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Little Sand Bay Nature Preserve

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Locator map: Little Sand Bay Nature Preserve highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Locator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
TypePlace
Coordinates45.7185° N, 85.5051° WGoogle MapsDownload KML
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Locator map: Little Sand Bay Nature Preserve 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
Little Sand Bay Nature Preserve Access · Gravel Pit Access
Coordinates
45.7185° N, 85.5051° WGoogle MapsDownload KML
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
conservationenvironmentrecreation
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Little Sand Bay Nature Preserve is a protected Beaver Island property reached through the mapped Little Sand Bay Nature Preserve Access road. A 1994 Beaver Beacon letter describes the community effort to purchase and preserve the property; a 2007 Charlevoix Courier notice directs visitors from Welke’s airport along East Shore Drive and the signed preserve drive to the parking area.

The held sources establish the preserve and its access pattern, but not a deed, final title chain, or legal boundary. The polygon shown here is the current OSM representation.

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

The dated record

3 dated events · 2009–2016These years on the timeline →

Sources

  1. Describes the effort to purchase and preserve Little Sand Bay property for Township residents and future generations. It does not establish the final legal boundary or completed acquisition instrument. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1994-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held sixteen-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 · 1994-10_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Charlevoix Courier, 2007, Little Sand Bay Nature Preserve program notice.
    Gives directions to a program meeting at the preserve parking area and describes access from Welke’s airport by East Shore Drive and the signed preserve drive. It is an access notice, not a survey. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    charlevoix · charlevoixcourie2007unse
  4. OSM way 265430827 is tagged as a nature-reserve polygon. The geometry is a current volunteered map representation, not a legal survey.
    osm · protected_areas

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

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Little Sand Bay Nature Preserve”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/places/little-sand-bay-nature-preserve/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1994, letter concerning purchase of Little Sand Bay Nature Preserve. (and 3 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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