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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: South Manitou Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		South Manitou Island was popular in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries as a harbor and fueling station.
		A growth of Northern whitecedars on the southwestern corner of the island are among the oldest and largest in the world.
		Though it was the least populated of the Manitou islands, apple and cherry orchards were planted during its settlement period.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/South-Manitou-Island (495 words)

	SMI
		South Manitou Island is part of an island chain that extends north to the Straits of Mackinac.
		The island consists of a ridge of tilted layers of limestone, buried under a blanket of glacial debris.
		Manitou Island Transit operates a commercial walk-on passenger ferry which is based at the Fishtown Dock located in Leland, Michigan.
	www.nps.gov /slbe/SMI_page.htm (1162 words)

	North Manitou Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The island is part of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, and park passes and camping fees are required.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/North_Manitou_Island (298 words)

	South Manitou Island, Michigan: Photos & Trip Report
		South Manitou Island is part of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in northwestern Michigan and has many interesting aspects: Numerous shipwrecks, a historically important lighthouse, remnants of past inhabitants who farmed on the island, and the natural beauty of perched dunes, steep bluffs, forests, and unspoiled beaches.
		The bay on the east shore of South Manitou is the first natural harbor when sailing north out of Chicago and this bay was so popular in bad weather it was often referred to as the Forest of Masts.
		In the 1800s, farmers inhabited the island, taking advantage of the island's isolation from mainland pollens to grow specialized and prize-winning breeds of crops such as rye, beans, and peas.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~jensenl/visuals/album/2006/manitou (1168 words)

	The Manitou Islands
		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.
		South Manitou Island also was the only natural harbor for 220 miles along the Michigan shore, and many ships weathered fierce storms there.
		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)

	Seeing The Light - South Manitou Island Lighthouse
		Known as the "Manitou Passage," vessel masters taking this narrow passage were able to reduce the travel distance between the ports of Lake Michigan’s southern shore and the Straits of Mackinac by sixty miles, as opposed to taking the more circuitous route through open water to the west of the islands.
		South Manitou residents later reported that the two remaining Sheridan children were seen for a number of days walking along the shore crying, looking over the water for the bodies of their deceased mother and father.
		However being that their delivery to the island was so late in the season, the actual installation of the new machinery did not begin until the opening of the 1897 navigation season, with the work completed that July.
	www.terrypepper.com /lights/michigan/southmanitou/southmanitou.htm (3552 words)

	South Manitou Island Light
		The Manitou Passage is a protect passage on the route between Chicago and the Straits of Mackinaw.
		South Manitou Island has one of the few deep water harbors on the route and served as a re-fueling station for early steamers that burned hardwood for fuel.
		South Manitou Island is part of the Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore, and is reached by ferry from Leeland, Michigan.
	www.lighthouse.boatnerd.com /gallery/Michigan/southmanitou.htm (283 words)

	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore - South Manitou Island (U.S. National Park Service)
		The lighthouse is the most familiar landmark on the island and is clearly visible from the mainland.
		The ferry, operated by Manitou Island Transit (231-256-9061) leaves Leland, MI each morning in the summer and returns in the afternoon, so you will want to call ahead for reservations and be sure to pack a lunch.
		The island is accessible by private boat or passenger ferry operated by Manitou Island Transit.
	www.nps.gov /slbe/planyourvisit/southmanitouisland.htm (834 words)

	North Manitou Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		North Manitou Island is managed as wilderness with the exception of a 27 acre (11 hectare) area around the Village.
		The island is one of a chain of islands between Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas.
		Manitou Island Transit operates a commercial walk-on passenger ferry which is based at the Fishtown Dock located in Leland, Michigan.
	theenchantedforest.com /Communities/The_Islands/North_Manitou_Island/north_manitou_island.html (1632 words)

	Camp Henry Teen Challenge Manitou Island Camp (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Manitou Island camp is being offered for the third year in a row.
		South Manitou Island is a true treasure with an outstanding system of trails and areas begging to be explored.
		The Manitou Island trip is limited to 12 campers at least 13 years old.
	www.camphenry.org /smanitou.htm (268 words)

	South Manitou Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		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)

	South Manitou Island Lighthouse, Michigan at Lighthousefriends.com
		The South Manitou Island Lighthouse served to mark the southern end of the Manitou Passage.
		The South Manitou Island Lighthouse was discontinued in 1958 and stood neglected until it was incorporated into the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in 1970.
		Located on South Manitou Island, part of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
	www.lighthousefriends.com /light.asp?ID=715 (259 words)

	NPCA Destination Finder
		South Manitou Island is part of an island chain that extends north to the Straits of Mackinac, and consists of a ridge of tilted layers of limestone, buried under a blanket of glacial debris.
		The Manitou Islands are accessible by commercial walk-on ferry from Leland.
		The Visitor Center is in the old island post office in the village, features exhibits of the human and natural history of the island, and is open daily from mid-May through early October.
	syndication.getoutdoors.com /npca/destination_regions/5673.html (263 words)

	South Manitou Island -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		South Manitou Island is located in (The 3rd largest of the Great Lakes; the largest fresh-water lake entirely within the United States borders) Lake Michigan, approximately 21 miles west of (additional info and facts about Leland) Leland, (A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region) Michigan.
		In 1901, the (An agency of the Department of Transportation responsible for patrolling shores and facilitating nautical commerce) United States Coast Guard built a station on the island to help ships in distress.
		A growth of (additional info and facts about Northern whitecedars) Northern whitecedars on the southwestern corner of the island are among the oldest and largest in the world.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/so/south_manitou_island.htm (322 words)

	EFFECTS OF NINE YEARS OF FOX PREDATION ON TWO SPECIES OF BREEDING GULLS
		As a conse- quence, the South Manitou colonies persisted even though all stages of the reproductive cycle were disrupted by foxes and complete repro- ductive failure was experienced repeatedly.
		Island life: a study of the land vertebrates of the islands of eastern Lake Michigan.
		Such islands usually are too distant from mainland areas to permit reg- ular visitation by mammals and too small to provide alternate food supplies for predators while gulls are seasonally absent.
	elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Auk/v102n04/p0827-p0833.html (6544 words)

	A Weekend on South Manitou Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		South Manitou Island is so novel for people like myself coming over for only three days, while the rangers actually live there without cars, without grocery stores, without phones, without convenience.
		South Manitou Island is a nice place to visit, but, personally, I wouldn't want to live there like the rangers.
		In those Pacific islands there is too much that is alive, and all of it is in a continual process of eating and being eaten by something else, and once you set foot in the place, you're buying into the deal.
	kantz.com /jason/writing/manitou (1329 words)

	Nineteenth-Century Lighthouse Gallery--South Manitou Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A light station was established on South Manitou Island in Lake Michigan in 1839.
		The Light-House Board felt the station should be improved because “the principal commerce of the lake” passes between the island and the mainland.
		South Manitou Island Station was deactivated in 1958 and is part of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Seashore.
	users.sitestar.net /~cypress/smanitou.htm (132 words)

	South Manitou Island LSS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Near southeast end of South Manitou Island, abreast south side of Manitou Harbor, 3/16 mile north of South Manitou Light; Lake Michigan.
		Gus B. Lofberg was appointed keeper on 12 FEB 1902 and transferred to Station Racine on 4 NOV 1903.
		Allen A. Kent was appointed keeper on 1 AUG 1910 and was still serving in 1915.
	www.uscg.mil /history/STATIONS/SOUTH%20MANITOU.html (95 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)

	Leland, Michigan ~ A South Manitou Journey
		We were waiting to board the Mishwe-Mokwa, the Leland-based ferry that would take us to South Manitou Island for three days of rustic camping, and we were a little scared.
		The shoreline, which we were soon to discover was a somewhat rocky one, came into view, as did the island's few buildings, including the towering white lighthouse which, along with the island's C-shaped bay, is probably the island's most recognizable feature.
		Obviously, the South Manitou scenery was breath-taking, truly nature at its finest.
	www.lelandmi.com /cgi-bin/content/content.cgi?db=content&uid=default&ww=on&id=10&view_records=1 (1350 words)

	Leelanau Enterprise // News // Deer spotted again on South Manitou Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Tracks were discovered and apparently photographed by a park worker in June of two deer—likely a doe and her fawn—walking along the beach on the north side of the island.
		He calls the North Manitou hunt a treasure for Leelanau County, and would not mind a similar opportunity for hunters on South Manitou.
		South Manitou is also home to a fluctuating snowshoe hare population.
	www.leelanaunews.com /editorial.php?id=150 (741 words)

	Seeing The Light - Skillagallee Island Lighthouse
		Skillagalee Island is located some 7.7 miles Southwest of Waugoshance Island on the East side of the approach to the Gray's Reef Passage.
		The tiny island represents but a small exposed portion of a large gravel shoal that extends 1.8 miles to its East and a half a mile to the Northwest.
		Being very low in elevation, the island is barely visible except from close by, and to exacerbate the problem, the size of its exposed surface fluctuates dramatically with the level of the surrounding water.
	www.terrypepper.com /lights/michigan/slillagallee/skillagallee.htm (921 words)

	Images of South Manitou Island
		South Manitou lighthouse from the beach, by Tom.
		Eric, Tom and Donne at Lake Florence on the island, by Joe.
		South Manitou dock and Manitou Isle ferry ready for departure to Leland.
	www.mayer-san.com /smanitou (204 words)

	Life Along the Manitou Passage / South Manitou Island Harbor
		Along the east side is a deep harbor where ships sought refuge from battering seas that were born in southern Lake Michigan and the Wisconsin side.
		The recommendation for a tower (lighthouse) made in 1869 states: "It [lighthouse] is also a guide to a harbor of refuge which is probably more used than any others on the entire chain of lakes, and it is frequently impossible to distinguish the present light from those on board of vessels at anchor."
		One can visit the South Manitou Lighthouse and walk to the top of the light, or take a guided tour of the Island.
	www.schoolship.org /maritime/south-manitou.html (178 words)

	North & South Manitou Islands \| Michigan Sea Kayak Tours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The bay at the east end of South Manitou is the only natural deep-water harbor on the east side of Lake Michigan between Chicago and the Straits of Mackinac.
		In addition to the island’s maritime history, it offers lovely sand beaches, large dune bluffs on the west side, a stand of virgin old-growth cedars, and large steel-hulled shipwreck that is visible above water.
		The island has a series of old roads and hiking trails that allow you to explore the island by hiking as well as by kayak.
	www.trails.com /tcatalog_trail.asp?trailid=CGM019-039 (241 words)

	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore - Lighthouses (U.S. National Park Service)
		The South Manitou Island Lighthouse is open for tours daily during the Summer, but you must get to South Manitou Island.
		It was constructed in 1935 to prevent ships from running into danger on the North Manitou Shoals, which extend several miles into the passage between the islands and Leelanau Peninsula.
		This is located just south of the Lakeshore and is open to the public for tours during the summer.
	www.nps.gov /slbe/planyourvisit/lighthouses.htm (1191 words)

	Glen Arbor Sun: An Afternoon Drive on South Manitou Island
		We departed the boat ramp (after paying our $5 launch fee, naturally) at 11 a.m., and on the trip to South Manitou, I was able to learn the history of this man and his machine, as we headed to a picnic by the Valley of the Cedars.
		Nearing the lighthouse at South Manitou, we took a tour of the bay, and when we saw the boat ramp, our hearts sank: it was two feet high and dry, a victim of the low water levels.
		Upon completion of the island tour we topped off the gas tanks, put the top back up, secured the doors with watertight latches, and Hugh shifted into first gear and engaged the PTO for the propellers.
	www.glenarborsun.com /archives/2003/08/an_afternoon_dr.html (1218 words)

	To Keep the South Manitou Light - Anna Egan Smucker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Set on South Manitou Island in Lake Michigan during the fall of 1871, To Keep the South Manitou Light tells the fictional tale of a twelve-year-old named Jessie, whose family has been taking care of the lighthouse on the island for generations.
		Later, as a fierce November ice storm hits the island, the repercussions of this action will teach Jessie not only about honor and responsibility, but will also give her hard-earned insight into what it means to be truly brave.
		Written for children between the ages of 8 and 12, To Keep the South Manitou Light provides regional history along with everyday lessons, all while engrossing young readers in an exciting story.
	wsupress.wayne.edu /glb/young/smuckertksml.htm (270 words)

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