The Top of The Lake Snowmobile Museum | Naubinway, Michigan
Upper Peninsula Antique & Vintage Snowmobiles
"Where the history of snowmobiling comes to life."

Important Links
Welcome to our Important Links page, where you can find great information from people who support our endeavors, support snowmobiling, and vintage sleds.

Classic Snowmobiles Blogspot

Snowmobiles of the Past blog

https://classicsnowmobiles.blogspot.com

Sled Dealers Canada

Created for Snowmobile enthusiasts; providing the ultimate resource for researching and shopping for new & used snowmobiles of all types.

https://www.sleddealers.ca

Upper Peninsula Snowmobiling

U.P. Snowmobiling is your Upper Michigan Snowmobiling Headquarters for winter recreation. Our website offers up-to-date important snowmobiling information, snowmobile trail reports, gear, and links. We are dedicated to you, the preservation of the sport,

https://www.upsnowmobiling.com

Michigan Snowmobile & ORV Association

Like MSA, MISORVA is a non-profit, volunteer organization dedicated to the success of snowmobiling and ORVing in Michigan.

https://msasnow.org/

MI DNR Snowmobiling Info

Get vital information for trail permits, designated snowmobile trail and route maps in a variety of printable and downloadable formats.

https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-350-79119_79150---,00.html

Michigan Snow Magazine

Here you will find information about the oldest regional magazine in the United States. We are dedicated to promoting the sport of snowmobiling.

http://michsnowmag.com/

Top of the Lake Communities Association

The Top of the Lake Communities Association of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan invites you to come and experience Lake Michigan, our forests and streams and our small communities.

http://www.topofthelake.org/

Les Cheneaux Vintage Snowmobile Show and Ride

The Les Cheneaux Vintage Snowmobile Show and Ride. Display your Vintage Snowmobile and enjoy a ride with other enthusiasts from Hessel to Cedarville.

https://www.facebook.com/LCIvintagesleds

Vintage Snowmobile Magazine

The Vintage Snowmobile Magazine is published quarterly by Meagher, Inc. Mike Meagher and his wife Judy took it over in 2005 and have plans to publish the magazine for years to come. Below is some of the history of the VSCA.

https://vsca.com/

906 Outdoors

906 Outdoors TV show and Discovering TV show - who have featured Top of the Lake Snowmobile Museum.

https://www.youtube.com/c/906Outdoors/videos

Top of the Lake Snowmobile Museum News Release-2023 On September 22, 2023 the Michigan Arts and Culture Council (MACC) in conjunction with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced it would be generously awarding the Top of the Lake Snowmobile Museum in Naubinway an $8750 grant for operational support during 2024. MACC uses a peer review process to award grants. More than 700 organizations across the state applied for funding. Each grant application is competitively judged; awardees are chosen to ensure Michigan residents and visitors have access to the most authentic aspects of local arts and culture. Organizations receiving a grant award from MACC/NEA are required to match those funds with other public or private dollars. The Top of the Lake Snowmobile Museum receives a great deal of donated monetary support through its memberships and visitors and plans to use these funds to match the MACC grant award. There are 141 active museum members not including lifetime members and more than 7000 visitors just last year.

The museum has plans to bring more local art-related activities to our conference room and develop a program for groups with special needs. This support will go toward the cost of wages and advertising for these activities. On Sept 20, 2019, The Top of the Lake Snowmobile Museum was awarded a grant of $12,500 for Operational Support from the State of Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA) and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA – ART WORKS). The grant was awarded through the MCACA peer review process and was one of 561 applications to compete for MCACA fiscal year 2019 funding. The grant requires a 1:1 match and helped the museum leverage the $12,500 of support from its annual income and the many donations from supporters. In particular the museum has received grants from the Graymont Community Economic Development Fund and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. It has also received significant donations from the Antique Snowmobile Club of America, The Midwest Vintage Snowmobile Shows, Inc., many snowmobile clubs, several recreational and snowmobile shows, the museum’s internal $1,000.00 Challenge, and many museum members. The grant funds will be applied to museum operating costs. Applicable costs include internal operations, marketing, travel to shows within the State of Michigan and cost of employees. The MCACA peer review process allows for each grant applicant to be competitively considered by a panel of in-state and out-of-state arts and culture professionals. This ensures the taxpayers, who support this project through legislative appropriations, and all other visitors or residents in Michigan will have access to the highest quality arts and cultural experiences. A complete list of grant awards around the state is available by contacting MCACA at (517) 241-4011, or by visiting the MCACA website at www.michigan.gov/arts