Cruise Through History – Saugatuck History by River and Lake

About the Event

Cost: $50

All aboard! Join the Saugatuck-Douglas History Center on the Star of Saugatuck for a guided historical boat tour along the Kalamazoo River, exploring the ghost town of Singapore on May 27 on the 12:30 pm sailing!

Your guide, History Center Director Eric Gollannek, will lead you on a journey back in time more than 150 years ago when the lumber mills at Singapore operated…and closed for good in the fall of 1875.

The one-hour and thirty-minute sailing on the Star of Saugatuck will allow attendees to see history where it happened, offering views of the site of Singapore (established 1836), the modern river channel opened in 1906, and, weather permitting, a short trip into Lake Michigan. Learn more about the facts and fictions surrounding Michigan’s lumber town and how it came to become one of Michigan’s most famous ghost towns.

Space is limited, and tickets are available online for $50 per person. Each attendee will receive one drink ticket for a free beverage (beer, wine, or NA drink). Drinks and concessions will also be available for (cash-only) purchase on board during the tour experience.

Tickets for this event support the Saugatuck-Douglas History Center.