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Garden Island Indian Cemetery

Address

Street:
City:
Garden Island
State:
Michigan
Zip Code:
49782
County:
Charlevoix
Phone:
None

Location

GPS Coordinates:
45.799021, -85.485178
Maps:

Facts

Also Known As:
Unknown
Active:
Yes
Condition:
Unknown
Established:
Unknown
First/Oldest Burial:
Unknown
Affiliation:
Native American/Indigenous
Access Type:
Public
Historic Site:
Yes
Website:
None
Cemetery Map:
None
Notes:
Although the island is currently uninhabited year-round, a Native cemetery on the island continues in active use and contains more than 3,500 burials, most of them unmarked. The cemetery is notable for a number of "spirit houses" marking burial sites. The cemetery land is owned by a nonprofit group that keeps the site protected and open to all native peoples.

Interment Sites

Last Update

27 June 2021