Drummond Island - WKTV Journal

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Visit Drummond Island or check out Harbor Country

Drummond Island now has a live camera. (WKTV)

Two new Michigan destination spots added live video or virtual tours this week. The West Michigan Tourist Association added a livestream video of Drummond Island to its website, wmta.org. The stream is one of 12 livestreams featuring West Michigan locations such as the Grand Rapids Public Museum, Binder Park Zoo, and the USS Silverside Museum. To learn more, click here.

Also, Harbor Country, which features eight towns, Michiana, Grand Beach, New Buffalo, Three Oaks, Union Pier, Lakeside, Harbert, and Sawyer, along the southeast edge of Lake Michigan, announced it has released its annual tour guide of the area digitally. To check it, click here.

Run for the Tulips

Sign up for the Tulip Time 5K virtual run and then start training. Just do the run sometime between May 1 and 10 and you will receive a t-shirt and a finisher medal plus a dollar from each registration will go toward the Kids Food Basket. You must register by April 20 to participate in the run. For more information, click here, and remember to follow social distancing guidelines!

Check out the May ballot

Michigan’s Secretary of State’s office has announced that the coming May 5 ballot will “primarily” use a mail-in voting system by expanding the state’s existing absentee ballot process with all registered voters in areas set to vote being sent absentee ballot registrations. There are two school districts that will have items on the ballot, Kelloggsville and Godwin Heights. For more on how the May 5 election will work, click here.

Fort Gratiot Lighthouse (Wikipedia Commons)

Fun Fact: Lighthouses

Michigan has more than 100 lighthouses, 116 that can be toured. Ever wonder which one is the oldest? Fort Gratiot Lighthouse was established in 1825 and is the oldest surviving lighthouse in Michigan. It help keeps watch over Lake Huron at the St. Clair River.

Lighthouse of Alexandria (Wikipedia Commons)

Bonus Fun Fact

The oldest lighthouse in the world happens to be the first lighthouse, the Pharos of Alexandria, commonly called the Lighthouse of Alexandria. It was built by the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Ancient Greece sometime between 280 – 247 BCE

A screenshot of the live feed on Drummond Island. (WKTV)

By West Michigan Tourist Association

The West Michigan Tourist Association is excited to announce another new live camera stream in their online gallery, this one from Drummond Island. The live stream may be found here: https://www.wmta.org/live-west-michigan-camera-gallery/drummond-island-west-michigan-live-camera/.

The Drummond Island Tourism Association has installed this live camera overlooking the ferry dock on the island. The Drummond Island Ferry runs daily to and from the mainland, 365 days a year.

The ferry, capable of holding 36 cars, crosses one mile across the St. Mary’s River to bring cars, passengers, trucks, and semi trucks across to the island. The St. Mary’s River is one of the busiest waterways in the world. It is an international waterway, with over 4,500 cargo carriers passing Drummond Island each year.

Dubbed the “Gem of the Huron” for a thousand good reasons, Drummond Island is famous for both its outdoor pursuits and pristine beauty. If you’re looking for adventure, explore over 100 miles of ATV and ORV trails, kayak the Heritage Water Trail around the island, or scuba dive to view multiple shipwrecks. Discover the wild side of the island by birdwatching during the migration seasons, hunt for whitetail deer, bear, and small game, or fish for pike, perch, and walleye. If it’s relaxation that you seek, immerse yourself in the peace and tranquility by strolling along the beach looking for puddingstones, or soak in the natural surroundings right from your deck chair. Boaters often call Drummond Island their home port. Whatever your desire, every season is the perfect reason to experience “island life.”