Bob Simpson

Northwest Michigan is the land of the Million Dollar Sunsets and one of the Best Kept Secrets in the Midwest. We are proud to call this place home and relish that there are many beautiful Northern Michigan Communities surrounded by Inland Lakes and Rivers. As well as being surrounded by Lake Michigan, Lake Superior and Lake Huron.

Burt Lake is located 20 miles south of Cheboygan in the northern Lower Peninsula. Burt Lake State Park is located on the southeast corner with 2,000 feet of sandy shoreline. In the "Heart" of northern Michigan's famed Inland Waterway, a chain of rivers and lakes offers approximately 38 miles of boating pleasure.

Petoskey is a city and coastal resort community in the Northwest Michigan. With an estimated population of 5,600, The Little Traverse Bay area was long ago inhabited by indigenous peoples, including the Odawa people. The name "Petoskey" is said to mean "where the light shines through the clouds" in the language of the Odawa.

Bay Harbor is a luxury community that spreads along five miles of breathtaking Lake Michigan shoreline between Petoskey and Charlevoix. Bay Harbor is a fantasy destination for all visitors, vacationers, and year round residents.

With unforgettable views, world-class amenities, stylized accommodations, outdoor activity opportunities, golf courses, restaurants, spa and a state of the art 527-seat theater makes Bay Harbor a cultural and social hub in Northern Michigan offering year-round events in music, dance, theater, movies and film, intellectual dialogue and education.Bay Harbor is the perfect place to mix business with pleasure, connect with family and friends.

Cross Village is a quiet town overlooking Lake Michigan. This general area was known as Waganakisi by the Ottawa people. Cross Village itself was a village known to the Ottawa as Anamiewatigoing. It lost its importance when the Jesuit missionaries founded New L'Arbre Croche at what is now Harbor Springs in 1830.