Bending Boathouse in the Green: Marquette Founding-father's remote century-old wooden boat house returns to nature on edge of wild rice and water lilies
Overwhelming green - of all shades - make the perfect background for this boathouse that is returning to whence it came - nature.
The bending boathouse was built by one of Marquette's founding fathers more than a century ago on the edge of a small Lake Superior tributary in remote Alger County that's one of seven secret sites where the restoration of the Upper Peninsula's wild rice crop is entering its fourth summer.
Wild Rice disappeared from northern Michigan about 100 years ago due to logging and many other problems - and is making a triumphant return thanks to the Manoomin Project that pairs at-risk teens just sentenced in juvenile court with American Indian guides.
Manoomin means wild rice in Ojibwa.
The teens learn respect for themselves, nature and others.
Just out of the frame are about two dozens teenagers participating in a wild rice survey that tests water conditions to determine the perfect growing conditions for the grain that is vital for American Indian ceremonies.
The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, which supports the Manoomin Project, may soon be able to harvest the wild rice.
Over a ton of wild rice seeds have been planted and the fourth planting will be held in during a 48-hour window in mid to early September 2007. (Photo by Greg Peterson)
The bending boathouse was built by one of Marquette's founding fathers more than a century ago on the edge of a small Lake Superior tributary in remote Alger County that's one of seven secret sites where the restoration of the Upper Peninsula's wild rice crop is entering its fourth summer.
Wild Rice disappeared from northern Michigan about 100 years ago due to logging and many other problems - and is making a triumphant return thanks to the Manoomin Project that pairs at-risk teens just sentenced in juvenile court with American Indian guides.
Manoomin means wild rice in Ojibwa.
The teens learn respect for themselves, nature and others.
Just out of the frame are about two dozens teenagers participating in a wild rice survey that tests water conditions to determine the perfect growing conditions for the grain that is vital for American Indian ceremonies.
The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, which supports the Manoomin Project, may soon be able to harvest the wild rice.
Over a ton of wild rice seeds have been planted and the fourth planting will be held in during a 48-hour window in mid to early September 2007. (Photo by Greg Peterson)
