rustic way, have new appliances, dish TV/VCRs, picnic tables, homemade quilts, and decorative stained-glass touches. They're on a narrow 1,200-foot peninsula in Cedarville Bay at the east edge of town—surrounded by water, with good views of islands from the covered porches. Each cottage has two bedrooms and sleeps four.There's a flotation docking system and fish-cleaning station. There's a tiny sand beach and no room for trees, but there's a gazebo and cheerful flowers in window boxes. Waterlawn is near the high school athletic field with jogging, basketball, tennis, and a playground. Seldom available in July, August. Phone in office. About $800/week.
On Grove St. 1/4 mi. east of post office. Look for sign made like the back of a boat. Handicap accessible: a few steps into each cottage. Call. Family friendly: children included. Pets.
SPRING LODGE COTTAGES
(906) 484-2282; (800) 480-2282
This vintage resort, beautifully maintained, enjoys a shady, quiet waterfront location on the Snows Channel, 1/4 mile from the Les Cheneaux golf course and across the road from the popular Snows Bar restaurant. The extensive grounds with wonderful trees go down to water. The common room in the quaint lodge is open to guests. There's a sandy swimming beach and beach bonfires, weather permitting. Many kinds of boats are for rent. There's a freezer for anglers, and fish cleaning tables. Most of the 20 cottages overlook the water. They typically rent for $650 to $800/week for 4 people. Six older cottages without views are around $400 for 4. Small log cabins for two are less. Cottages, built over many decades, are continually updated. All come with microwaves, coffeemakers, cable TV, and lawn furniture. Call early for best summer availability. Walk-ins and daily rates possible in spring and fall.
On 4 Mile Block Rd./Park Rd. between Hessel and Cedarville. Look for big group sign on M-134. Open May 1-Nov. 1. Handicap accessible: call. Family friendly. Pets.
LES CHENEAUX LANDING
(906) 484-2558; (800) 466-5061
11 architecturally attractive older cottages with knotty pine or log interiors are on or near the Snows Channel, close to the Snows Bar restaurant and Les Cheneaux golf course. The setting is pleasant: woods by the road, lawn by the water. Year-round owners Mark and Esther Engle have a nifty little bait shop and store behind their house, where guests can borrow games, puzzles, and books. There's a horseshoe pit, swing set, basketball and volleyball courts, picnic tables & BBQ grills. A bonfire area is on the small beach. Boat rentals $17-$44/day. 2000 rates: two-bedroom cottages that sleep four begin at $400, four bedrooms (sleeps 10) $775. For daily rate in off-season, divide by 5.
Just down from Spring Lodge at 1158 S. Park Rd./4 Mile Block Rd. between Hessel and Cedarville. Look for big group sign on M-134. Open mid-April to mid-November. Handicap accessible: call. Family friendly: $5/extra person. Pets.
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