Summary

Lake Geneserath Public Access is a public boat-launch and recreation site listed in the Beaver Island recreation-facilities inventory. The inventory places it off East Side Drive at the south end of the island and describes an outhouse and trail as well as the lake access. A later DNR–Peaine lease names Lake Geneserath Boat Access & Campground among the leased sites.

Evidence and limits

The sources establish a road-linked access designation, not a surveyed facility boundary, easement, construction history, or current condition. A 2020 forum discussion adds a qualified report of a hand pump at a Peaine Township park on East Side Drive, but does not prove that it belongs to this access site or that the water is potable.

Open questions

What parcel and access record define the site?
Does the current DNR–Peaine lease still govern it?
Can a current map resolve its point or polygon geometry?

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

The dated record

2 dated events · 2000–2026These years on the timeline →

Sources

Peaine Township, “Lake Geneserath & Fox Lake accss sites,” Beaver Island Forum, May 11, 2018.
A Peaine Township notice said onsite boat storage was not permitted at the public access sites on Lake Geneserath and Fox Lake and asked users to remove boats before Memorial Day. This is a first-party seasonal rule notice, not a parcel, easement, or current-condition record.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 13 · t013061
Pat B. and participants, “Water,” Beaver Island Forum, July 19–25, 2020.
A participant identified a hand pump at the Peaine Township park on East Side Drive as a water source. The thread does not formally identify the park as this Lake Geneserath access site, establish the pump’s exact location or condition, or certify the water as potable; it is retained as a qualified location clue.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 15 · t015448
OpenStreetMap, East Side Drive and Lake Geneserath water features, downloaded 2026-08-06.
Nearest East Side Drive-to-water point used as an approximate access proxy because the recreation inventory places the launch off East Side Drive; it is not a surveyed access parcel or launch footprint.
osm · roads
Beaver Island Resilient Master Plan, recreation-facilities inventory (2017).
The inventory lists Lake Geneserath Public Access off East Side Drive at the south end of the island, with a public boat launch, large fishing lake, outhouse, and trail. It does not establish a parcel boundary, exact access point, easement, construction date, or current condition.
planning · beaver_island_master_plan · 2017-beaver-island-resilient-master-plan-8cbeebcd
State of Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Peaine Township, public-recreation lease, effective 2019–2048.
Names Lake Geneserath Boat Access & Campground among five DNR-leased Peaine public-recreation sites; it does not independently resolve the access geometry or current condition.
research · island_governance · peaine-lake-geneserath-dnr-lease

Added 2 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Lake Geneserath Public Access”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/places/lake-geneserath-public-access/, accessed [date], citing Peaine Township, “Lake Geneserath & Fox Lake accss sites,” Beaver Island Forum, May 11, 2018. (and 4 further sources listed on the page).

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