Fox Islands corpus record: historicmackinac02wooduoft (undated source)

Summary

This source-body record preserves one locally grounded Fox Islands mention. It is an evidence node, not an event claim: generic references remain generic unless a separate curated activity article names a source-specific activity.

Indexed context

colony, who are building considerable, making other improvements, and doing a fair amount of business; though evil-disposed persons, it ap- pears, have been inclined to harass them, for some reason or other. The soil is good, the timber excellent, and the general appearance of the island is delightful. They are situated at the mouth of Traverse Bay. Other small tim- bered tracts called Fox Islands are located near by them. “Somewhat farther up the lake, to the left of the usual steamboat course, are the Manitou Islands, two romantic and healthful resorts, where fishing and hunting may be enjoyed to the highest zest of those rural sports; the shores and forests are beautiful, the water clear and cold, and the air bracing; there is some resort to these bright pas- toral retr

Scope and limits

The audit classified this body as local because it uses a directional Fox name or a Michigan/Beaver cue. Exact-body deduplication suppresses only byte-identical mirrors; alternate OCR editions may remain separate. Check the cited source before making a historical claim.

See also

• Beaver Island archipelago