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The Odawa, who speak a dialect of the Ojibwe language, lived on Beaver Island for at least 300 years prior to its settlement by more recent immigrants. [20] The region of Lake Michigan that surrounds Beaver Island has an unenviable reputation in the long history of shipwrecks on the Great Lakes, [21] and a wreck within swimming distance of the island itself has been proposed as the possible ...
During the early 1960s, the station was relocated to its present-day location along the Pine River Channel's Lake Charlevoix end. The area of response for Station Charlevoix runs from Cross Village down to Leland, extending into Lake Michigan through Beaver Island and the North and South Fox Islands, and covers numerous inland lakes and ...
It was restored under the name Beaver Island on December 19, 1868 and remains in operation. [5] The Beaver Island 49782 ZIP Code serves the entirely of the island, including all of Peaine and St. James townships, as well as several uninhabited outlying islands. [6] [7] The current post office is located at 26135 Main Street. [8]
St. James is located in St. James Township at the northern end of Beaver Island, the largest island in Lake Michigan. The center of town faces southeast onto St. James Harbor, through which the Beaver Island Ferry arrives from Charlevoix. The northeastern side of the entrance to the harbor is marked by the Beaver Island Harbor Light. The St ...
The Michigan DNR manages the northern four islands of the Research area, located in Charlevoix County, from a full-time staffed office in Gaylord, Michigan. Properties on the two southern Fox Islands, located in Leelanau County, are managed from a staffed office in Cadillac, Michigan. [3] The Research Area hosts field studies on biology and ...
Martins Bluff is an unincorporated community located on the eastern shores of Beaver Island at [ 7 ] Nomad is an unincorporated community located within the township along the southeast coast of Beaver Island at 45°35′42″N 85°30′54″W / 45.59500°N 85.51500°W / 45.59500; -85.51500
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Manitou County was an insular county in the U.S. state of Michigan, consisting of Beaver Island and its surrounding islands, together with the North and South Manitou Islands and Fox Islands in Lake Michigan. The county existed from 1855 to 1895. The county seat was at St. James on Beaver Island.