Welcome // Tervetuloa
A PLACE TO REFRESH AND UNWIND IN THE BEAUTY OF MICHIGAN’S UPPER PENINSULA
Come relax and take in the quiet beauty of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Our seven log cabins overlook Otter Lake, a 900-acre sport fishing, paddling and boating paradise. Built by Finnish settlers in the 1930s, the cabins offer full kitchens and baths, cozy comforts and traditional Scandinavian décor.
Step back in time, along the shores of Northern Michigan…
Manninen’s Cabins have been family-owned and operated for more than 80 years.
The Scandinavian-inspired log cabins were built by Ilmari and Flora Manninen, who married in 1919 and settled on a farm at Otter Lake, near the small village of Tapiola, Michigan. They had eight children between them, and opened the first of the cabins in 1937. Their son George and his wife Ruth purchased the property in the 1950s and went on to run the cabins for more than 50 years.
The log cabins are now owned and operated by George’s youngest daughter, Christine, who is proud of her Finnish heritage and the opportunity to continue the Manninen tradition.
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Short Summer
a poem by Grandma Manninen
I love these quiet autumn days
when nature seems to pause and look behind
at the summer that has passed.
Consolation perhaps to find
for things that we have missed.
Was spring slow and loth to leave
and give way to summer joy?
Did robins have to hurry so
to build their nest in time?
And in their fussy bustling
did they have to shiver in the snow?
Were violets late, did gardeners rate,
was the fishing season slow?
Yes, the summer was short
that we know, and so we get
some lovely, peaceful autumn days
to bask in, and to count our joys
in all the sweetness passed.
For briefest joys, are sweetest,
And so the summer goes.
- Flora Kangas Manninen
Come Stay With Us
The log cabins are ideal for family vacations and outdoorsy types who enjoy fishing, paddling, wildlife and bird watching, swimming, and the peacefulness and charm of lakeside cabin living.
