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Update 5/28/2025 from John Grogan: I rode on the Paddle Princess as a child, and still have video from the early 1970s of it. It was located at the Water Wheel (an ice cream shop and tourist trap) at the M22 bridge over the Platte River (NE "corner"). Tipsy Canoes is a new development at the US 31 bridge over the Platte - about 4-5 miles upstream and unrelated to the Paddle Princess.
When the US Park Service bought Sleeping Bear from the State of Michigan in 1975, there were three different shops at the M22 Bridge over the Platte River: Riverside canoes, Casey's and the Water Wheel. The Park Service demolished the Water Wheel and Casey's and has spent the last 50 years removing the many vacation homes and most other traces of development in that area. Riverside Canoes endures under a Park Service contract. Love your website and hope this helps!
This was an hourly riverboat ride on the Platte River in Beulah. As of 2022 I think the old boat is gone. I pulled the address from the brochure but that would put it very close to the Cherry Bowl Drive-In which doesn't make much sense. Maybe the numbering changed over the years but I would think this place would have been closer to the river, like where Tipsy Canoe Rental & Brew sits as of 2024. Or, near Sleeping Bear Riverside Cabins. Maybe one of those was where "Miller's" was, as mentioned on the post card?