Lovells Historical Society
The Lovells Township Historical Society has announced that its seventh annual history of trout fishing exhibit will honor the 50th Anniversary of Trout Unlimited. The 2009 feature exhibit, “The Founding of Trout Unlimited, 1959,” will open on April 25 and close on September 30, in the Lovells Museum of Trout Fishing History. The exhibit will focus on the roles George Mason, George Griffith, Arthur Neumann and other board of director members played in the origins of TU. Another exhibit on the centennial celebration of the Au Sable River Main Branch Sunrise Club will be housed in the Lone Pine School House Museum, along with an expanded display of early fishing cabins built by the legendary Ed Kellogg. And yet another exhibit there will feature the current projects of the Au Sable North Branch Watershed Restoration Committee. The museums are located on the Lovells Township Grounds at 8405 Twin Bridge Road in Lovells. Regular museum hours are Wednesdays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The museums will also be open every day during the week of August 17-25 for TU members attending its 50th Anniversary celebration in Traverse City.
