2019 Map of Bear Lake OE W

About this map

Lake Michigan dominates this coastal survey, where the deep waters of the Great Lakes meet the western edge of Manistee County. The topography is concentrated along the narrow eastern margin of the sheet, where several residential roads like Lakeside Ave and Portage Point Dr navigate the rising bluffs and dunes typical of this shoreline. This 2019 edition illustrates the modern road network at the edge of the lake, including Ivanhoe Dr and Dune Dr, providing a precise record of the developed shoreline within t23n r16w and t24n r16w. While largely a hydrographic study of the near-shore lakebed, the map documents the critical interface between the water and the populated coastal strips south of the Manistee National Forest area.