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Gallagher Street boat launch

Also municipal boat launch at Gallagher Street

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

Locator map: Gallagher Street boat launch highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Locator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
TypePlace
Coordinates45.7517° N, 85.5150° WGoogle MapsDownload KML
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Locator map: Gallagher Street boat launch highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Locator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Place
Along road
Gallagher Street
Coordinates
45.7517° N, 85.5150° WGoogle MapsDownload KML
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
transportationrecreationgovernance
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Gallagher Street boat launch is a public-access site described in Peaine Township’s 2024–2028 Recreation Plan. The plan places it at the end of Gallagher Street, west of Beaver Island Municipal Marina North, and says St. James Township maintains an easement there.

Evidence and limits

This is a source-qualified access-site record, not a surveyed facility or title record. The plan does not identify the easement instrument, launch footprint, construction date, or current condition.

Open questions

  • Which parcel and easement document define the launch?
  • Is the launch still open and maintained under the described arrangement?
  • Can current mapping resolve its point or polygon geometry?

Maps for this place

These Atlas plates provide regional context. They do not establish a precise boundary, current ownership, access right, operating status, or field condition.

  • EnvironmentSoils, wetlands, hydrography, and terrain
  • GeologyGeneralized geology and landforms
  • HydrologyMapped water and wetland context
  • AccessMapped routes, facilities, and protected areas
  • Land surveyPLSS geometry and historic GLO patent-location context

Sources

  1. Gallagher Street endpoint used as an approximate launch proxy because the recreation plan places the easement at the end of the street; it is not a surveyed launch footprint or easement boundary.
    osm · roads
  2. The plan says St. James Township maintains an easement on a boat launch at the end of Gallagher Street, west of Beaver Island Municipal Marina North. It does not provide a surveyed footprint, easement instrument, construction date, ownership of the underlying parcel, or current operating condition.
    planning · beaver_island_master_plan · 2024-2028-beaver-island-recreation-plan-fa1f69af

Added 2 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Gallagher Street boat launch”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/places/gallagher-street-boat-launch/, accessed [date], citing OpenStreetMap, Gallagher Street road feature, downloaded 2026-08-06. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-02. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

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