Summary
Shoe Island is a small island in the Beaver Island archipelago. OpenStreetMap provides the mapped island polygon, and the 2023 Beaver Island Master Plan states that Shoe Island is federally owned and part of the Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge, administered through Seney National Wildlife Refuge of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The plan gives the island a clear conservation context, but its local history and ecology remain to be researched.
Open questions
- What are the island’s area, habitat, and nesting or migration records in federal refuge inventories?
- When did the island enter refuge ownership, and are there earlier local names or uses?
Sources
- OpenStreetMap contributors, island polygons via Overpass API, retrieved 2026-07-28 (ODbL 1.0).Area 0.00 km² computed in EPSG:3078.osm · islands
- Beaver Island Master Plan (Beaver Island, Mich., 2023), p. 91.The plan states that Shoe Island is federally owned and part of the Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge, administered through Seney National Wildlife Refuge of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.