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The Fox Islands consist of the North Fox and South Fox islands, in Lake Michigan. The islands are approximately 25 miles northwest of the Leelanau Peninsula of Michigan and about 10 miles southwest of Beaver Island. The three islands form part of an archipelago. There is a lighthouse on South Fox that was built in 1867 and operated until 1959. Both Islands are part of Leelanau County, Michigan. Sunset on Lake Michigan Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. ...
The Leelanau Peninsula is a peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan that extends about 30 miles from the Lower Peninsula of Michigan into Lake Michigan. ...
Official language(s) None (English, de-facto) Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Area Ranked 10th - Total 97,990 sq mi (253,793 km²) - Width 239 miles (385 km) - Length 491 miles (790 km) - % water 41. ...
Beaver Island is the largest island in Lake Michigan and part of the Beaver Island archipelago. ...
Leelanau countryside Leelanau County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. ...
North Fox Island
North Fox is the smaller of the two islands, 3.32 km² (1.282 sq mi, or 820.5 acres) in area, roughly 2 miles wide by 1 mile long. This island was purchased by real estate magnate David V. Johnson in 1994 for $1.3 million, and the entire island was sold back to the State of Michigan for $2.2 million at the end of the year 2000. This article is about the unit of measure known as the acre. ...
South Fox Island South Fox Island is 13.89 km² (5.3635 sq mi, or 3,432.6 acres) in area, and about 5 miles long and 1.5 miles wide. As of 2001, David V. Johnson also owned about two-thirds of South Fox. The other third was owned by the State of Michigan, including the two lighthouses on the southern tip of the island. There is no ferry service to South Fox, and it has no docks, fuel or sheltered harbor.
The Old South Fox Island Lighthouse was built in 1868 and includes a 39-foot tall square brick tower attached to a keeper's house. The light itself was a flashing red, 4th order Fresnel lens. It is currently boarded up and abandoned, as is a newer assistant keeper's dwelling next door, built in 1910.
In 1934, a newer 60-foot tall, tower was built closer to the shoreline. This lighthouse came from Sapelo Island, and is a square, pyramidal, cast iron skeletal tower of the 'Sanibel' class. It has an enclosed steel spiral stairway that leads to the 10-sided lantern room at the top. A nearby keeper's house is closed. This tower is currently inactive. Sapelo Island is a state-protected island off the coast of the U.S. state of Georgia. ...
Johnson built an airstrip and a residence on the southern island. He had originally proposed swapping North Fox Island with the state for the third of South Fox that he did not own, but he settled in 2003 for a consolidation deal which traded 218 acres of state owned land on the southern part of South Fox for 219 acres on the north and central parts of the same island. This deal was finalized in March 2003 over the objections of various local environmental groups.
The island includes a cemetery where members of the Grand Traverse Band of Native Americans are currently buried.
Deer were introduced onto the island in 1915. Hunting is permitted on state land by permit only.
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