OSM islands feature: Garden Island

Summary

This record preserves the current OpenStreetMap islands feature Garden Island (relation/2203859). The source snapshot records the feature’s current mapped geometry and tags; it is useful for finding present-day places, structures, and historical markers but is not a legal property record.

Source tags

{
  "ele": "186",
  "gnis:feature_id": "626637",
  "name": "Garden Island",
  "osm_id": 2203859,
  "osm_type": "relation",
  "place": "island",
  "type": "multipolygon",
  "wikidata": "Q5522263",
  "wikipedia": "en:Garden Island (Michigan)"
}

Spatial context

The feature intersects 173 quarter-quarter survey units and 140 held DNR parcel geometries in the current data. Those links are navigation aids. They do not prove that the feature’s historical name, current use, or ownership follows the parcel boundary.

Open questions

• Which deed, tax record, marker file, or institutional record establishes the feature’s legal status or owner, if any?
• Does the current geometry correspond to the historical feature described in the linked KB article, or only to the same name?
• Which historical maps or newspapers provide the earliest reliable location?

See also

• Garden Island
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N10W27SENW
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N10W27SWNE
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N10W27SENE
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N10W26SWNW
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N10W27NESW
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N10W27NWSE
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N10W27NESE
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N10W26NWSW
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N10W26NESW
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N10W26NWSE
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N10W27SWSW
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N10W27SESW
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N10W27SWSE
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N10W27SESE
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N10W25SWSW
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N10W26SWSW
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N10W26SESW
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N10W26SWSE
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N10W26SESE