The Top of The Lake Snowmobile Museum, Naubinway Michigan Email us at info@snowmobilemuseum.com |  |
New Video - Diablo 50 Mile Ride We have now joined the "facebook" crowd. You can keep udated on the very latest news there, thanks to Karen Jarema. You'll find us under Top of the Lake Snowmobile Museum. |
Latest News Flash!! Calling all Polars! In 2012 it will be the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Polar Snowmobile. With that, this is the 20th anniversary of the Naubinway "Top of the Lake" Show and Ride. The featured sled this year will be the Polar. To commemorate these landmark anniversaries, we are trying to get as many Polars to show as possible. Charlie and Marilyn Vallier usually run the show and do an excellent job, but since I just happen to own 4 Polars, and have been working on a registry of current owners, they asked me to invite all Polar owners. We thought this would be a perfect time to showcase as many as we can find. It sure would be awesome to get as many consecutive numbers as possible. With the research I have been doing, I know where the #1 is and the highest number I have found is #29. I have serial numbers 4, 5, 8 & 9. Recently I have been in contact with collectors on the east coast, and have found 4 in that area. I know of 6 in MN, 6 in MI, 1 in OH. We will do an article later in the fall hopefully with loads more information. This is just a start, and if anyone has anymore information, please call me. Plan now to join us in Naubinway in February 17 & 18, 2012 for the world’s largest gathering of Polars since they left the factory. Contact Ted & Sherry Postula, 31118 S. Tower Rd, Goetzville, Mi 49736 (906) 297-8481 email: spostula@centurylink.net Traverse City Display: Beginning Jan. 12, 2012 the History Center of Traverse City, 322 6th St. has a Winter Sports Display which includes 4 snowmobiles from the Museum. If you are in downtown Traverse City, stop by and check it out. The display will be there until the end of February, 2012. Raffles: Currently the Traverse City ASBA Snowmobile Club (and the Museum) are raffling off a newly restored 1970 Arctic Cat with a 760 JLO and Montana pipes, a signed Brad Hulings poster, and a Vintage Arctic Cat Rocker. The drawing will be March 3, 2012 at Peegeo's in Traverse City and the money will be going to the Museum Building Fund. You can go to www.asba.us to buy tickets.Thank you ASBA! The Museum has tickets for their raffle to be drawn Feb. 18, 2012 during the Snowmobile Show. There are 8 great prizes and tickets are available at the Museum. Check the Featured Events page for a list of prizes.
Coming Event! An Auction for all recreational vehicles, motors, chainsaws, cars, etc. to be held on the new Museum site on US 2. Consignment Auction - Spring, 2012 (date to be set soon) Bring your item to the new Museum site on US 2, Friday evening or Sat. am Cost: $20 if you have a minimum bid on your item plus 10% of the sale price All other items, cost is 10% of the sale price To View some items listed so far, check out www.postulaauctions.com. or contact the Museum at 906-477-6298 or info@snowmobilemuseum.com
The Michigan Secretary of State office has announced that the One-Time Snowmobile Registration is available as of 10/1/11. You will only be able to apply online at this time and the link you need is here: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/sos/SOS448_Historic_Snowmobile_App_362171_7.pdf Forms are also available at the Museum. Please call for more information.
UNDER THE RADAR PBS SHOW The Museum has hit the Michigan, Canada & northern Ohio PBS TV screen beginning April 9, 2011. A Michigan PBS show, Under the Radar, filmed at the museum in February, 2011 and it aired on the Detroit PBS station, Saturday, April 9. You can check your local stations for their listings and look for Episode 112. An intro segment of the show through YouTube is currently on our Facebook page. 7th Annual VSCA National Championship Snowmobile Show The Museum will be hosting this exciting show July 13 & 14, 2012 in St. Ignace, MI at the Kewadin Casino Event Center! Click here for more information. Currently, our snowmobile museum has 80 sleds owned by 38 people, and 8 of them have been donated to the museum, along with a variety of donated memorabilia. We have also had 6 sleds donated to the museum to use as fundraisers. All funds received from donated items at our fundraisers are then used for museum operation. All donations are tax deductible. The Museum is a 501c3 non-profit corporation. |
 | Great Events We currently hold two major Upper Michigan antique & vintage snowmobile events annually that is suitable for the entire family: The Annual Top of the Lake Swap Meet the second Sat. in Sept. (Sept. 8, 2012) and the Antique & Vintage Snowmobile Show and Ride, the 3rd weekend in Feb.(17th &18th, 2012)
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Why Donate? To continue reaching our goals, which include getting into a building on US 2, we depend on the help of people like you. Whether its a yearly membership, visiting the museum, taking part in a fun activity, buying raffle tickets, or making a donation.
WANTED: New Members! If you would like to become a supporting member of the Museum, or already are a member and need to renew your membership, call the Museum and Marilyn will set you up. The cost is $50 per year. A membership includes free admission for 2 to the Museum and all museum events, 2 newsletters a year and the pride in helping to save a memorable part of snowmobiling history. |
 | Online Vintage and Antique Snowmobile Museum Store Check out our antique snowmobile museum store and browse our clothing, hats, Top of the Lake items, memory cutouts, patches, books, children's handcrafted snowmobile rockers, and more! We will continue to add new snowmobile related items in the future, so check back often. All purchases are made securely online through PayPal.
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Building Fundraiser As of July 29, 2010 we are the owners of approximately 1 acre of property on the north side of US 2, downtown Naubinway! Someone has volunteered his labor and equipment to clear the land. This has been completed. A local logger has donated his equipment and labor to chip the trees. We now have someone to excavate the land for us. The site will then be ready for the next step to look for funding for the new building. If you would like to be a part of this great venture, please contact the Museum! We are open to all ideas and information. With all of the donations we have received of memorabilia, money and snowmobiles, we realize this has become a project of love and memories made by so many people. It is definitely not "our" museum but "your" museum. As you can guess, it will take a lot of hard work and help to build and establish a bigger and better museum. We want to make you a big part of this project. We are having donation boards made to list donors and contributors. We''ll have more information in the coming weeks and check out our New Building Project page here on the website. |
Online Antique Snowmobile Related Videos & Information We also have the video, Old Iron III by Memo-Vision, for sale. It has a segment on the Museum featured along with several other great features, which last almost 2 hours. Bud Knapp, Snowmobile Hall of Fame Historian, is available as a great resource for antique and vintage information. Please feel free to call him at 616-940-5429. He is in a Nursing Home, but his mind is still sharp. He loves to talk about snowmobiles! |
Thank you for visiting! We look forward to seeing you at the Top of the Lake Snowmobile Museum and Michigan's Upper Peninsula! |
