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Whiskey Island state-land exchange, 2012 plan account

Also 2012 Whiskey Island state acquisition

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TypeEvent
Date2012
WithinBeaver Island archipelago
ErasModern era
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Event
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

  1. 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.
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Added 2 August 2026. Recent changes

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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