- Coordinates
- 45.8087° N, 85.5273° WGoogle Maps: Taganing ShoreDownload KML
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- environmentgeologysoilswetlandshydrologytreesvegetationplantswildlifeanimalsconservationstewardshipinvasive-species
- Within
- Garden Island
Summary
Taganing Shore is a source-defined MNFI limestone cobble shore occurrence along Garden Island’s western coast. MNFI Report 2017-11 records 117 acres (EO 20449, report p. 80; rank B, G2G3/S3) associated with Ninneegoes Bay, Bamways Bay, and Graham’s Point. The name is retained as an ecological place identifier, not as a claim that those bays and points share one legal shoreline or ownership unit.
Ecological profile
The cobble shore grades inland to coastal fen and lakeward to Great Lakes marsh. Seasonal lake levels, seiches, storm surges, and multi-year lake cycles alter the shore. Storm waves rework cobbles and remove fine mineral sediments and organic soils. The record includes small cobbles through large boulders, multiple cobble spits, driftwood, and plant debris. Wet gravelly alkaline sands (pH 8.0) mixed with organics occur between and beneath the limestone cobble.
Vegetation is sparse and patchy between cobbles, concentrating along the upper shore. Recorded plants include Kalm’s St. John’s-wort, red-osier dogwood, shrubby cinquefoil, northern white-cedar, white spruce, sand cherry, soapberry, balsam poplar, paper birch, willows, Baltic rush, limestone calamint, Indian paintbrush, bastard-toadflax, sedges, and wild columbine. Northern white-cedar, balsam poplar, paper birch, and tamarack occur as scattered saplings along the shore margin.
Driftwood provides habitat for insects and herptiles, while plant debris adds organic matter for soil development. MNFI recommends allowing natural processes to continue and eliminating clusters of non-native plants, followed by invasive- species monitoring. These are occurrence-level observations and recommendations, not a complete herpetofauna survey, current shoreline condition, or legal boundary. The occurrence is not a current ownership determination or complete survey of Garden Island’s western shore. It is not a current legal boundary.
Map status
The coordinate is an approximate representative anchor calculated from the three named western-shore areas in the MNFI description. It should not be interpreted as the location of a particular cobble segment or as the boundary of the 117-acre occurrence.
Open questions
- How do the MNFI shore, fen, and marsh inclusions align with current shoreline change and land-status records around the three associated named features?
- Which non-native plant clusters were intended by the report, and what later monitoring or control records exist?
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
Sources
- Project-generated MNFI 2017 soil, vegetation, and wildlife crosswalk, preserving MNFI Report 2017-11, Taganing Shore limestone cobble shore occurrence (EO 20449), report p. 80.Described in this archive: MNFI soil, vegetation, tree, and wildlife crosswalk, 2017.The 117-acre record follows Garden Island’s western shore and includes shoreline associated with Ninneegoes Bay, Bamways Bay, and Graham’s Point; it is not a current legal boundary, ownership determination, or complete survey of those named features. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.research · island_farming · crosswalks · mnfi_soil_vegetation_wildlife_crosswalk
- Visual page evidence held with provenance sidecar; the image anchors the occurrence description and does not establish modern geometry or current condition.research · island_farming · evidence · mnfi-report-2017-11-page-0080-taganing-shore-limestone-cobble-shore
- Project-generated representative occurrence anchor, retrieved 2026-08-06.The point is the arithmetic mean of the held representative coordinates for Ninneegoes Bay, Bamways Bay, and Grahams Point, the three named western-shore areas listed by MNFI. It is a map anchor for the occurrence, not a surveyed shoreline point, polygon centroid, or boundary. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.kb · articles · places · taganing-shore
Added 3 August 2026 · revised 6 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Taganing Shore”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/places/taganing-shore/, accessed [date], citing Project-generated MNFI 2017 soil, vegetation, and wildlife crosswalk, preserving MNFI Report 2017-11, Taganing Shore limestone cobble shore occurrence (EO 20449), report p. 80. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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