Dunbar Series: Coyote LbNA #49212 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Swimming Butterfly  |
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| Plant date: | Jul 26, 2009 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Barbeau |
| County: | Chippewa |
| State: | Michigan |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | jld3377 |
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| Last found: | Jul 4, 2010 |
| Status: | FFFar |
| Last edited: | Jul 26, 2009 |
Dunbar Series: Coyote
History
This is my first attempt at placing a letterbox and it is the first in a series. I have placed the box at Dunbar Forest Experiment Station, which is a 5,700-acre tract near Sault St. Marie owned by Michigan State University. The public may hike on this land, but may not camp or use a motorized vehicle. The land is often used by hunters in the fall, so be sure to wear orange during this season. Mosquito repellent is also useful. This land has been part of the university since 1925. Although this location has a Sault Ste. Marie, MI mailing address it is located closer to Barbeau, MI.
You can find out more about Dunbar Forest Station at
http://www.maes.msu.edu/dunbar/index.htm.
Directions
To get to this location from Sault Ste. Marie first take I-75, Mackinac Trail, Shunk, M-129, or Riverside Drive (depending on your location) south to 9 Mile Road. Follow 9 Mile road (left) to Riverside Drive and turn right onto Riverside Drive. There is a stop sign and a small corner store (Kik’s) at this corner (9 Mile and Riverside Drive). Continue on Riverside Drive until you reach 12 Mile. There are three houses at this intersection and it is just past the bottom of the hill. Take a left on 12 Mile (for ~1 mile) heading in the direction of the water (trees). If you go past a township hall and Bruce Township School, turn around, you went right, not left! Twelve Mile Road ends in a T after a mile or so. At the T, turn right onto Nicolet for about a tenth of a mile feet. Next turn left onto E 12 Mile Road. Go over the bridge and continue strait until Scenic Drive appears on your right (exactly 2 miles after you turned onto 12 Mile for the first time). If you hit the water, you have gone too far. Proceed two tenths of a mile down Scenic Drive and on your left you will find a gated tail head. Park there.
From the south take I-75 north to the Gains Highway Exit, past Kinross. Turn right and follow Gains Highway until it ends at Tone Road. Turn left onto Tone Rode and follow it until you come to a stop sign (there is a gas station here and a park and ride across the road). Turn left onto M-129. After about 3 miles turn right onto 15 Mile Road (a paved road- if you turn the wrong way you will be on a dirt road). Follow 15 Mile past the stop sign where it intersects Riverside Drive (the post office is here) and continue on until you reach the stop sign at Scenic Drive. Note if you continue on you will drive into the river, hence, you are unlikely to miss this turn. You may however, find this a good place to stop for lunch or dinner. From 15 mile Road make a left onto Scenic Drive. You will drive strait passing 13 Mile, after which the road becomes dirt. Within a few hundred yards of passing 13 Mile Road you will cross the Charlotte River. At this point you will make a left onto Scenic Drive (from Scenic Drive!). You will pass two houses and continue down a winding road (great fall color tour) for 1 mile, upon which point you shall find a gated trailhead on the right side of the road.
To get to this location from Barbeau, follow Scenic Drive north towards the Dunbar Boat Launch (between 12 and 13 mile). Cross the Charlotte River (brown) and turn left at the four way intersection of Scenic Drive and Scenic Drive, immediately once you have crossed the bridge. Go one mile, traversing all of the curves and landing on the strait away. There will be a green gated trail on the right hand side of the road. Park at the trail head.
Clues
1. Starting directly in front of the gate proceed 164 paces to a culvert.
2. Move 45 paces forward to a good place to sit.
3. Onward 127 paces until you find two fallen brothers with not a limb between them.
4. Walk between the brothers and continue on a short distance until you reach the truncated skeleton of their cousin. Note that you should land in a small clearing.
5. Turn 90 degrees, so as to face the road.
6. I am hiding under the carpet in the center of a great place to hide from the rain.
History
This is my first attempt at placing a letterbox and it is the first in a series. I have placed the box at Dunbar Forest Experiment Station, which is a 5,700-acre tract near Sault St. Marie owned by Michigan State University. The public may hike on this land, but may not camp or use a motorized vehicle. The land is often used by hunters in the fall, so be sure to wear orange during this season. Mosquito repellent is also useful. This land has been part of the university since 1925. Although this location has a Sault Ste. Marie, MI mailing address it is located closer to Barbeau, MI.
You can find out more about Dunbar Forest Station at
http://www.maes.msu.edu/dunbar/index.htm.
Directions
To get to this location from Sault Ste. Marie first take I-75, Mackinac Trail, Shunk, M-129, or Riverside Drive (depending on your location) south to 9 Mile Road. Follow 9 Mile road (left) to Riverside Drive and turn right onto Riverside Drive. There is a stop sign and a small corner store (Kik’s) at this corner (9 Mile and Riverside Drive). Continue on Riverside Drive until you reach 12 Mile. There are three houses at this intersection and it is just past the bottom of the hill. Take a left on 12 Mile (for ~1 mile) heading in the direction of the water (trees). If you go past a township hall and Bruce Township School, turn around, you went right, not left! Twelve Mile Road ends in a T after a mile or so. At the T, turn right onto Nicolet for about a tenth of a mile feet. Next turn left onto E 12 Mile Road. Go over the bridge and continue strait until Scenic Drive appears on your right (exactly 2 miles after you turned onto 12 Mile for the first time). If you hit the water, you have gone too far. Proceed two tenths of a mile down Scenic Drive and on your left you will find a gated tail head. Park there.
From the south take I-75 north to the Gains Highway Exit, past Kinross. Turn right and follow Gains Highway until it ends at Tone Road. Turn left onto Tone Rode and follow it until you come to a stop sign (there is a gas station here and a park and ride across the road). Turn left onto M-129. After about 3 miles turn right onto 15 Mile Road (a paved road- if you turn the wrong way you will be on a dirt road). Follow 15 Mile past the stop sign where it intersects Riverside Drive (the post office is here) and continue on until you reach the stop sign at Scenic Drive. Note if you continue on you will drive into the river, hence, you are unlikely to miss this turn. You may however, find this a good place to stop for lunch or dinner. From 15 mile Road make a left onto Scenic Drive. You will drive strait passing 13 Mile, after which the road becomes dirt. Within a few hundred yards of passing 13 Mile Road you will cross the Charlotte River. At this point you will make a left onto Scenic Drive (from Scenic Drive!). You will pass two houses and continue down a winding road (great fall color tour) for 1 mile, upon which point you shall find a gated trailhead on the right side of the road.
To get to this location from Barbeau, follow Scenic Drive north towards the Dunbar Boat Launch (between 12 and 13 mile). Cross the Charlotte River (brown) and turn left at the four way intersection of Scenic Drive and Scenic Drive, immediately once you have crossed the bridge. Go one mile, traversing all of the curves and landing on the strait away. There will be a green gated trail on the right hand side of the road. Park at the trail head.
Clues
1. Starting directly in front of the gate proceed 164 paces to a culvert.
2. Move 45 paces forward to a good place to sit.
3. Onward 127 paces until you find two fallen brothers with not a limb between them.
4. Walk between the brothers and continue on a short distance until you reach the truncated skeleton of their cousin. Note that you should land in a small clearing.
5. Turn 90 degrees, so as to face the road.
6. I am hiding under the carpet in the center of a great place to hide from the rain.