Welch's Riverview Retreat Lake Superior Vacation Rental
Enjoy your next vacation at this beautiful riverfront property. It offers stunning Lake Superior views and is the ideal place to unwind and get away from it all. Located on the banks of Sand River in Northern Michigan's pristine Upper Peninsula, where clean air, water, wildlife and beautiful scenery abound. The property is open year round.
Welch's Riverview Retreat is a custom built 3000 square foot home on a 1.8-acre riverfront, Lake Superior view lot. Features include a relaxing master suite with bathroom, separate glass encased shower, marble floors, custom cherry vanity and two decks. One deck offers a stunning Lake Superior and river view, the other, peaceful views of a reflecting pond and trees. The home also features unobstructed views of the Sand River Bridge, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. Living room, dining room with gas fireplace and spectacular lake, river and bridge views, kitchen, deck, 24x30 recreation room with 15 foot L-shaped solid oak custom-made wet bar, full-size slate pool table, darts and modern electric six-person cedar sauna with shower. The outdoor grounds include horseshoe pits, fire pits, volleyball court, canoe and charcoal barbeque grill. Small pets accepted, upon approval, so you don't have to leave your furry friend at home.
Property Address: N9325 Sand River Rd., Deerton, MI 49822
2018 Rate Notes:
Nightly Rate $220
Weekly Rate $1429
Monthly Rate $5000
During certain periods, we may consider rentals under our three-night minimum. A $100 cleaning fee will be added to these bookings.
Fee of $10 per person, over 7 people.
One-time fee of $50 per pet.
Property Features
1st Level: Bar area/game Room, bathroom, sauna and laundry room
2nd Level: Kitchen/dining area with gas fireplace, living room, bathroom and 3 bedrooms (full bed, queen bed and bunk beds)
3rd Level: Master suite (queen bed) with gorgeous views and separate bathroom with tub and shower.
Beds: 2 queen beds, 1 double bed, 2 twin beds and an inflatable double mattress is also available upon request.
Cookware: Dishes, pots, pans and utensils provided.
Fridge, Electric stove, microwave, coffee maker, coffee grinder, toaster, blender and popcorn popper provided.
Towels and sheets provided.
Hair-dryers in each bathroom.
Irons and ironing boards upstairs and downstairs.
24 x 30 Bar/game room with 15-foot solid oak wet bar
Slate pool table and dart board
Six person electric cedar sauna with shower
Sand volleyball/badminton court, horseshoe pits and picnic area
Charcoal grill
Canoe and paddles
Upper and lower decks
Washer and Dryer
Wifi
Landline telephone for free local calls or long distance with your calling card.
Flat Screen TV's in the living room, master bedroom and bar area. Dish Network satellite, DVD/VHS player in Living Room.
Local Attractions*:
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore 28.1 miles
North Country Trail 28.1 miles
NMU Golf Course 8.7 miles
MQT Sawyer International Airport 26.8 miles
Lakenenland Sculpture Park 2.3 miles
Upper Peninsula Children's Museum 16.9 miles
Marquette Maritime Museum 17.2
U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame 30.2 miles
Marquette Mountain Ski and Bike Area 19 miles
Marquette Regional History Center 17 miles
The DeVos Art Museum 22 miles
Jilbert Dairy 18 miles
Presque Isle Park 20 miles
Dead River Falls 22.4 miles
Sugarloaf Mountain 22.6 miles
Ojibwa Casino Marquette 8 miles
Kewadin Casino Christmas 21.4 miles
Northern Michigan University 22 miles
Superior Dome 22 miles
Da Yoopers Innovation Museum 31.9 miles
North Country Trail 1 mile
Laughing Whitefish Falls State Park 10.4 miles
Grand Island 21.6 miles
James D Jeske Flooding reservoir (hunting and fishing) 1 mile
DNR designated snowmobile trail 417 .10 mile
*distances are approximate
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For additional information:
phone: 808.298.4998
email: welchsriverviewretreat@gmail.com
website: welchsriverviewretreat.com
Purgatory House/Road: Approach (Axis Video)
THE PURGATORY HOUSE/ROAD
Route 70 and Purgatory Road, Vincentown NJ
A nice little gem in Vincentown along Route 70. There are many legends and stories that go along with this location, we will touch on a few of them.
There are tales of orgies, animal sacrifice and ghosts haunting this location.One of the legends that attempts to explain the ghost girl (that lived in the house) was that a 17 year old girl named Maria Alacon died in a car crash in 1978 on Church Road and 541 as she was heading back to lenape High School from lunch.They say the accident decapitated her. In this crash Brian Pittman (from Main street in Vincentown) was also killed. The driver of the car lived but people claim it wasnt his fault for at the time there was no traffic light at this intersection and they were hit by a large truck carrying logs.
Maria's mother was very religious and knew of the evil sources that the house possessed and finally left the property.
Some say a girl still lives on the property. Could this be Maria? Some say the kitchen floor shakes from the captured anguish and anger in the house.The current owners decided not to tear the house down due to the historic value and the legends that surround the location.
Many people wonder why the road and this location had the name Purgatory in it.The Oxford Dictionary also states that the word Purgatory refers to streams that flow in a ravine. Purgatory Road takes its name from Purgatory Run because the road crosses the headwaters of that stream. The toponym Purgatory Run dates to at least 1838 and is generally associated with Bear Swamp. Purgatory Run may have received its name because it may have contained enough water to make its presence known, but not enough water to power a mill, thereby making it a source of suffering. Bear Swamp could have brought temporary suffering to the landowner, likely a member of the Prickett family. I am sure the swamp was quite a dismal place, although, once the owner had harvested the Cedar trees, I suspect he no longer felt the place was a purgatory.
UPDATE: THe Purgatory House caught fire and burned down in Sept of 2012. The cause is under investigation.