White Birch Lodge, half an hour’s drive north from Traverse City, is cupped within the southwestern shore of Elk Lake, a narrow nine-mile stretch of turquoise water shielded from wind by a thick ...
ELK RAPIDS Rick Conrad has stewarded the shaded porch, sun-drenched beach and lush grounds of White Birch Lodge with his family for 49 years. The destination is one of an endangered species, an ...