- Coordinates
- 45.8064° N, 85.3709° WGoogle Maps: Fisherman BayDownload KML
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- toponymymaritimefishingtourism
- Within
- Beaver Island archipelago
Summary
Fisherman Bay is a GNIS-named bay in the Beaver Island archipelago. A 1968 Charlevoix Courier charter-fishing article names Fisherman’s Bay alongside Garden Island Bay as an anchorage for bass-fishing excursions among the Beaver Islands. The report establishes mid-century recreational and fishing use of the name, but its wording does not resolve whether the bay was being discussed as a Garden Island feature or another island in the group; the GNIS coordinates and feature record remain the geographic authority here.
Open questions
- Can local charts or the article’s full charter-boat context identify the island and shoreline of the bay?
- What earlier fishing, settlement, or navigation sources use the name?
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Sources
- GNIS feature 626076; feature class 'Bay'.federal · gnis · gnis_names
- Charlevoix Courier, 1968, “Charter Fishing.”A charter-fishing article says the Heddon I would anchor in Garden Island Bay or Fisherman's Bay and run anglers into nearby bass waters in June. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
Added 28 July 2026 · revised 1 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Fisherman Bay”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/places/fisherman-bay/, accessed [date], citing U.S. Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System, Domestic Names (Michigan), retrieved 2026-07-28. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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