Boat Dock, Lift and Seawall Services in Traverse City Michigan
Waters Edge Dock and Hoist offers boat dock & lift sales, installs, removals, seawalls, retaining walls, and landscaping in Traverse City and the surrounding area of Leelanau County. Call to schedule your service today at (517) 294-7476.
Waters Edge is your local expert in the marine industry. Our sales experts will custom fit you with exactly what your shoreline needs. Over the years, expanding our business has helped us become a one stop shop for our clients on the lakefront.
Traverse City is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Grand Traverse County, although a small portion extends into Leelanau County. It is the largest city in the 21-county Northern Michigan region. The population was 15,678 at the 2020 census, with 153,448 in the four-county Traverse City micropolitan area. Traverse City is also the second-largest city in Michigan north of the Tri-Cities, behind Marquette.
Traverse City is located at the head of the East and West arms of Grand Traverse Bay, a 32-mile-long bay of Lake Michigan. Grand Traverse Bay is divided into arms by the 17-mile-long Old Mission Peninsula, which is attached at its base to Traverse City. The city borders four townships–East Bay, Elmwood, Garfield, and Peninsula–all of which contain substantial suburban sprawl.
Traverse City is well known for being a cherry production hotspot, as the area was the largest producer of tart cherries in the United States in 2010. The city hosts the National Cherry Festival, attracting approximately 500,000 visitors annually. The area is also known for its viticulture industry, and is one of the centers of wine production in the Midwest. The city is home to a redeveloped psychiatric hospital and an active Coast Guard air base. Traverse City is located near the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, as well as a number of freshwater beaches, downhill skiing areas, and numerous forests. For these reasons, Traverse City is a year-round tourism hotspot, winning multiple accolades and awards. Traverse City has also been noted as one of Michigan’s top LGBT-friendly locations.
Traverse City is a part of the greater Northern Michigan region, located in the northwest of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. The city is the main inland port of Grand Traverse Bay, a long, natural harbor separated from the waters of Lake Michigan by the Leelanau Peninsula. The bay is divided into an East Arm and West Arm by the Old Mission Peninsula, a thin strip of rolling hills and farmland known for its cherry crop and viticulture industry. As Traverse City contains shores on both of Grand Traverse Bay’s East and West Arms, one cannot access the Old Mission Peninsula without entering Traverse City.
The Boardman River is a prominent river bisecting Traverse City from south to north. It also snakes through Traverse City’s downtown district, effectively forming a peninsula, and dividing it from the Grandview Parkway. The river terminates at the Grand Traverse Bay northeast of downtown Traverse City. The river’s 287-square-mile watershed contributes one-third of the water volume to the bay and is one of Michigan’s top-ten fisheries, with more than 36 miles of its 179 miles designated as a Blue Ribbon trout fishery. It is also a state-designated “Natural River”. As of 2023, only one of the five dams constructed on the Boardman River remains.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.66 square miles, of which, 8.33 square miles of it is land and 0.33 square miles is water.
Traverse City is surrounded by a substantial suburban ring, especially within Garfield Township, to its southwest. Garfield Township is the largest municipality in Northern Michigan by population. Other adjacent townships, East Bay, Elmwood, and Peninsula, and nearby Blair and Long Lake townships, boast significant suburban populations dependent upon Traverse City.
Silver Lake, Torch Lake, Bass Lake, Long Lake, Duck Lake, Rennie Lake, Arbutus Lake, Spider Lake, Green Lake, Crystal Lake, South Bar Lake, Cedar Hedge Lake, Lime lake and Blue Lake are all bodies of water within Traverse City, and Waters Edge provides services on all lakes.
Seawall Construction
As purveyors of all things on the lakefront, Waters Edge Dock and Hoist extends an array of services to complement the boating lifestyle. Naturally the dock and hoist path has lead the Wilson Brothers to seawall installation adding to their marine construction services. Waters Edge Dock and Hoist has been providing lakes side services including boat dock and lift installation, and seawall construction to the lake residents of Traverse City for over a decade. With a nuanced understanding of lakefront living, they have seamlessly woven the art of seawall construction into their list of specialities. Be it the robust embrace of steel, organic natural materials, or the finesse of fabricated elements, Waters Edge Dock and Hoist crafts a solution tailored to your shoreline’s needs.
We’re proud to offer installs, sales, and removals for docks & hoists in the Traverse City Michigan Community! We’re the most experienced lake service provider near you. Call us to book your service today at (517) 294-7476.
