Beach Glass Great Lakes
The dates for 2021 have not yet been released for the great lakes beach glass coastal arts festival but keep an eye on this website for details as 2021 draws closer.
Beach glass great lakes. Sea glass photo by j mchenry. The photos reveal the type of sea glass that you might find on the particular great lakes beach. As an east and west coast sea glass hunter i never considered the great lakes as a source for sea glass. A rare pattern of sea pottery a red sliver or purple jellybean of glass.
Lake michigan has provided some terrific finds and a few instagram accounts i follow have shown me that lake erie is magnificent for beach glass hunting too. Pick up locations are to be determined. However if you re excited about finding beach glass now that i ve mentioned it you ll find additional festivals focused on beach glass by visiting this website. This year the two day event will focus on the great lakes.
However we can t guarantee that you ll find the quantity or quality of reported sea glass on beaches that lin and i haven t visited personally. That is until i attended my first sea glass festival in erie pennsylvania on the shores of lake erie home to a thriving society of sea glass collectors. The north american sea glass festival is coming to sawmill creek resort in huron in august. It seems as though older beaches that are near old factories or old industrial areas tend to produce some amazing beach glass finds.
Great lakes beach glass reports. What better way to go to the festival then on a bus with other beach glass lovers. These beach reports were submitted in the most part by you our viewers. 2019 great lakes beach glass coastal arts festival.
Lake erie is a bastion of beach glass. Collecting beach glass or sea glass if you find it at the ocean is meditation for thousands of beachcombers who walk the shores hoping to find treasure.