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May 2010

	Deadly Lacrosse Game in Mackinac Straits at Fort Michilimackinac in 1763 On a June day in 1763, the commandant of Fort Michilimackinac was invited to watch a game of baggatiway between the Ojibwe and Sauk. Leave it to a Brit to assume it simply would be a polite afternoon on the lawn. Full article...
	Explorers Set Out to Find the Fabled Northwest Passage From the Straits of Mackinac In 1766, Fort Michilimackinac in Mackinaw City, was the portal to the American West. Forty years before Lewis and Clark's famous expedition, two men named Carver and Tute headed out from the Straits of Mackinac to find the fabled Northwest Passage. Full article...
	Celebrate National Trails Day at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Hit the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore dunes and trails for free on June 5-6. In celebration of National Trails Day, park rangers will welcome visitors without the purchase of a daily parking or pedestrian pass. Full article...
	Kids Up North: Paddling the Crystal River in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore When it comes to safe, family-friendly waters, Glen Arbor’s Crystal River that winds through the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is THE place to paddle. MyNorth caught up with Becky Sutherland, whose family owns The River, a livery and old-timey fun hangout on its banks, to get the inside scoop. Full article...
	Kids Up North: Rent-a-Chicken in Traverse City Makes Urban Farming Child’s Play Join the growing flock of Traverse City families who have signed up to rent a chicken from Leslie Suitor, who along with her husband Mark, started a Rent-a-Chicken, a new company that has parents and children clucking with joy. Full article...
	Chef Showdown: Local Foods - Chef John Piombo, Nonna's at The Homestead Chef John Piombo of Nonna's at The Homestead in Glen Arbor prepares Goat Cheese and Kale Spelt Ravioli with Roasted Rabbit Asparagus and Cream for MyNorth.com's local foods video showdown. Full article...
	Chef Showdown: Local Foods - Martha Ryan, Martha's Leelanau Table The owner/chef of Martha's Leelanau Table in Suttons Bay prepares Leelanau Raclette Fondue for MyNorth.com's local foods video showdown. Full article...
	The Gruesome Medical Breakthrough of Dr. William Beaumont on Mackinac Island When Dr. William Beaumont, a Mackinac Island Army doctor in 1822, realized he could dip food into a wounded voyageur’s stomach and watch what happened, he knew he was onto something big. Dr. William Beaumont’s ensuing decade of experiments changed the medical world. The life of his human guinea pig was changed from the beginning. Full article...
	Madame La Framboise Harbour View Inn Preserves the Story of a 19th Century French/Indian Mackinac Island Entrepreneur Madame La Framboise Harbour View Inn has preserved the home of Magdelaine La Framboise, a 19th century rags-to-riches story of a young half-French, half-Native American widow who went on to become one of Mackinac Island's most successful entrepreneurs and philanthropists. Full article...
	A Best Selling Author Tells All About Her Love Affair With Petoskey in The New York Times On Sunday, Ann Patchett told the world what we already know about Petoskey, Traverse City, Harbor Springs, McLean & Eakin Booksellers, American Spoon Foods and our cherry pies. Our MyNorth.com writer on the street dishes on what Petoskey has to say about it. Full article...