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GLO survey plat: T37N R10W

Also 37n10w

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TypeDataset
Datecirca 1849
WithinBeaver Island archipelago
ErasEarly American era
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Date
circa 1849
Eras
Early American era
Concepts
land-surveytoponymyheritageenvironment
Within
Beaver Island archipelago
Scanned nineteenth-century land survey plat showing a gridded shoreline map with tables and handwritten annotations.
GLO survey plat, T37N R10W, Beaver archipelago (originals approved cBureau of Land Management, General Land Office records · Public domain (U.S. federal survey record, served by Michigan DNR)

Summary

This article represents the held image-only GLO survey plat for T37N R10W. The project provenance identifies the original plat series as approved circa 1849. The scan shows a federal survey township/range title, section geometry, water boundaries, survey annotations, and a survey table. It is a cartographic survey record, not a list of occupants or a parcel-ownership history.

Direct image observations

  • The primary sheet title identifies Township No. 37 N., Range No. 10 W., Michigan Meridian, and the map visibly labels Big Beaver Island.

These observations are a first-pass reading of the scan, not an exhaustive transcription of every small label, bearing, acreage entry, or handwritten note. The PDF is cited directly so later work can verify each reading at native resolution.

Joinable survey and environmental records

The held PLSS section layer places this sheet in T37N R10W (MI190370N0100W0) and connects it to 21 section records. The circa-1800 land-cover reconstruction intersects that modern township geometry in 35 units. These are reproducible comparison joins: they make the scan searchable alongside section and environmental records, but they do not mean that every linked polygon or label appears on the image.

PLSS sections

Circa-1800 land-cover units

GNIS and map comparisons

The modern GNIS layer contributes 7 feature points and 12 name-record links within the same geometry. GNIS is a modern gazetteer comparison, not evidence that a current name was used on the circa- 1849 sheet. The 1855 Lake Survey chart is retained as an independent historical map comparison.

GNIS name records

Neighboring held plats

The held collection includes 2 cardinally adjacent plat sheets for navigation across township and range boundaries.

What it can and cannot establish

The plat can establish how the federal survey represented the township and which labels or water features were put on that sheet. It can support comparison with the 1853 Farmer map, the 1855 Lake Survey chart, GNIS, and the machine-readable PLSS section records. It does not establish who lived on or owned a parcel; that requires patents, tract books, deeds, tax records, and other residence evidence.

Open questions

  • What exact survey and approval dates can be transcribed from the primary title block at native resolution?
  • Which small feature labels can be matched confidently to current GNIS or PLSS records?
  • Do the missing field notes or patents preserve people, trails, camps, or ownership information absent from this image?

See also

The page

Rendered from the held scan.

GLO survey plat: T37N R10W — p. 1
Held scanMichigan Department of Natural Resources State Spatial Data Library, GLO survey plat 37n10w.Open the page image · Download this page

Sources

  1. The held scan has SHA-256 299901d23dcc8b04efd32d1677d641063a8c399ae433521e850d4239e37440cf. GLO survey plat, T37N R10W, Beaver archipelago (originals approved c. 1849, Lucius Lyon surveyor general; 'BIG BEAVER I.' / 'GARDEN ISLAND' labels). Image-only PDF; direct observations are listed in the article body.
    federal · glo_plats · 37n10w
  2. Project provenance sidecar for the held GLO plat.
    Records retrieval time, checksum, public-domain status, and the project source note. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    federal · glo_plats · 37n10w.provenance
  3. The plat is connected to 21 section records by matching township/range identifier MI190370N0100W0; this is a modern geometry join, not a transcription of every label on the scan.
    federal · plss · plss_section
  4. 35 reconstructed land-cover units intersect the modern PLSS geometry for T37N R10W; this is a comparative spatial index, not a claim that each unit is legible on the plat.
    state · michigan · land_cover_circa_1800
  5. 7 GNIS feature points fall within the modern PLSS geometry used as the plat extent; linked name-record articles preserve the current gazetteer layer separately from the historical image.
    federal · gnis · gnis_names

Added 1 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “GLO survey plat: T37N R10W”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/documents/glo-plat-t37n-r10w/, accessed [date], citing Michigan Department of Natural Resources State Spatial Data Library, GLO survey plat 37n10w. (and 4 further sources listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-01. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

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