- Intersects
- Brother's Road · Donegal Bay Road · Wojan Drive
- Coordinates
- 45.7446° N, 85.5264° WGoogle Maps: Karnes DriveDownload KML
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- transportationtoponymy
- Within
- Beaver Island archipelago
Summary
Karnes Drive is a named road on Beaver Island’s current OpenStreetMap map. One
held way carries that name, and its geometry is the whole route: about 493 m.
It meets three other named roads, listed under intersects_road.
Evidence and limits
The name and the alignment are what mappers last entered, and OpenStreetMap is
volunteered work rather than a survey: it settles neither the right-of-way nor
who maintains the road. Where the name came from is a separate question. Plats,
road-commission minutes, and island memory answer that one. Put an older
spelling from any of them into alt_names or former_names, with the source
that attests it.
Documented associations
These source-backed records provide context for the mapped route:
- Beaver Island workforce-housing project begins along Karnes Drive near Brother’s Road, 2024 — The Beaver Island Association reported in October 2024 that a 24-unit modular workforce-housing project was underway along Karnes Drive near Brother’s Road, with Michigan State Housing Development Authority grant support. A November 2025 report says the first phase, The Juniper, had opened with twelve one-bedroom apartments and was accepting tenants. The…
- Charlevoix County accepts and certifies Karnes Drive and Wojan Road, 2003 — On October 27, 2003, the Charlevoix County Road Commission accepted and certified Karnes Drive and Wojan Road in St. James Township as public roadways under County Road Commission jurisdiction. The resolution describes both as 66-foot rights-of-way in Charlevoix County Condominium Subdivision Plan 140 and says staff had inspected them for new-road…
- The Juniper — The Juniper is a twelve-unit apartment development on Karnes Drive that was reported open and accepting tenants in November 2025. The report describes modular construction, ownership by Vince and Meg Ebersoldt, and an intended role in addressing Beaver Island’s workforce and year-round housing needs. The held article establishes the development name, road…
Research status
The local newspaper and website corpus contains exact-name mentions in 9 file(s). Those files are research leads; the relation layer is added only when the surrounding source text establishes that the record involves this road.
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
- Current mapped road name 'Karnes Drive'; grouped OSM way ids: 165355690. This is a volunteered map record, not a surveyed right-of-way or proof of historical naming.osm · roads
Added 2 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Karnes Drive”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/places/karnes-drive/, accessed [date], citing OpenStreetMap contributors, roads via Overpass API, retrieved 2026-08-01 (ODbL 1.0)..
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