R 299.6009
R 299.6009 Keweenaw Great Lakes state bottomland preserve; establishment.
Cite as Mich. Admin. Code R 299.6009
Rule 9. (1) The following described area is established as the Keweenaw Great Lakes
state bottomland preserve:
A 243-square mile area of Lake Superior bottomland extending upward and including the
water surface described as: Beginning at the point where the line between section 25 and
section 26 of township 55 north of range 36 west, Houghton County, Michigan, intersects
the ordinary high waterline of Lake Superior (elevation 601.5 international Great Lakes
datum 1955), approximate latitude 47 degrees 07.8 minutes north longitude 88 degrees
49.7 minutes west; thence due north a distance of 6.91 miles to the point at latitude 47
degrees 13 minutes north longitude 88 degrees 49.7 minutes west; thence northeasterly on
a heading of 56 3/4 degrees a distance of 27.20 miles to the point at latitude 47 degrees
26 minutes north longitude 88 degrees 20 minutes west; thence northeasterly on a heading
of 73 1/2 degrees a distance of 8.14 miles to the point at latitude 47 degrees 28.5 minutes
north longitude 88 degrees 10 minutes west; thence northeasterly on a heading of 81 3/4
degrees a distance of 15.78 miles to the point at latitude 47 degrees 30 minutes north
longitude 87 degrees 50 minutes west; thence southeasterly on a heading of 111 1/2 degrees
a distance of 12.59 miles to the point at latitude 47 degrees 26 minutes north longitude 87
degrees 35 minutes west; thence southeasterly on a heading of 126 1/2 degrees a distance
of 1.94 miles to the point at latitude 47 degrees 25 minutes north longitude 87 degrees 33
minutes west; thence southwesterly on a heading of 233 1/2 degrees a distance of 1.94
miles to the point at latitude 47 degrees 24 minutes north longitude 87 degrees 335 minutes
west; thence southwesterly on a heading of 252 1/2 degrees a distance of 15.56 miles to
the point at latitude 47 degrees 20.7 minutes north longitude 87 degrees 54 minutes west;
thence due west a distance of 1.57 miles to the point where the line between section 14 and
section 15 of township 57 north of range 29 west, Keweenaw County, Michigan, intersects
the ordinary high waterline of Lake Superior, approximate latitude 47 degrees 20.7 minutes
north longitude 87 degrees 56.3 minutes west; thence northeasterly, northwesterly,
northeasterly, easterly, northerly, northwesterly, and southwesterly along the ordinary high
waterline to the point of beginning, excluding that part of all islands within the described
parcel above the ordinary high waterline.
(2) The Keweenaw Great Lakes state bottomland preserve is illustrated in figure 1 as
follows: