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Camp Interlochen staff and Pennington family members. The second picture is of a girl near the bridge over the Betsie River probably berry picking.

Lumberjacks riding logs on a log drive down the Betsie River. Note each man has a peavy for rolling or pushing the logs to prevent or break up a log jam. This tool is very similar to a cant hook but is longer and has a spike in the end for pushing…

Sigurd Baver and team "Deadheading" (recovering sunken logs) on the Betsie River near Wallin in Benzie county.

Betsie river bridge at Green Lake inlet.
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Pictures of people with fish caught in Green Lake near Interlochen. Most are from the area near the Betsie River inlet in the N.W. portion of the lake by the Diamond Park subdivision.

Pictures of sunken logs being recovered from the Betsie River in Benzie county. The process was called "deadheading" and started following the building of the Thompsonville power dam and continued into the 1940's when most of the logs were gone.

Train from Frankfort to Beulah in Benzie County beside the Betsie River.

Man & woman in boat down the Betsie River, with another man standing nearby.

Remains of the old Thompson sawmill on the Betsie River by the Interlochen Elementary School. It was the first mill in Interlochen and was later employed to produce electricity. Local legend has it being blown up by people unhappy with the water…

Picture of wooden bridge over the Betsey [sic] River.