The shipping channel between the Manitou Islands and Sleeping Bear Dunes on the Michigan mainland presents an opportune shortcut for Great Lakes freighters, but the passage can be perilous in rough weather and has become the final resting place for innumerable Great Lakes ships and sailors.
This print illustrates the South Manitou Island lighthouse and the wreck of the SS Francisco Morazan, a Liberian cargo ship that was grounded just off the South Manitou shore during a storm in 1960. In the background, the Manitou Shoals Light - "The Crib" - can be seen marking the dangerous shallows between the islands and the mainland.
Vintage style travel art print, with original illustration and design by Brian Walline.
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Recognition: This park occupies the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary Lands of the Anishinaabeg peoples. In particular, the park resides on Land ceded in the 1836 Treaty of Washington.
Manitou Passage - Michigan Travel Art Print
Product Info
- HANDMADE IN MICHIGAN!
- Signed by the artist
- Archival giclée travel art poster
- 5 Standard sizes — Ready to frame
- Heavyweight, acid-free matte paper
- Top quality pigment-based inks
- 1" white margin around printed area
- 1.5" white margin for 8x10" prints
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About the Artist
A Proud Michigander, Brian Walline is the founder and artist behind The Mighty Mitten. Brian lives in Ann Arbor, where he works to continuously expand his series of Michigan travel art.
