Cruise Through History – A Singapore Ghost Story

All aboard! Join the Saugatuck-Douglas History Center on the Star of Saugatuck for a guided historical boat tour along the Kalamazoo River, exploring the ghost town of Singapore on September 29!

Your guide, History Center director Eric Gollannek, will lead you on a journey back in time 150 years ago to the day when the lumber mills at Singapore closed for good. While Singapore ceased to exist as a village after 1875, it quickly took on mythic status as a ghost town and “Michigan’s Pompeii,” a transformation that continues to fascinate to this day.

The one hour and thirty minute sailing on the Star of Saugatuck will allow attendees to see history where it happened, offering views of the site of Singapore, the modern river channel opened in 1906 and, weather permitting, a short trip into Lake Michigan. Learn more about the facts and fictions surrounding Michigan’s lumber town and how it came to become one of Michigan’s most famous ghost towns.

Space is limited and tickets are available online for $50 per person. Drinks and concessions will be available for purchase on board during the tour experience. All net proceeds from tickets for this event support the History Center.