GLO survey plat, T38N R12W, Beaver archipelago (originals approved c. 1849, Lucius Lyon surveyor general; 'BIG BEAVER I.' / 'GARDEN ISLAND' labels).
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A single-page black-and-white survey plat shows a small outlined landform near the upper left, a large open water area, boundary and section markings, handwritten annotations, and a tall tabular register along the right side. Printed notes, a survey table, marginal marks, and cursive text appear along the bottom edge.
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Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office records
1 page · PDF · 418 KB
Subjects and keywords
Text in the image
Transcribed from the object itself.
Township No 38 N. Range No 12 W. Mer. Mich. Gull Island. Lake Michigan.
Taken from the record
Not observed in the image — supplied by the archive's own catalogue, and repeated here so the two stay distinguishable.
Catalogue record identifies this as a GLO original survey plat for T38N R12W in the Beaver archipelago, held by the Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office records. The record states that the original was approved circa 1849 and identifies Lucius Lyon as surveyor general; it also reports the labels “BIG BEAVER I.” and “GARDEN ISLAND.”
Could not make out
Stated rather than guessed at.
Small handwritten and tabular entries along the right and bottom margins are not fully legible.
Rights and credit
Public domain (U.S. federal survey record, served by Michigan DNR)
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Provenance
- Held by
- Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office records
- Collection
- GLO original survey plats
- Original
- https://www.dnr.state.mi.us/spatialdatalibrary/pdf_maps/glo_plats/charlevoix/38n12w.pdf
- Copy taken
- 2026-07-31
- Title from
- the note recorded at retrieval
The file
| Rendition | Format | Extent | Size | SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Master | 1 page | 418 KB | 0938f0311b65… |
Checksums are the values recorded when each copy was taken.
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- The full-resolution original, from Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office records418 KB · PDF
The archive holds its own copy of that file and will supply it on request; it is not re-served here, because the holder serves it better and a second copy is a second thing to go stale.
Cite this
“GLO survey plat, T38N R12W, Beaver archipelago (originals approved c”. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office records. Beaver Island Archive, https://beaverislandarchive.org/media/map/38n12w/. copy retrieved 2026-07-31.
Built only from what the archive recorded: the names on the record, the title as recorded, the date if one was recorded, this page, and the date the copy was taken. Nothing is filled in to satisfy a citation style.