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2014 Map of Waugoshance Island

Name: 2014 Topographic Map of Waugoshance Island
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2014
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2014

About this map

Lake Michigan dominates this coastal survey, where the waters of the Straits meet the northern reaches of Emmet County and Mackinac County. The landscape is defined by the narrow extension of Waugoshance Point, reaching out toward a series of isolated landmasses including Waugoshance Island and Temperance Island. These islands and the adjacent waters of Sturgeon Bay represent a critical maritime environment characterized by complex underwater topography.

Submerged hazards are meticulously documented through a series of named features, including White Shoal, Rose Shoal, and Vienna Shoal, alongside the numbered sequence of New Shoal Number One, New Shoal Number Two, and New Shoal Number Three. This map captures the intersection of the Public Land Survey System, specifically t39n r6w, with the natural shoreline, providing a precise record of the lake's edge and its outlying shoals in the early twenty-first century.