This resort was located on the east side of Sucker Bay up toward the north part of the bay. I know nothing else about this resort, I'm hoping that someone out there can give me more information about this resort!
From the late 1950's early 60's Chamber of Commerce map:
BAY SHORE COTTAGES - On Sucker Bay, Leech Lake,. Deluxe modern housekeeping cottages. "Best in the Northwest." Playground, fishing, hunting, boats, motors. Mr and Mrs J. V. Lestina, Box 51, Schley, Minn.
I can provide all the information you'd want on this resort! My family owned it from 1978 until 1996 (then called Bay Shore Resort). Let me know what information you'd like to have about it, or other resorts on the north end of Sucker Bay. There were 4 resorts along a 2 mile stretch.
ReplyDeleteTell me more Mickr7
DeleteDid you do the American Plan when you owned it?
DeleteI guess I’m not sure what you mean by American Plan, sorry. We rented the cabins by the week, and we did not have a full restaurant - we just had frozen pizza, etc. that we served in the lodge. We did cook up a fish fry every Thursday night.
DeleteHow many cabins did you have? What other resorts were up there? What happened to the resort ultimately? How old were the cabins? The American plan was when resorts provided the meals to their guests while they stayed there. It was much more popular when the roads were not good, in the 40's through the 60's mainly. I'm not sure if I responded to the American Plan question. Thanks for responding to me.
DeleteAlso if you have ANY pictures you would like to post or have me post I would love to see pictures of the resort. I don't know if you can post them in a reply, but if you want to email them to me, my email is kbrown.cdbeab@gmail.com
Delete@Mickr7. This was killing me. I remember vacationing at Leech Lake, as a kid, in the mid 70's. I could never remember the name or where it was on the lake. Today I found an old picture of my brother wearing a Bay Shore sweatshirt (mustard yellow with the words Bay Shore Resort, surrounded by an outline of a fish). We had only been a few times, and it was when I was very young. I remember it being magical. I also oddly remember a taxidermied bear in the lodge and spaghetti night for some reason. Not sure if those memories were from Bay Shore or somewhere else. I always wanted to go back.
ReplyDeleteWe didn’t have spaghetti night, that must have been the owners before us.
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