Seeing the World’s Largest Weathervane
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| See me looking up? |
As you can imagine I have some passion around weather vanes,
or “wind vanes”, as they are known in some areas. So when the opportunity of
getting to see and “touch” the world’s largest weathervane presented itself, I
jumped on it right away.
It was really a perfect coincidence, because my husband,
stepson and I were visiting friends who grew up in Whitehall, Michigan, home to
one of my best vendors of Weathervanes, Whitehall Products. And of course,
this is also the home of the world’s largest weathervane, featuring the White
Lake Lumber schooner “Ella Ellenwood”. The Schooner Weathervane puzzled me a little,
since I figured what is sold mostly through my website (and undoubtedly other’s
as well) are the tried and true “Rooster Weathervanes”, or even the “Eagle Weathervanes”. That is what I expected to be featured there.
However, this
enormous wind vane is a tribute to the seafaring character of the region for
many centuries, as well as the local legend of the “Ella Ellenwood”, which ran
aground on October 1st, 1901 in Milwaukee, only to have it’s
nameplate washed ashore a few months later right on the shores of White Lake in
Whitehall, Michigan!
Above please see a picture of myself standing by the weather
vane, which illustrates the colossal size of this piece of art. On the right hand side, see how beautiful the gold color shines in the sun.
