- Date
- 2012
- Kind
- Property transfer
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationgovernanceland-survey
- Within
- Beaver Island archipelago
Summary
The 2017 MDNR management plan reports that Whiskey Island was acquired by the State of Michigan through a 2012 exchange with St. James Township and Charlevoix County. It describes the island as completely state owned at the time of the plan.
Evidence and limits
This entry records the plan’s retrospective account, not a substitute for the executed exchange agreement, deeds, closing documents, parcel boundaries, title history, current ownership status, or access authority.
See also
Sources
- Described in this archive: MDNR management plan for state-owned Northern Lake Michigan islands, 2017.The plan states that Whiskey Island is completely state owned and was acquired in 2012 through an exchange with St. James Township and Charlevoix County. This is a retrospective plan summary, not an executed exchange instrument, deed, parcel boundary, title history, or current access determination.research · island_farming · sources · mdnr_northern_lake_michigan_islands_plan_2017
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Whiskey Island state-land exchange, 2012 plan account”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/whiskey-island-state-land-exchange-2012/, accessed [date], citing Michigan Department of Natural Resources, *Management Plan for State-owned Lands on Northern Lake Michigan Islands* (February 2017), p. 13..
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