OSM islands feature: Whiskey Island

Summary

This record preserves the current OpenStreetMap islands feature Whiskey Island (relation/6063930). 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

{
  "gnis:feature_id": "1616291",
  "name": "Whiskey Island",
  "osm_id": 6063930,
  "osm_type": "relation",
  "place": "island",
  "type": "multipolygon",
  "wikidata": "Q7993883",
  "wikipedia": "en:Whiskey Island (Lake Michigan)"
}

Spatial context

The feature intersects 10 quarter-quarter survey units and 1 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

• Whiskey Island
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N11W36NENW
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N11W36NWNW
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N11W36SWNE
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N11W36SENW
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N11W36SWNW
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N11W36NWSE
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N11W36NESW
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N11W36NWSW
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N11W36SESW
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N11W36SWSW
• Michigan DNR parcel record 2041203
• GLO survey plat: T40N R11W