As the center island of the Beaver Island Archipelago, Beaver Island offers a unique opportunity and freedom to live in nature, surrounded by magnificent forests, dramatic sand dunes, friendly people, majestic wildlife, and beautiful sand beaches and blue green water in every direction you walk.
Most people coming to Beaver Island look forward to its abundant nature and solitude. But the Island also offers the basic conveniences of life - access by either ferry or airplane, groceries, hardware store, Internet access virtually island-wide, community center, fine museums, yacht dock and marina, gift shops, music festival, art galleries, and many events during the summer.
Much of what the Island offers is free for the finding: beachcombing, bird watching, biking, camping, hunting, fishing, cross country skiing, or exploring the other islands. View the shipwrecks, enjoy kayaking, snorkeling, go scuba diving, or explore the Beaver Island archipelago with fishing, island-hopping, lighthouse, or sunset charters. There are over 100 miles of scenic roads, and too many old trails to count. Abandoned old cabins. Beaver dams. Landscape artifacts that go back thousands of years. The beauty of wildflowers. The more people enjoy just getting away, the more they love Beaver Island.
And Beaver Island has a rich history, from Native American to Mormon to Irish settlement. The robust fishing industry. Logging and the railroad and sawmills. The Island as a hub on the Great Lakes. Life on the outer Islands. Apple orchards and farming. Transportation by early boats and planes. And because much of the Island is natural and unspoiled and Islanders have a passion for their roots and ancestors, the Island's history is still very much alive and can be explored in so many places on the Island by foot and friendly conversations with locals.
Beaver is the most remote inhabited Island in the Great Lakes. The residents' independence and respect for the nature and traditions of Beaver Island have made time slow down. Come and discover where Beaver Island may fit in your life.
