- Intersects
- King's Highway
- Coordinates
- 45.7420° N, 85.5228° WGoogle Maps: Isle HavenDownload KML
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- transportationtoponymy
- Within
- Beaver Island archipelago
Summary
Isle Haven is a named road on Beaver Island’s current OpenStreetMap map. The
two held ways carrying that name are merged here into one route geometry of
about 197 m. It meets one other named road, recorded under intersects_road.
Evidence and limits
The name and the alignment are what mappers last entered, and OpenStreetMap is
volunteered work rather than a survey: it settles neither the right-of-way nor
who maintains the road. Where the name came from is a separate question. Plats,
road-commission minutes, and island memory answer that one. Put an older
spelling from any of them into alt_names or former_names, with the source
that attests it.
Documented associations
These source-backed records provide context for the mapped route:
- Isle Haven Tourist Court expansion, 1960 — In February 1960, the Beaver Beacon reported two nearly completed deluxe units at Archie LaFreniere’s Isle Haven Tourist Court, planned for occupancy by May 1. The same notice says Walter Wojan was completing four cedar-log deluxe housekeeping units adjacent to the court.
- Isle Haven Tourist Court — The Isle Haven Tourist Court was an island seasonal lodging business named in the February 1960 Beaver Beacon. The issue connects it with Archie LaFreniere, two planned deluxe units, and winter guests who fished, hunted, and took a sleigh ride.
Research status
The local newspaper and website corpus contains exact-name mentions in 89 file(s). Those files are research leads; the relation layer is added only when the surrounding source text establishes that the record involves this road.
Maps for this place
These Atlas plates provide regional context. They do not establish a precise boundary, current ownership, access right, operating status, or field condition.
- EnvironmentSoils, wetlands, hydrography, and terrain
- GeologyGeneralized geology and landforms
- HydrologyMapped water and wetland context
- AccessMapped routes, facilities, and protected areas
- Land surveyPLSS geometry and historic GLO patent-location context
Sources
- Current mapped road name 'Isle Haven'; grouped OSM way ids: 172691745, 17755402. This is a volunteered map record, not a surveyed right-of-way or proof of historical naming.osm · roads
Added 2 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Isle Haven”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/places/isle-haven/, accessed [date], citing OpenStreetMap contributors, roads via Overpass API, retrieved 2026-08-01 (ODbL 1.0)..
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