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Sandy Point

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Locator map: Sandy Point highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Locator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
TypeCape
Coordinates45.7050° N, 85.4943° WGoogle MapsDownload KML
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Locator map: Sandy Point highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Locator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
CapeGNIS 637232
Coordinates
45.7050° N, 85.4943° WGoogle MapsDownload KML
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
toponymytourism
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Sandy Point is a GNIS-named cape on Beaver Island. Several Beaver Island tour maps reproduced in the 1980 Charlevoix Courier label Sandy Point among the island’s coastal features, documenting continued public/cartographic use of the name. The maps do not establish the point’s namesake, shoreline history, or a distinct public facility.

Open questions

  • Who or what gave Sandy Point its name?
  • Can nautical charts or local property records define the point’s physical extent and historical use?

Sources

  1. GNIS feature 637232; feature class 'Cape'.
    federal · gnis · gnis_names
  2. Charlevoix Courier, 1980, Beaver Island tour maps.
    Multiple illustrated Beaver Island tour advertisements in the 1980 Courier label Sandy Point on maps of the island. The map labels establish geographic use but do not provide a name origin. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    charlevoix · charlevoixcourie1980unse

Added 28 July 2026 · revised 1 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Sandy Point”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/places/sandy-point/, 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).

Last revised 2026-08-01. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

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