We would very much like to hear from you! If you would like to help usunderstand more about the construction, maintenance, and impact of the GreatLakes Picnic Gardens on the Sleeping Bear Dunes area for visitors and local communities, please contact us, an email link is below.

Did you visit the Great Lakes Picnic Gardens between 1967and 1997?  If so, what do youremember? Was it an important ormemorable part of your visit to Sleeping Bear Dunes? Did you visit any other tourist attractionsor scenic areas on your visit? Do you have any pictures you would like to sharewith our project?

Are you a local resident who remembers the construction ofPierce Stocking’s Sleeping Bear Dunes Park in early 1967? Did you participate in construction? Did you visit the park, or avoid it once itopened? Did you notice any changes tothe area after it opened? Did itinfluence the way you felt about the proposed National Lakeshore (positively ornegatively)?

If these questions apply to you--or if you have moreinformation you would like to contribute--please contactus! Your experiences are essential tohelp preserve this important historical landscape!