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.
ReplyDeleteHi Mickr7. Any chance you can give me more info on the resort? My parents bought a cabin there in 2005 when the property was being divided up for sale. A few years later they bought the lot that had the lodge on it. Any info would be appreciated and I can give you updated info too.
DeleteHi Sarah Is the lodge gone now? I’m not certain exactly where the resort was. Are all the cabins gone?
DeleteThanks for your response.
Yes the lodge is gone. It was torn down about a year after my parents bought it. It was in very sad shape and not worthy of keeping. My parents are still fixing up the cabin they bought, which still somewhat looks like the original cabin. The last other cabin was torn last summer to make way for a prebuild home. Sad to see it go. You cant really tell the resort was even there anymore.
ReplyDeleteThat makes me sad too when those resorts get torn down. We lucked out and we are leasing a cabin by the season. It’s in an old resort on Walker Bay. The cabins are pretty close to 100 years old maybe 90 but have been taken good care of. We have a nice beach covered Harbor. I feel very fortunate to have a situation like this
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