River Transportation
2025.01.23
Historian James Sheridan describes a canoe trip down the Kalamazoo and the various ways to cross the river including the short-lived bridge that was at the Chain Ferry crossing in Saugatuck, the old Swing Bridge, Calkin's Bridge in Allegan, the two bridges at New Richmond, the M-89 bridge at Fennville, and the Interstate Highway I-196 bridge at St. Pierre Point. A final note is about a ferry operation near the Red Banks below New Richmond at the Pottawattomie Lodge hunting camp operated Gib Johnson and George Tisdale's ferry Isobel that crossed Kalamazoo Lake between the west shore and the foot of Butler Street.
Transportation: waterTransportation: bridges
Winthers, Sally
2025.01
Found in Collection
Sheridan, James E. 1909-1996
circa 1963
Digital data in CatalogIt
Bridge, Blue Star Highway 1936Bridge, prior to Chain Ferry in 1836Bridge, Swing and Causeway 1902/Drawbridge 1870 or 1868Pier Marina/Saugatuck Marine 1947-1970sInterstate Highway I-196 c1963-presentSt. Pierre Farm/Resort/St. Pierre PointBridge, New Richmond Swing and ParkPottawatomie Club c1906Tisdale, George B. 1874-1961Red Banks997 Lake/East Shore Harbor Condominums/Causeway/MillWest Shore Marine/West Shore Ferry landing/Tisdale Boat Livery
Kalamazoo LakeKalamazoo River
06/19/2025
06/19/2025