Saturday, March 17, 2012

If you seek a fisherman's shrine...

                  NATIONAL TROUT MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN, KALKASKA, MICHIGAN  
Fisherman Shrine, located in the main district of Kalakaska, Michigan.  The fountain, symbolic
of Michigan's Official State Fish, the Brook Trout, is 18-feet high and and the Brook Trout is
17-feet long.  Fountain has wash stones from nearby Torch Lake, and Michigan Petoskey stones
in the base.  The National Trout Festival is held annually, the last weekend in April, in Kalkaska.

                                                                                   -Color by Jim Crawford, 16889-C
                                                                                    Distributed by The Camera Shop,
                                                                                     Traverse City, Michigan
                                                                                   -Postcard postmarked August 6, 1968

If you seek some real fine fishing, click on the link to the Michigan Department of Natural
Resources for information on the upcoming fishing season in our fair State.

                                                      www.michigan.gov/dnr

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