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	North Manitou Island: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		North Manitou Island is located in Lake Michigan Lake Michigan quick summary:
		South manitou island is located in lake michigan, approximately 21 miles west of leland, michigan....
		The island is flanked by dunes on its northwest and southwest sides.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/n/no/north_manitou_island.htm (775 words)

	North Manitou Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		North Manitou Island is located in Lake Michigan, approximately 20 miles west of Leland, Michigan.
		Though it was the least populated of the Manitou islands, apple and cherry orchards were planted during its settlement period.
		Because of its distance from the mainland, a limited variety of mammals are found on the island: beavers, deer (introduced), coyotes, mice, chipmunks, and raccoons.
	www.oakpark.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/North_Manitou_Island (338 words)

	South Manitou Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		South Manitou Island was popular in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries as a harbor and fueling station.
		This island was a stop for early mariners between Chicago and the Straits of Mackinac.
		A growth of Northern whitecedars on the southwestern corner of the island are among the oldest and largest in the world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Manitou_Island (292 words)

	The North Manitou Island Web page http://www.NorthManitou.com
		North Manitou Island is managed as wilderness with the exception of a 27 acre (11 hectare) area around the Village.
		Lake Manitou [elevation 675 feet (206 m)] occupies a lowland in the north central portion of the island.
		Manitou Island Transit operates a commercial walk-on passenger ferry which is based at the Fishtown Dock located in Leland, Michigan.
	www.northmanitou.com (1120 words)

	Traverse City Record-Eagle -- www.record-eagle.com
		NORTH MANITOU ISLAND - Each year, hundreds of hikers and backpackers step off the boat at North Manitou Island and immediately head into the back country for a wilderness camping experience.
		Ever since it was opened to the public in 1984, the 14,973-acre island has been primarily viewed as a wilderness: a place where buildings are allowed to decay, roads are allowed to disappear, and traces of human occupation are allowed to fade away into piles of rust, lumber and stone.
		Like the farmsteads of North Manitou, the structures on Cottage Row were allowed to deteriorate because they'd been placed outside the 27-acre "preservation zone" that protected the lifesaving station and other village buildings.
	www.record-eagle.com /2000/sep/17manito.htm (942 words)

	The Manitou Islands
		The Great Spirit Manitou marked her resting place with the Sleeping Bear Dunes and raised North and South Manitou Islands from the spot where the cubs perished.
		North and South Manitou Islands were settled while Michigan was still young, with European immigrants and the US Lighthouse Service establishing permanent settlements on the islands in the 1840s.
		The 15,000 acres of North Manitou Island are (with the exception of the village area) managed as a wilderness area, and the island is home to numerous species of hawks and eagles.
	www.leelanau.com /manitou/islands (308 words)

	South Manitou Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Although South Manitou Island is small in size compared to North Manitou Island, the island has many good qualities about it that makes this island unique compared to all other island in Michigan.
		The island was a place not only for steamers to stop for a safe harbor to refuel, but it was also a place to restock on wood.
		The island may be small in size but it is obvious that it had a great impact to Lake Michigan waters and the people that traveled them.
	www.geo.msu.edu /geo333/south_manitou.htm (2118 words)

	North Manitou Island 1997 Photo Archive
		North Manitou was once home to a number of private cottages.
		For the most part, North Manitou Island is a wilderness of tall trees surrounded by 21 miles of solitary beaches.
		The island is also home to a few herring gulls, Caspian terns, crows, goldfinch, cedar waxwings, Baltimore orioles, red-eyed vireos, Eastern kingbirds, catbirds, and various shorebirds including the endangered piping plover.
	www.mayer-san.com /manitou97 (367 words)

	The Criterion Online Edition - May 27, 2005
		North and South Manitou Islands are the “cubs” of the sleeping bear in Indian legend.
		Both islands became part of the national park in the 1970s, requiring recreation fees from visitors who reach them by taking the Manitou Island Transit ferries from Leland or by private boat.
		The southern island has always been a camper’s paradise, even now when National Park rules apply and campers are assigned to group camps or camping areas, and may build fires only in prepared fire pits.
	www.archindy.org /Criterion/local/2005/05-27/s-dunes.htm (934 words)

	North Manitou (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		North Manitou Island is the larger of the two Lake Michigan islands off the shore of the Sleeping Bear Dunes.
		It is the less visited of the two islands, and is managed as a wildness area, meaning that there is a prohibition on wheels on the island.
		North Manitou Island is a beautiful place to find a quiet and isolated respite from modern life.
	www.msu.edu /~pohlkath/nmanitou.html (380 words)

	Great Lakes (North America) Opus @ LaunchBase.net (Launch Base) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		(Lake Michigan is connected to Lake Huron through the Straits of Mackinac.) Large islands and a peninsula divide Lake Huron into the lake proper and Georgian Bay.
		Today, 20 percent of the world’s freshwater supply is contained in the five great lakes: 5,473 cubic miles, or 6 quadrillion gallons in all.
		Due to the location of the coal fields in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and the general northeast track of the Appalachian Mountains, railroads naturally developed shipping routes that went due north to ports such as Erie, Pennsylvania and Ashtabula, Ohio.
	www.launchbase.net /encyclopedia/Great_Lakes_(North_America) (2300 words)

	Nearby Attractions
		North Manitou Island lies in Lake Michigan west of the Leelanau Peninsula between sunrise and sunset.
		The island is blessed with a varied terrain of hills, dunes, forests, lakes, meadows and beaches.
		Lake Manitou is a treasure nestled in the center of the island.
	www.lakeleelanaurvpark.com /attraction.html (423 words)

	Traverse City Record-Eagle -- www.record-eagle.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		There is no lodging available on the island, therefore the general population is excluded from visiting this island.
		North Manitou contains 15,000 acres of varied terrain and 25 miles of shoreline.
		North Manitou Island should be accessible to everyone who loves and respects this place, which is truly a treasure.
	www.gtherald.com /2001/aug/01letter.htm (509 words)

	A Nationalized Lakeshore: The Creation and Administration of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: by Theodore J. ...
		From the 1930s to the creation of the lakeshore North Manitou was largely depopulated, save for a handful of summer homeowners and the sporting activities sponsored by William Angell and later by his foundation.
		After the road commission's North Manitou dock was wrecked in an autumn storm, the National Park Service blocked their efforts to obtain a Department of Natural Resources construction permit on the grounds it wanted only one dock on the island.
		After six years of waiting for North Manitou to be purchased and another five years for the wilderness plan to be put into effect, the environmentalists were ready for action.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/slbe/adhi_5b.htm (4425 words)

	Manitou Preserve
		The wreck is located in South Manitou Harbor on the east side of South Manitou Island.
		The cargo of lumber was salvaged by island residents.
		The wreck is on North Manitou Shoal on the south end of North Manitou Island about 1/2 mile from shore.
	www.michiganshipwrecks.com /manitou.htm (847 words)

	Greening of the Interior, Energy & Water
		North Manitou Island is a 15,000-acre wilderness area in Lake Michigan.
		In addition to the air and noise pollution of the generators, the transport of fuel to the island by boat also posed the threat of an accidental spill.
		The NPS staff on North Manitou Island have been using the PV-hybrid system for three years.
	www.doi.gov /greening/energy/sleepingbear.html (412 words)

	Redwood Creek: Top 25 Picnic Destinations
		Stay overnight in one of the park's campgrounds or in a remote backcountry spot on North Manitou island.
		Don't leave without visiting the island's smaller sibling, South Manitou, where you can hike a 7-mile trail to the Valley of the Giants, a grove of virgin white cedar trees.
		North Manitou island features dunes with quirky sand formations, as well as several ghost forests stripped by shifting sands.
	www.concierge.com /promo/redwood/sleepingbear.html (536 words)

	Michigan Land Use Institute
		North Fox Island is now owned by the state of Michigan.
		Given the successful track record of the NPS managing North and South Manitou Island, it seems reasonable to consider extending the lakeshore’s boundary to include North and South Fox.
		The Institute is concerned by the Leelanau County Road Commission’s plan to control the islands’ roads and “keep a road open that runs to the Valley of the Giant Cedars” on South Manitou.
	www.mlui.org /print.asp?fileid=11911 (4354 words)

	Zen and the Jewel of the Lotus
		Tom Grandy and I were back on North Manitou Island again, hiking down the wilderness beach towards Donner's Point from the Fredrickson bluff, my backpack hanging heavy upon my back, the two hour hike across the island almost finished.
		Yes, I was back on the Manitou again after a two year absence, floating naked and free in its sea of crystal waters, rocking gently, back and forth with the rhythmic motion of the waves.
		On every other trip to North Manitou, Dimmick's Point was closed to the public because it is nesting habitat to the endangered piping plover.
	www.mayer-san.com /manitou99/lotus.html (6576 words)

	Backpacker.com - Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore- Print View (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Her hapless cubs are said to be the Manitou Islands.
		Seasonal Information: The Manitou Islands are managed as isolated, seasonal use areas, where hiking is the primary means of travel.
		Beach fires are restricted to bare beach sand between the water and the first dune and are not permitted on the Manitou Islands.
	www.backpacker.com /article/1,2646,1022_P,00.html (1197 words)

	Manitou Island Transit: Island Tours & Camping
		The tours are set up en route to the island and we may be able to customize tours for special interests, groups and abilities.
		The island is small with a fragile ecosystem and low impact camping is the rule.
		The island itself is home to a large whitetail deer herd and is the summer range for a variety of raptors (including the Bald Eagle).
	www.leelanau.com /manitou/manitou.html (767 words)

	NPCA Destination Finder
		The park code is "SLE." Island and mainland backcountry campgrounds are available ($5/person).
		Wilderness camping regulations in effect on the island.
		Island is accessed by ferry, with campsites at three locations: Bay, Weather Station and Popple Campgrounds.There is no transportation for camp gear so you must pack it in (travel light).
	syndication.getoutdoors.com /npca/destination_camping/366.html (216 words)

	Leelanau Enterprise // Editorial Archive
		Fearful that the whitetail population would quickly expand and cause havoc on the island's vegetation-has had occurred on North Manitou in the 1970's and 1980's-the National Park Service hired a helicopter with sharp shooters to find and destroy the animals.
		While Holden believes the island deer population is about 200 animals, most hunters in the fall failed to see one of them.
		Deer were brought to the island in the 1900's in hopes of establishing a huntable population.
	www.leelanaunews.com /archive.php?id=630 (920 words)

	Leelanau Enterprise // Editorial Archive
		Island hunters are allowed to shot does as well as bucks.
		When the island was privately owned, Holden said the deer herd numbered up to 2,000, depending on the severity of winter.
		When the National Park Service took control of the island in 1984, it began a very liberal public hunting program in an attempt to balance deer numbers with the habitat of North Manitou.
	www.leelanaunews.com /archive.php?id=55 (931 words)

	Tech Today
		Like South Manitou Island, four miles away, it was covered by a mixed hardwood and conifer forest, with an understory of shrubs, small trees and lots and lots of flowers.
		The dramatic deline in herbs on the island may be related to changes Flaspohler observed in the bird community as well.
		North Manitou Island is an extreme example of a dynamic that is taking place all over the eastern United States, where deer are at far higher densities than they were when Europeans began colonizing the Americas.
	www.admin.mtu.edu /urel/ttoday/previous.php?issue=20051020 (1959 words)

	North Manitou Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		North Manitou Island is one of several islands that make up the Lake Michigan Archipelago.
		The Island itself is approximately 7 1/4 miles long by 4 1/4 miles wide and is laced with over 30 miles of trails.
		These next three pictures were taken from near the northeast corner of the Island.
	members.tripod.com /~Hiker/manitou/manitou.html (208 words)

	The Island Biogeography
		In the mid-1960s ecologist Edward O. Wilson and Robert H. MacArthur hypothesized that the number of species inhabiting an island is dependent on the size of the island and the distance to the mainland.
		Isle Royale and South Manitou Island, both national parks, are managed to return the islands to their historical habitats and native species.
		The animals are on the mainland northwest of the island in Minnesota and Ontario, Canada.
	www.ed.mtu.edu /esmis/id73.htm (2461 words)

	Matt Simerson on Grand Island
		None of us had been to the island before so we decided to just bike up the Western coast and drop camp where is looked the most pleasant.
		As we progressed along the Western island, we found that quite similar to North Manitou island, the way North is uphill.
		Perched high atop the highest point on the island was this lighthouse.
	matt.simerson.net /travel/grand/index.shtml (1037 words)

	Enchanted Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Hunting on North Manitou is allowed by special seasons (archery, October 1—14; muzzleloading, October 15—20; and regular firearms, October 21—November 7).
		While the tiny island has an extensive primitive road and trail system, North Manitou is managed as a wilderness area, so no wheeled vehicles of any kind are allowed.
		Roughly seven miles offshore, the island is accessible only by private boat or via the Manitou Island Transit passenger ferry operating out of the northern town of Leland.
	www.outdoorlife.com /outdoor/adventure/article/0,19912,701734-2,00.html (418 words)

	KayakWisconsin.net Blog - A Seakayaker's Journal
		After leaving Wisconsin on the Lake Express high-speed ferry I was some two hours later sliding past a WWII submarine known as the SS Silversides, into a the sheltered harbor of Muskegon, Michigan.
		On a side note, it's interesting that Michigan roads are named in the UK style where you take the M31 north and the jump on a B road over to sleepy village on the shore.
		The following morning we were greeted by a fairly good headwind as we paddled the 4 or so miles to South Manitou Island and then continued on to a very impressive ship wreck that sits further to the south of the island.
	www.kayakwisconsin.net /2005/06/rugged-western-shores.html (1675 words)

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