Where: Michigan · approx. 43.96, -86.45 (vicinity only)
Why this spot: 1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Pere Marquette Lake and river channel to Lake Michigan
What turns up: Saloon and hotel bottles, druggists, car-ferry and dock debris, lumber-era mill riverfront finds.
Access: Gray area.
Michigan public trust framing: the bed of Pere Marquette Lake and Lake Michigan channel below the ordinary high-water mark is state-owned bottomland held in public trust, where removing historic artifacts is restricted and state law protects archaeological sites and abandoned property in state waters. The townsite banks and uplands above the high-water mark are usually private and require the landowner's permission.
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Satellite view, historic-map overlays, tide/flow context and field notes are in the app. Exact research detail is part of Pro.
Pins are approximate by design. This page is historical research, not permission to dig. Check ownership and local law first.