Unincorporated Communities in Mackinac County, Michigan - Engadine, Michigan, Gilchrist, Mackinac County, Michigan, Millecoquins, Michigan (Paperback)

Chapters: Engadine, Michigan, Gilchrist, Mackinac County, Michigan, Millecoquins, Michigan, Naubinway, Michigan, Curtis, Michigan, Corrine, Michigan, Garnet, Michigan, Gould City, Michigan, Rexton, Michigan, Pointe Aux Pins, Michigan, Caffey, Michigan, Epoufette, Michigan, Allenville, Michigan, Moran, Michigan, Brevort, Michigan, Cedarville, Michigan, Evergreen Shores, Michigan, Gros Cap, Michigan, Hessel, Michigan, Ozark, Michigan, Patrick Landing, Michigan, Port Dolomite, Michigan. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 94. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Garfield Township, Mackinac County, Michigan - According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 137.4 square miles (356 km), of which, 134.1 square miles (347 km) of it is land and 3.2 square miles (8.3 km) of it (2.36%) is water. At a roadside park, approximately three miles east of Naubinway at, a historical marker was erected in 1965 to commemorate the northernmost point of Lake Michigan, which is located approximately one mile west of the park. This point is significant because it marked the original western boundary of Michigan Territory as established by the U.S. Congress in 1805. The boundary ran through the center of Lake Michigan to the northernmost extremity, and from thence due north to the northern boundary of the United States. In 1818, the boundary was extended west to the Mississippi River to encompass all the territory of the original Northwest Territory that had not yet been admitted as a state of the Union. Although the first white man may have passed through the Naubinway and Engadine area, perhaps as early as 1640, the area's recorded history did not begin until some 200 years later. The first permanent settlers to the area, the William Boucher Family, came from Mackinac Island to trade...http: //booksllc.net/?id=16187705