- Intersects
- Buff-Kett Road · Sloptown Road
- Coordinates
- 45.7043° N, 85.5707° WGoogle Maps: Protar's Tomb RoadDownload KML
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- transportationtoponymy
- Within
- Beaver Island archipelago
Summary
Protar’s Tomb Road 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 225 m. It meets two 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.
Open questions
- Does this road correspond to the trail gate at Protar’s Tomb that Peaine Township’s trail guide names as the drivable southern end of Kuebler Trail, or is it a separate access route to the tomb?
- Who holds the right-of-way to a road that terminates at a historical- society memorial — is public vehicle access to Protar’s Tomb established, or only pedestrian access to the enclosure itself?
If you can answer any of these, or correct anything above, the archive wants to hear it — see Corrections.
Documented associations
These source-backed records provide context for the mapped route:
- Kuebler Trail — Kuebler Trail is a named, unpaved recreational trail in the south-central Beaver Island woods. A January 1971 Beaver Beacon item identifies the old railroad right-of-way through Paradise Valley that Karl Kuebler had brushed out in fall 1970 and thanks him for “Kuebler Trail.” Local accounts connect its northern end with McCauley’s Point and its drivable…
- Protar's Tomb — Protar’s Tomb is the grave enclosure for Feodor Protar, the Beaver Island healer and historical figure. The Beaver Island Historical Society describes the enclosure and its memorial plaque, while the current OSM historic layer maps a memorial point at the end of the named Protar’s Tomb Road. The memorial point is mapped evidence rather than a surveyed…
Research status
The local newspaper and website corpus contains exact-name mentions in 0 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 "Protar's Tomb Road"; grouped OSM way ids: 17756853. 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, “Protar's Tomb Road”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/places/protar-s-tomb-road/, accessed [date], citing OpenStreetMap contributors, roads via Overpass API, retrieved 2026-08-01 (ODbL 1.0)..
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