Little Charity Island

Little Charity Island

Little Charity Island is a small island in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron. The 5.4-acre (0.02 km²) island is part of Sims Township, Arenac County in the U.S. state of Michigan and is part of the Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge.

Little Charity Island is located in the middle of the bay, inland from the larger Charity Island, its neighbor. It rises approximately halfway between "Point Lookout", to the northwest, and "Sand Point", to the southeast. The island is home to some riparian tree life, and is home to a lake bird nesting area. Many bay fishermen use the island as a navigation point.

In the 1800s and early 1900s "Little Charity" was owned by Bay Port Fish Company, a commercial fishing company in Saginaw Bay for its Riparian water rights. After the 1940s when Michigan law changed the island was sold as were other islands in the bay.

External links

* [http://www.fws.gov/Refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=31522 Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge]
* [http://www.fws.gov/midwest/saginawNRDA/property.html U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Saginaw Bay holdings]


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