stacked, photo by The Real Ferg.
Ferg took this @ Deepwater Point Natural Area. The Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy says Deepwater Point is a 15 acres property is owned by Acme Township on East Bay, north of Traverse City. The plaque reads:
In memory of Clyde H. Reed
Who along with his neighbors fought to protect Acme Township’s Deepwater Point Area – a place precious and dear to him. May we follow his example by being good stewards of this beautiful land for the benefit of future generations.
When I saw this photo, I realized that I had never shared on Michigan in Pictures something that I saw this summer. We called it the Amazing Frankfort Rock Gallery. I spend a ton of time on Michigan’s beaches, but this summer I seemed to see these rock structures everywhere. I wasn’t the only one either.
Anyone in the audience have any idea what’s behind this rock-stacking mania in Michigan?
Michigan in Pictures 
Ferg found some rock stacks in Chile.
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Cairn making is a fad I can’t wait to see fade. Everywhere you go, there is a stack of rocks. Like urban graffiti, it just says “kilroy was here” ….
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something to think about is that making these is hard. hard things take time. time spent in slow contemplation of one’s surroundings is in my opinion worth the minor disruption of a rock’s relatively undemanding schedule.
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Maybe they have something in the way the Earth
is changing , I used to Traverse City born Detroit
and raise in Gaylord ; live in Florida . Just like
the crop circles or Ufos , it’s a mystery and leave it
at that , theres not enough beauty or mystery in the
world any more , if the rock structures are there ,
there , there for a reason :) Every time we solve a
mystery , it’s not a mystery any more :)
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I have seen many of these in Canada.. I was told they are rock people/friend… Like Wilson the soccer ball that Tom Hanks used for company in that movie where he was stranded on some island.
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I have a postcard published in Ontario, Canada (Jul2008) that has an image of the stones as well as a plaque.
The back of the card states: Inukshuk (IN-OOK-SHOOK) These massive stone figures are built in the image of humans. In the Arctic, the Inukshuk are signposts marking the easiest and safest way for those who follow. They stand as eternal symbols of the importance of friendship. The difference we make today _does_ count in all our tomorrows.
end of card description.
On my trip from Traverse City, MI to Thunder Bay Ontario – close to 600miles.. after we hit Canada we started seeing these stones and we too wondered the meaning of them. In a little shop in WaWa, Ontario they had a postcard that gave us the answer. It was fun watching for them, mostly when we passed through a section of where rock had been blasted/chipped to create that part of the road. All sizes and designs.
Enjoy them, they can be peaceful!
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you will find rock building around most indian reservations…you may find structures with a hole made in the center for looking through a prayer is made during the building…my x told me this story many years ago. she was an ojibowa american indian her last name was homesky god rest her sole
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