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Cross Village

Also Cross Village · Michigan

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Locator map: Cross Village highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Locator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
TypePlace
Coordinates45.6422° N, 85.0375° WGoogle MapsDownload KML
ErasModern era
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Locator map: Cross Village highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Locator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Place
Coordinates
45.6422° N, 85.0375° WGoogle MapsDownload KML
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
transportationmaritimecommunity

Summary

Cross Village is the mainland community identified in the January 1966 report about a proposed harbor and possible Beaver Island ferry facilities.

Evidence and limits

The source supports the community-level geographic reference. It does not establish the proposed harbor’s exact site or later construction.

Open questions

  • Which Cross Village harbor site did the engineering survey evaluate?
  • Are later authorization or construction records available?

The dated record

3 dated events · 1966–1968These years on the timeline →

Sources

  1. Names Cross Village as approximately 17 miles from St. James and the site of a proposed small-boat harbor that would include ferry facilities. This article-level place record does not supply a survey-quality coordinate or establish that the proposed harbor was built.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1966-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held six-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1966-01_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Provides the community-level coordinate (45.64222222, -85.0375). It is used as an approximate map label, not as the surveyed site of the proposed harbor.

Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Cross Village”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/places/cross-village/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1966, “Cross Village Shows Future Promise.” (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-03. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

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