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Dataset

Michigan DNR parcel record 19297

Also d04a0b08-8721-4ba8-bbb5-195e3184f7c8 · ParID 19297

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeDataset
Coordinates45.6256° N, 85.4879° W
WithinBeaver Island archipelago
ErasModern era
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Dataset
Coordinates
45.6256° N, 85.4879° W
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
land-surveyconservationheritage
Within
Beaver Island archipelago

Summary

This record represents current Michigan DNR parcel 19297, with reported area 0.06 acres and division/department Wildlife Division. It is a state parcel-geometry and management record, not a county tax card or deed.

The held source gives this legal-description text:

Beg 833 ft N of S line of SEfrl1/4 of NW1/4 Sec.1 (being in what is otherwise known as Lot2 sd sec) and 225 ft W of shore line Lake Michigan, E parallel with S line to shore line Lake Michigan, S’ly alg shore line to pt on shore line 783 ft N of S line, W alg line parallel with S line to pt 225 ft W of shore line, N’ly alg line parallel with shore line to pl of beg but reserving a perpetual easement to th public for road purposes upon and over the E’ly 25 ft thereof adj and parallel to sd shoreline of Lake Michigan. Sd lots to be known on Citizens Realty Co. Plat as Lots 29-30 Blk 6

The source fields are preserved as data evidence. A DNR division label can support a cautious statement about the agency’s mapped management assignment; it does not establish the full chain of title or identify a private propertyholder.

Survey joins

The parcel intersects these federal PLSS section records:

It also intersects these state quarter-quarter records:

Where a held GLO township/range sheet covers the same geometry, it is linked as well. These are spatial joins for navigation, not proof that the historical plat depicts the modern parcel boundary.

Open questions

  • What deed, patent, legislative transfer, or state acquisition record supports the present DNR status?
  • Does a county parcel/tax record provide a current owner or exemption history?
  • Which historical owner or land use occupied this legal description before state acquisition?

Sources

  1. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, DNR parcels, retrieved 2026-07-28.
    Michigan DNR parcel GUID d04a0b08-8721-4ba8-bbb5-195e3184f7c8; ParID 19297; parcel type Acreage; status A ; reported acreage 0.06; division/department 'Wildlife Division'. The layer does not contain a private owner or deed history. The identical parcel layer is also present in the consolidated /data1 archive.
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