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2023 Map of Bay Shore

Name: 2023 Topographic Map of Bay Shore
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2023
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2023

About this map

Horton Bay sits at the southern edge of this landscape, reflecting a quiet corner of Northern Michigan where the waters of Lake Charlevoix and Walloon Lake are separated by the rising glacial terrain of the Charlevoix Co and Emmet Co line. This area is noted for its several small burial grounds, including Indian Cem, North Bay Cem, and Dyer Cem, which speak to the deep-rooted families and early inhabitants of the region.

Along the northern shore, Bay Shore and the outskirts of Petoskey front the expansive Little Traverse Bay. The transition from the lakefront tourism of Zenith Heights to the inland agricultural and wooded sections is marked by a network of local roads and the North Western State Trl. This trail follows an older rail alignment, highlighting how historical transportation routes continue to shape the movement of people between the region's major inland lakes and the Great Lakes shoreline.