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North Fox Island state purchase, 2000 plan account

Also 2000 North Fox Island state acquisition

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TypeEvent
Date2000
WithinBeaver Island archipelago
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2000
Kind
Property transfer
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
conservationgovernanceland-survey
Within
Beaver Island archipelago

Summary

The 2017 MDNR management plan reports that North Fox Island was purchased by the State of Michigan in 2000 using Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund and Land Exchange Facilitation Fund dollars. It describes North Fox as completely state owned at the time of the plan.

Evidence and limits

This event preserves the plan’s dated acquisition summary and its funding-source description. It does not substitute for the purchase agreement, deed, closing date, parcel-level boundaries, later encumbrances, current ownership status, or public-access authority.

See also

Sources

  1. The plan states that North Fox is completely state owned and was purchased in 2000 with Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund and Land Exchange Facilitation Fund dollars. This is a retrospective plan summary, not a purchase agreement, closing record, deed, title history, parcel boundary, or current access determination.
    research · island_farming · sources · mdnr_northern_lake_michigan_islands_plan_2017

Added 2 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “North Fox Island state purchase, 2000 plan account”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/north-fox-island-state-purchase-2000/, accessed [date], citing Michigan Department of Natural Resources, *Management Plan for State-owned Lands on Northern Lake Michigan Islands* (February 2017), p. 13..

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