2014 Map of Fairport

About this map

Fairport stands at the southern tip of the Garden Peninsula in Delta County, serving as the northern gateway to an archipelago stretching into Lake Michigan. This 2014 survey details the complex maritime geography of the Green Bay entrance, including Summer Island and Little Summer Island. The landscape is defined by its dramatic points and dangerous shallows, from the rocky protrusion of Point Detour to the submerged hazards of Little Summer Island Shoal and Poverty Island Shoal. Further south, the map tracks the chain of smaller landmasses like Poverty Island, Gravelly Island, and Gull Island. The limited road network, consisting of Ii RD and B.25 LN, underscores the isolated character of this coastal community, where the topography of the islands remains largely undeveloped, preserving the original township and range divisions of the nineteenth-century land surveys.