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Campmaster:
Nola
390 East Tyler Road
Muskegon,Michigan 49445
(231)-766-2209
 
Dog Star Ranch
Boarding & Daycare for your pet
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Two parks for the price of one! Michigan’s largest amusement park and water park with over 50 rides and attractions including Shivering Timbers, Funnel of Fear, Hydroblaster, RipCord, Go-Karts, three wave pools, water slides, thrill rides, and kiddie rides. Food stands, miniature golf, and gift shops provide a whole summer of fun for all ages.
Michigan’s only Snoopy Boutique. Catered events available.
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USS Silversides (SS 236)
Channel, Muskegon Lake-Lake Michigan, Fulton and Bluff Streets
Muskegon, Michigan
Muskegon County
- National Historic Landmark, listed January 14, 1986
- National Register, listed October 18, 1972
- 1941, The USS Silversides was launched at Mare Island Naval Yard, California,
August 26.
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USS Silversides was launched at Mare Island Naval Yard, California, on August
26, 1941. She is a fleet-type submarine (built to maintain fleet speeds averaging 17
knots) of the Gato (Drum) class.
In the conflict against Japan in World War II, the role and importance of the submarine
forces of the United States cannot be overestimated. American submarines sank more than
600,000 tons of enemy warships and more than 5,000,000 tons of merchant shipping, thus
destroying much of Japan's ocean commerce. This was accomplished by a force that never
numbered more than two percent of naval personnel engaged in the war. The American
submarine war against Japan created a blockade that denied her the oil, iron ore, food,
and other raw materials she needed to continue to fight. By 1945 this submarine war made
it impossible for any Japanese ship to sail the ocean. Without this commerce and the raw
materials it supplied to her war effort, Japan found it impossible to continue the war
outside of the homeland. No other WWII submarine remains that sank more ships than the USS
Silversides.
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S.S. Milwaukee Clipper
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Grand Trunk Carferry Dock
Muskegon, Michigan
Muskegon County
- National Historic Landmark, listed April 11, 1989
- 1905, built as the S.S. Juaniata
- 1915, sold to Great Lakes Transit Corporation
- 1936, laid up
- 1940, purchased by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, rebuilt and
renamed the S.S. Milwaukee Clipper
- 1970, laid up at Muskegon
- 1977,
sold to the Illinois Steamship Company, towed to Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin,
and later to Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois
- 1998,
moved to Muskegon
Built
in 1905, and substantially rebuilt in 1940, the steamship S.S. Milwaukee
Clipper is the oldest United States passenger steamship on the Great
Lakes. The ship was originally built as the S.S. Juaniata by the
American Shipbuilding Company for the Anchor Line of the Erie and Western
Transportation Company, a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Juaniata
worked for the Anchor Line until 1915 when an anti-monopoly act was passed
forbidding railroads to own steamships. It was sold to the Great Lakes
Transit Corporation and continued to carry passengers and freight on the
Great Lakes until 1936, when increased safety regulations caused it to be
laid up or face substantial rebuilding. The ship was purchased in 1940 by
the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company who rebuilt it to surpass safety rules
and standards of accommodation, and was given the new name S.S. Milwaukee
Clipper as well as a new, more modern appearance. It was put back into
service in 1941 carrying passengers and a cargo of strictly automobiles
between Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Muskegon, Michigan. Service continued
until 1970, when it was laid up at Muskegon. In 1977 the vessel was sold
to the Illinois Steamship Company and towed to Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin, and
later to Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois. While in Chicago, it served as a
restaurant and nightclub for several years. In 1998 it was moved to
Muskegon, and is currently open for tours, banquets, concerts, a bed and
breakfast facility, and a maritime history learning center.
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The Hackley & Hume Historic Site
Muskegon, Michigan
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©Joe Jackson Photography, 1998
Hours:
Wednesday - Sunday
May 26 -September 30
Noon to 4:00 p.m.
Special Hours between Thanksgiving and Christmas
Tours begin
Thanksgiving weekend, Friday & Saturday from 5pm-8pm.
Carriage rides will also be available to those that purchase a tour ticket.
The tours will continue ever Saturday & Sunday through December from noon until
4pm.
$3 for adults, and children 12 and under are free. Tours begin in the Carriage barn.
School and special tours by appointment April through mid-December
Located near downtown Muskegon
At the corner of Sixth St and Webster (Business Route US 31 South)
Parking is available on Sixth St.
Admission is $3 for adults. Children 12 and under are free.
(231) 722-0278
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