Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An arm of Lake Michigan in northwest Michigan. It is noted for its boating and fishing.
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We headed out the next morning to explore Old Mission Pennisula, a skinny, 22-mile-long peninsula that juts out into Lake Michigan's Grand Traverse Bay.
Anna Watson Carl: Eating Traverse City: Part I Anna Watson Carl 2011
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After breakfast, we hopped in the car to go explore Leelanau Peninsula, a sprawling area area northeast of Traverse City that stretches from Grand Traverse Bay to Lake Michigan.
Anna Watson Carl: Eating Traverse City: Part II Anna Watson Carl 2011
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We headed out the next morning to explore Old Mission Pennisula, a skinny, 22-mile-long peninsula that juts out into Lake Michigan's Grand Traverse Bay.
Anna Watson Carl: Eating Traverse City: Part I Anna Watson Carl 2011
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This home north of Grand Rapids sits on the east arm of Grand Traverse Bay.
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The waterfront home sits on the east arm of Grand Traverse Bay.
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But beyond that, there are old lighthouses to explore, 130 foot high sand dunes, beautiful views of Lake Michigan and Grand Traverse Bay.
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This had occurred in Leelanau County, just west of Grand Traverse Bay, sometime around 1870.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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This had occurred in Leelanau County, just west of Grand Traverse Bay, sometime around 1870.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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At last he vanquished him on the east shore of Grand Traverse Bay, Michigan, near the place now called Antrim City, but formerly by the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, it was called "Pe-wa-na-go-ing," meaning "Flinty Point," so called because there were great rocks of flint lying near the edge of the lake shore.
History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan Andrew J. Blackbird
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Grand Traverse Bay, near Antrim City, Michigan, are the bones of a stone monster that he slew.
Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 06 : Central States and Great Lakes 1879
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