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Michigan Supreme Court affirms public walking access below the high-water mark

Also Breaking News You Can Come Out of the Water 2005

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TypeEvent
Date2005-07-29
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
2005-07-29
Kind
Legal proceeding
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Modern era
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Summary

The August 2005 Beaver Beacon reported that on July 29 the Michigan Supreme Court affirmed the public’s right to walk on private beaches between the water’s edge and the high-water mark.

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This record preserves the Beacon’s brief legal-news summary; it does not identify the case, parties, statutory basis, or full scope of the ruling.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, August 2005, "Breaking News: You can come out of the Water."
    Reports that the Michigan Supreme Court affirmed the public's right to walk on private beaches between the water's edge and the high-water mark. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-08_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the legal-news item.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-08_Beaver-Beacon

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Michigan Supreme Court affirms public walking access below the high-water mark”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-beach-access-supreme-court-ruling-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 2005, "Breaking News: You can come out of the Water." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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