Michigan Administrative Code
Department - Environmental Quality
Water Resources Division
Great Lakes Bottomlands Preserve
Section R. 299.6005 - Whitefish Point Great Lakes state bottomland preserve; establishment

Rule 5. The following described area is established as the Whitefish Point Great Lakes state bottomland preserve: An area of Lake Superior bottomlands extending upward and including the water surface described as:Beginning at the mouth of the outlet of Little Lake in section 24, township 50 north, range 9 west, Luce County, Michigan; thence northerly to Loran-C coordinates 8970-Y-47450, 8970-X-31230; thence easterly to a point where Loran-C coordinate line 8970-Y-47530 intersects the international boundary between Canada and the United States; thence southeasterly along the international boundary to a point having a latitude of 46 degrees, 53 minutes, 20.668 seconds and longitude of 84 degrees, 51 minutes, 35.830 seconds; thence continuing southeasterly along the international boundary to a point having latitude 46 degrees, 38 minutes, 4.030 seconds and longitude 84 degrees, 45 minutes, 45.512 seconds; thence continuing along the international boundary to its intersection with Loran-C coordinate line 8970-Y-47740; thence northwesterly to the mouth of the Betsy River in section 2, township 49 north, range 6 west, Chippewa County, Michigan; thence northerly and westerly along the ordinary high watermark of Lake Superior to the point of beginning at the mouth of the outlet of Little Lake, containing 376 square miles more or less.