It's on the leeward shore of North Manitou Island. The ranger station is about a mile to the North. The Manitou Islands were some of the first places settled in Northern Michigan because you could get there relatively easily through the lakes. At that time it was easier than busting trails through the thick forest.
the islands were taken over by the Government in the sixties with what's called the National Lakeshore. The last permanent resident was kicked out a few years ago as she retired. She was the post office. Period.
The high population of the islands was the mid to late eighteen hundreds. It was a much easier life off the island as they cleared the land and built railroads and roads.
I worked with an engineer who had/has a place on the Northwest WA. coast close to Cape Alava..The Feds took over the coast for a Nat. Park..He could keep the place as long as he lived, but could not sell or will it....He dies, Fini..
.....Westy.....