This geocache is part of the US 23 Discovery Trail, a 200 mile geo-trail from Standish, Michigan in the south to Mackinaw City, Michigan in the north. Caches have been placed at significant places along this countywide corridor. You will need to answer specific questions on your passport while discovering the special locations on the sunrise side of the state of Michigan. Information and the passport can be downloaded from the US 23 Heritage Route web site under 'US-23 Discovery Trail Geocaching!' in the 'Events' tab:
http://www.us23heritageroute.org
Once you have completed 25 of the 30 + caches in this geo-trail, you can take your passport to one of the following sites during business hours: McGulpin Lighthouse, 500 Headlands Drive, Mackinaw City, Michigan or the Standish Historical Depot and Welcome Center, 107 N Main St, Standish, Michigan to pick up your souvenir tag.
Or you can mail your passport to: Denise Cline, NEMCOG,
80 Livingston Blvd Suite U-108, PO Box 457,
Gaylord, MI 49734
Note: only one tag per geocaching team name will be available. Only 150 souvenir tags were minted.
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The name "Thunder Bay" has its root in a popular legend about a Huron suitor of We-no-ka, the daughter of an Ottawa chief: One night as their canoe rocked lightly on the waters, one of the young Ottawa braves, who was a rejected suitor, was watching them with fiercely jealous eyes. He set out in his canoe and stealthily approached the unsuspecting lovers. As he drew near them he quickly bent his bow and sent an arrow whistling through the air at the heart of his hated rival. The slight noise he made as he pulled back his bow attracted the attention of We-no-ka who leaped in front of her lover just in time to have the arrow pierce her own breast. The sudden movement overturned the frail birchen craft and the Huron lover sunk beneath the waves trying to save his love. And then a rumble and a roar of thunder announced the great displeasure of the Great Spirit (Manitou.) The assassin, in a frightened frenzy, leaped into the lake - his death shriek floated over the water like the cry of a lost spirit. Then followed peal after peal of thunder - flash after flash of lightning! And the tribes knew the Great Spirit was mightily offended. Nevermore would they trust the waters of what, from then on, was known as the Bay of Thunder.
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