The St. Wenceslaus Confessional Shootout course pays homage to the beautiful church at the top of Setterbo Road.
Distance: 94km
Elevation: 871m
INTERMEDIATES & COURSE FILE
KOMs: Herman, Eagle, Philosophy
Sprints: Church, Pleva
NOTABLE STRAVA SEGMENTS
ST. WENCESLAUS HISTORY
In the 1860s and 1870s settlers from Bohemia came to Leelanau and worked at the Leland Lake Superior Iron Foundry and the Gill sawmill. Catholics attended mass at the Holy Trinity Church in Leland until the church burned in 1880. In 1890 the first St. Wenceslaus Church was built and the cemetery established. Ornate metal grave markers reflect the Bohemian heritage, as do the names Bourda, Houdek, Hula, Jelinek, Kalchick, Kirt, Kolarik, Korson, Kovarik, Maresh, Novotny, Reicha and Sedlacek which appear in the cemetery. The church membership doubled by 1908. In 1914 volunteers hauled bricks and other materials to this site and built the present church. This Late Gothic Revival church was completed during that year.
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