2017 Map of South Manitou Island OE S

About this map

Lake Michigan dominates the vast majority of this 2017 survey, representing the open water south of the Manitou Islands and west of the mainland. A thin sliver of land along the northern margin captures a portion of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore shoreline. This coastal boundary provides a precise look at the dunes' configuration and the public land limits in the late twenty-first century. The map is primarily an aquatic record, marking the transition from the deep waters of the lake to the protected sands of the national lakeshore. Its focus is on the coastal interface and the township boundary of t30n r15w.