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		Featured Photo 2012#1 Click on photo for full view and details. Crystal Lake Watershed GIS Map Click on image for a much larger view Welcome to the Crystal Lake & Watershed Association (CLWA), a nonprofit (501c3) organization of concerned local citizens and environmental professionals committed to protecting the integrity of Crystal Lake, Benzie County, Michigan, for the enjoyment of future generations.   UPCOMING EVENTS (Also see our Calendar page for all events throughout the year.) 8-26-2011   The "Tragedy" / "Comedy" of Crystal Lake, and the Role of Archibald Jones: A Benzie County Heritage. Speaker: Dr. Stacy L. Daniels, 7:00 PM, Darcy Library, Beulah. 8-27-2011   Archibald Jones Day (the 200th Birthday Celebration), 10:30 AM to 2:00 PM, Downtown Beulah. See this flyer for more information.   ANNOUNCEMENTS   The Fall 2011 Crystal Lake "Walkabout" Interpretive Manual is available here.   An updated version of the presentation – The "Tragedy"' and the "Comedy" of Crystal Lake, and the Role of Archibald Jones – by Stacy L. Daniels, is available here.   The latest bylaws for the CLWA, as amended in 2008, are now available here.   The 2011 Spring/Summer edition of our "Crystal Whitecaps" newsletter is now available here.   We have renamed our Watershed Wear to Watershedware, and now have many CLWA products available.   We are seeking photos to feature the many wonderful aspects of Crystal Lake in Benzie County, Michigan; its beauty, uniqueness, and intriguing nature. Please see here for details.   Crystal Lake Boating Access (MDNRE) – Current Status November 6, 2011 update: Paving crews began applying asphalt to the parking lot and interior roads at the site. See our "Crystal Lake Boating Access Site" page for more details of the periodic updates and pictures by CLWA members.   CLWA Receives Michigan Inland Lakes "Steward of the Year" Award for 2010 See here for more details. Google Search This Site   Web Please contact us with any comments, questions, or suggestions.   Crystal Lake & Watershed Association P.O. Box 89, Beulah, MI 49617 Phone: (231) 882-4001 FAX: (231) 882-7810 Email Us ”Prologue” to Crystal Lake The sun awaits its birth o'er the quiet Lake   A glow behind the night, yet to dispense the dark.     The lightening hills, still ghostly, anticipating dawn       But peace still reigns; contentment lies within my heart. And as I stroll along the rippled sands   Peace walks with me – I wait and sigh     For that beckoning voice beneath the ripple of the waves       To tell me, "Be ye still, for God is neigh." And so, yet lovely Lake, I pour forth to you   This message from my soul, no longer ache     Forever after me as I depart this life.       Remembering your calm inspiration, Crystal Lake. -- Stacy L. Daniels (Aug. 29, 1937 - )