Section 299.6008. Marquette Great Lakes state bottomland preserve; establishment.

(1) The following described area is established as the Marquette unit of the Marquette Great Lakes state bottomland preserve:

A 74-square mile area of Lake Superior bottomland extending upward  and including the water surface described as: Beginning at the point where the line between range 25 west and range 26  west  in  township  49  north, Marquette County, Michigan, intersects the ordinary high waterline of Lake Superior (elevation 601.5 international Great Lakes  datum  1955), approximate latitude 46 degrees 38 minutes 29 seconds north longitude 87 degrees 29 minutes 21 seconds west; thence northeasterly on a heading of 70 degrees a distance of 3.37 miles to the point at latitude 46 degrees 39.6 minutes   north   longitude   87   degrees   25.5   minutes    west;   thence southeasterly on a heading of 115 3/4 degrees a distance of  2.64  miles    to the point at latitude 46 degrees

38.2 minutes north longitude  87   degrees

22.5 minutes west; thence southeasterly on a heading of 155  1/4  degrees   a distance of

3.80 miles to the point at latitude 46   degrees    35.8   minutes north longitude 87 degrees

20.5 minutes west; thence     southeasterly    on    a heading of 126 degrees a distance of

5.89 miles to the point  at  latitude 46 degrees 32.2 minutes north  longitude   87   degrees

14.8 minutes west; thence northeasterly on a heading of 46 degrees a distance of 6.63 miles to the point at latitude  46   degrees   36.0   minutes   north    longitude   87 degrees

08.5 minutes west;  thence   southeasterly  on  a    heading   of   161 degrees a distance of

2.44 miles to the point at latitude  46   degrees   34.8 minutes north longitude 87 degrees

07.5 minutes west; thence southerly a distance of 5.76 miles to the  point  where  the line between Marquette County and Alger County, Michigan, intersects the ordinary high  waterline of Lake Superior, approximate  latitude  46  degrees  29.7  minutes north longitude 87 degrees 07.0 minutes west; thence     westerly,     northerly,     and

northwesterly 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 following described area is established as the Huron islands unit of the Marquette Great Lakes state bottomland preserve:

An 89-square mile area of Lake Superior bottomland extending upward and including the water surface described as: Beginning at the point where the line between Baraga County and Marquette County, Michigan, intersects  the ordinary high waterline of Lake Superior (elevation 601.5 international Great Lakes datum 1955), approximately latitude 46 degrees 54.7 minutes north longitude 88 degrees 02.7 minutes west; thence due north a distance of 4.61 miles to the point at latitude 46 degrees 58.5 minutes    north longitude 88 degrees 02.7 minutes west; thence due east a  distance  of

9.46 miles to the point at latitude 46 degrees 58.5 minutes north longitude  87 degrees 50 minutes west; thence southeasterly on  a  heading   of    126   1/4 degrees a distance of

3.91 miles to the point at latitude  46   degrees   56.1 minutes north longitude 87 degrees

46.8 minutes west; thence southeasterly on a heading of 116 degrees a distance of 5.26 miles to the point at latitude 46 degrees 54.4 minutes north longitude 87 degrees 40.8 minutes west; thence due south a distance of 4.61 miles to a point on the ordinary high waterline of Lake Superior due north of  the  big   bay  point   light, approximate latitude 46 degrees 50.5 minutes north longitude 87 degrees 40.8 minutes west; thence westerly, southerly, westerly, northerly, and northwesterly along said ordinary high waterline to the point of beginning, excluding that part of all islands within the described  parcel above the ordinary high waterline.

(3)    The Marquette unit and the Huron islands unit are illustrated in the following figures:

 

 

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