We are pleased to present our Fishtown Video, featuring YOU! We asked for recent and special photos and received over 500 submissions, featuring everything from glimpses of summer 2020 to treasured family memories spanning decades. One thing is certain, Fishtown is a place that lights up faces. Your smiles are contagious. Thank you to everyone […]
The Friends of Fishtown 5K (Virtual) July 17-31, 2021 Our 13th annual race for Fishtown will be a virtual event, allowing participants to practice physical distancing while safely uniting in support of Fishtown. All proceeds go toward preserving historic Fishtown—the place, the stories and the Leland fishing tradition. Join us virtually to Run the Race-Preserve […]
By Claire Kurnick Since the age of five I have joined my family for the packed car ride north from suburban Detroit to enjoy the bliss and peace of summers in Leland. After my parents’ divorce, my mother wanted to leave Bloomfield Hills and move north, but it wasn’t until she became an empty nester […]
Fishtown Preservation completed the Fishtown mortgage on February 7, 2019! In celebration, we declared February 7–16, 2019 ~ Love Fishtown Week! The shanty rooftops were relit* with the addition of a big red heart from February 7 through February 16. On Thursday, February 14, 2019, we celebrated this important milestone in Fishtown. We offered tributes, […]
