Summary
Grahams Point is a GNIS-named cape at the north end of Garden Island. A December 1963 Beaver Beacon article reprints a February 1925 log of the first automobile trip from Beaver Island to Cross Village; the travelers report being “off Graham’s Point” before changing course for Hat Island. The account provides an early twentieth-century navigation and winter-ice context for the point, but does not describe a permanent landing or structure there.
Open questions
- Can earlier charts or Garden Island records explain the name Graham/Grahams?
- Where did the winter route cross relative to the point and Hat Island?
Sources
- U.S. Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System, Domestic Names (Michigan), retrieved 2026-07-28.GNIS feature 1618188; feature class 'Cape'.federal · gnis · gnis_names
- Beaver Beacon, December 1963, “First Auto Trip from Beaver Island.”A reprinted 1925 travel log places the party off Graham's Point at the north end of Garden Island while driving across the winter ice toward Hat Island and Cross Village.