While at Peterson Park in Leelanua County last week - I noticed I could see both Fox Islands to the North west of the park, and approximately 25 miles out into Lake Michigan. Some google searching reveals each island sports an air strip, but no residents. Rather curious - don't cha think? Apparently, there are a total of three lighthouses as well. One on the north island and two on the south. According to this wiki..."South Fox Island boasts some of the most spectacular freshwater maritime
scenery in the world, including towering dunes, virgin cedars, and
untouched beaches." I've never been able to see them from Peterson park before, but only from the north end of Cathead bay. All I had mounted on my camera was a nikkor 35mm f1.4 ais lens. Here is a 12,000 pixel panorama stitch of the view (resized), and a zoomed in crop. (click to see larger versions)
Here are some of the sources I surfed...
Wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Islands_%28Michigan%29
Article titled "It doesn't make sense"
http://www.leelanaunews.com/news/OldArchive/Special_Interests/It_doesnt_make_sense.html
Historical Information by the Beaver Island Archipelago....(the islands are part of an archipelago)
http://terrypepper.com/lights/michigan/southfox/southfox.htm
A Great Map
http://mapcarta.com/Northport_%28Michigan%29
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