The Neverlanding has landed.

A Canadian man's nearly 70-foot homemade houseboat, dubbed Neverlanding, a wooden-framed modular building on a platform of barrels with a singular, 85-horsepower engine, captivated gawkers on the St. Clair River and southern Lake Huron late last month and developed a fan following on social media. A Facebook fan page called Neverlanding - The Houseboat of Dreams has nearly 14,000 followers.

But all great adventures must come to an end, especially when they involve homemade houseboats on barrels, the Great Lakes and the onset of wintry weather.

Huron County Sheriff Kelly Hanson said the Neverlanding made it to Port Austin early Tuesday morning, Dec. 2. "We had been monitoring him since we heard he left Port Sanilac northbound," Hanson said.

"We took note

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