Mines: Locating old mine-sites can be a problem, but some early botanists did collect at such locations. (Some mining operations imported physicians from New England, and some of these—as was common in that day—collected plants. James Watson Robbins is perhaps the most prolific of the physicians who collected in the “Copper Country” [see Voss 1978, p. 77].) Many old mine locations are indicated to this day on county maps, sometimes as names of associated settlements (or ghost towns). The locations of some early copper mines listed here are taken from a “Tabular Statement of the Mines in the Lake Superior Land District” (in Foster & Whitney 1850, pp. 146–151); not all sites were verified.

A

Alcona County

Alger’s Camp

a “short distance west from Mud Lake” (q.v.) [= Barton City] (CFW et al. in 1888; cf. Voss & Crow 1976, p. 30).

Alcona County

Mud Lake

renamed Barton City in 1912 (CFW et al. in 1888; cf. Voss & Crow 1976, p. 29).

Alcona County

Potts’ Farm

N½ NW¼ sec. 2 and NE¼ NE¼ sec. 3, T26N, R5E (CFW et al. in 1888; cf. Voss & Crow 1976, p.27).

Alger or Keweenaw County

Grand Marais

harbor (so known since 1660) and village in Alger Co.; a less well-known harbor E of Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw Co.). [There is also a third Grand Marais on Lake Superior, in Cook Co., northeasternmost Minnesota.]

Alger County

Laughing [White] Fish River

(Gillman in 1867; similarly, Laughing Fish Pt.).

Alger County

Peter White’s Camp

800 acres on Whitefish Lake, ca. 4 miles S of Deerton. CKD collected here in 1916; cf. R. D.Williams, 1905, The Honorable Peter White, pp. 201 and 203). [The property is now included in the 1700-acre Laughing Whitefish Lake Preserve of The Nature Conservancy, presented in 1993 by relatives of Peter White (an early founder of Marquette) and of George Shiras III (White’s son-in-law) (cf. Mich. Conservancy News, Spring 1993.]

Alger County

Shelter Bay

west of Au Train Bay (Lewis Foote in 1867).

Alger County

Traine Island

Au Train I. (Gillman in 1867; similarly, “Traine Bay”—both on Lake Superior west of Munising and Grand Island).

Alger County

Upper Peninsula Experiment Station (Chatham)

SE¼ sec. 28, T46N, R21W.

Allegan County

Glenn Pier

W of Glenn, NW¼ sec. 31, Ganges Tp.(C. H. Kauffman in 1910 and associated by him with South Haven; cf. Mich. Manual maps).

Allegan/Barry County

Gun Lake

less than 3% of the area of this lake is in Allegan Co.; the rest is in Barry Co., including the large peninsula in the lake, where some collections have specifically been made. However, the Post Office of the same name (closed in 1905) is listed as in Allegan Co., presumably because the mail came via Shelbyville in that county. “Gun Lake” collections almost certainly are from Barry Co.—where also Yankee Springs State Park now has frontage on the lake.

Allegan/Ottawa County

Holland

32nd St. is the county line: higher numbers are in Allegan Co., lower numbers in Ottawa Co.

Allegan County

Pier Cove

lumber port in sec. 5, T2N, R16W (cf. 1901 soils map; mail was supplied through the Ganges P.O. a mile to the SE).

Allegan County

Shelbyville

(OAF in 1920 and 1923; his notes and original labels say Kalamazoo Co.—presumably a carry-over from Galesburg, where he was immediately before—but his 1943 manuscript says Allegan Co.)

Alpena County

Whitefish Point

Besides the well known site on Lake Superior (Chippewa Co.), note that there is another Whitefish Point on the W side of Prentiss Bay in Mackinac Co., just E of Les Cheneaux (Ehlers & Erlanson in 1924; Voss in 1983). There is also a Whitefish Point across Thunder Bay, E of Alpena, on Whitefish Bay (Alpena Co.).

Alpena County

Rockport

sec. 6, T32N, R9E (cf. letter in Mich. History 65(5): 4, Sept.–Oct. 1981).

Antrim/Grand Traverse County

Traverse Bay

Mary Clark was here in 1869 at Elk Rapids [Antrim Co.] on Grand Traverse Bay (cf. her label for Utricularia cornuta); she was also at Traverse City [Grand Traverse Co.] in 1869. CFW collected at the Bay in 1898, often with reference to Traverse City or the Peninsula in the Bay, so presumably his specimens are to be referred to Grand Traverse Co. and not to Leelanau or Antrim counties, which also border the Bay. [There is also a Grand (or “Big”) Traverse Bay on the Keweenaw/Houghton Co. line. Cf. also Little Traverse Bay, above.]

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Barry/Allegan County

Gun Lake

less than 3% of the area of this lake is in Allegan Co.; the rest is in Barry Co., including the large peninsula in the lake, where some collections have specifically been made. However, the Post Office of the same name (closed in 1905) is listed as in Allegan Co., presumably because the mail came via Shelbyville in that county. “Gun Lake” collections almost certainly are from Barry Co.—where also Yankee Springs State Park now has frontage on the lake.

Bay County

Henry’s Woods

in Bay City (fide annotation in unknown hand on 1894 G. M. Bradford specimen of Uvularia grandiflora at MSC).

Bay County

Oak Grove

presumably sec. 8, T14N, R6E (G. M. Bradford in 1893 and 1901).

Bay/Tuscola County

Quanicassee

R. R. Dreisbach collected here (as “Quanticasse”) May 22, 1927, and Sept. 6, 1931. He labeled all his specimens as from Bay Co.; however, in his field notes he corrected nos. 5491–5499 and 7598–7602 to Tuscola Co. He left 5500–5504 and 7603–7605 as Bay Co. This distinction is also borne out by his exchange records. So it seems clear that he became aware of the proximity of the county line to this Tuscola Co. community. (Nos. 6192–6208, Aug. 26, 1928, are all unchanged as recorded, for Tuscola Co.)

Benzie County

Central House

in Inland Tp. (CFW et al. in 1888; cf. Voss & Crow 1976, p. 64, note 89).

Berrien County

Birchwood

just SW of Warren Dunes (CKD collected here in 1917).

Berrien County

Fernwood

private nature center on E side of St. Joseph River in sec. 13, T7S, R18W.

Berrien County

Galien River

river is entirely in the county.

Berrien County

Greenwood Park

sec. 21, Hagar Tp.

Berrien County

Pennnellwood

S of Berrien Springs.

Berrien County

Pottawatomie Lake

in New Buffalo.

Berrien County

Pottawatomie Park

sec. 21, Hagar Tp. (CKD in 1917).

Berrien County

St. Joseph

Caution! Note that this city in Berrien Co. is 35 and more miles from St. Joseph Co.—but some 1837 First Survey labels confuse the issue by omitting “Co.” (cf. McVaugh 1970, p. 243).

Branch County

Mason

an old name (also Masonville) for Coldwater (First Survey; cf. McVaugh 1970, pp. 242–243). [Do not confuse with city of Mason, county seat of Ingham Co.—nor with Mason Co. or any of the three or more other Masons in Michigan, all presumably named for the state’s first governor, Stevens T. Mason.]

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Calhoun County

Brandt Woods

in sec. 7–8, T2S, R4W (Sheridan Tp.), N of Winnipeg Lake.

Calhoun County

Brigham Lake

in the Ott Preserve (q.v.); on county maps as Blackley Lake.

Calhoun County

Goguac Lake

SW of Battle Creek (E. L. Greene in 1902, ND-G).

Calhoun County

Newburg Dam

on N Branch, Kalamazoo River, 0.5 miles W of Jackson Co. line.

Calhoun County

Ott Preserve

Harvey N. Ott Preserve, 315-acre natural area in secs. 3, 4, 9, and 10, T2S, R7W (Emmett Tp.). Established in 1926 as the Battle Creek College Biological Preserve; when that college closed, Albion College obtained the tract and dedicated it as the Ott Preserve; sold in 1977 by Albion to Calhoun County to be administered through the Parks Commission (Crispin 1980; pers. comm., W. J. Gilbert).

Calhoun County

Whitehouse Nature Center

125 acres on E Branch of the Kalamazoo River, ca. one quarter mile SE of the main campus of Albion College, which owns and administers it.

Cass County

Cable Lake

sec. 5, T5S, R16W [for no apparent reason the name has been dropped on some recent county maps].

Cass County

Christianna Lake

(J. A. Nieuwland in 1924 etc.).

Cass County

Edwards Prairie

near Edwardsburgh (First Survey, Aug. 1838; cf. McVaugh 1970, p. 242).

Cass County

Hemlock Island

in Magician Lake (cf. H. S. Pepoon’s labels).

Cass/Van Buren County

Magician Beach

Most H. S. Pepoon labels cite Van Buren Co., but a map in his unpublished flora of Magician Lake clearly shows Magician Beach in both counties.

Charlevoix County

Camp 7

4.5 miles NW of Vanderbilt [which is in Otsego Co.] (EAB in 1912).

Charlevoix County

Camp 8

NW¼ sec. 19, T33N, R4W (EAB in 1912; cf. his labels for Abies balsamea and Hackelia virginiana).

Charlevoix County

Eagle Isle

= Old Island in Round Lake, Charlevoix harbor (cf. letter from William Ratigan to EGV, Nov. 8, 1968). (J. A. Drushel et al. in 1914 and 1915, MO). [N.B.: there is also an Eagle Island in Walloon Lake.]

Charlevoix County

Lake Louise

= Thumb Lake, in Hudson Tp.

Charlevoix County

Overlook Farm

SW¼ sec. 22, Eveline Tp. (Eisendrath in 1959–1970).

Charlevoix County

Pine Lake

= Lake Charlevoix.

Cheboygan County

Alverno

located on the Black River, not the Cheboygan R. as stated by Romig.

Cheboygan County

Bessey Creek

= Lancaster Creek of maps, flowing into the NW part of Douglas Lake (UMBS).

Cheboygan County

Blanchard Lake (or “Bog”)

= Mud Lake of maps in secs. 21 and 28, T38N, R3W (UMBS).

Cheboygan County

Bryant’s Bog

very near Douglas Lake in sec. 29, T37N, R3W (UMBS).

Cheboygan County

Davis, Camp

on S shore of South Fishtail Bay, Douglas Lake [Univ. of Michigan engineering camp established in 1909 and named for J. B. Davis in 1916; in 1929 the engineers (surveyors) moved to Wyoming and the Biological Station, established in 1909 immediately east of Camp Davis, moved to the site of the latter.]

Cheboygan County

Dutton’s

Topinabee (M. Freeman in 1888, cf. her label for Monotropa uniflora).

Cheboygan County

East Lake

= the eastern of Twin Lakes of maps, in sec. 7, T38N, R3W (UMBS).

Cheboygan County

East Point

E side of Douglas Lake at beginning of North Fishtail Bay (UMBS).

Cheboygan County

Gates Bog

sec. 22, T37N R3W (UMBS).

Cheboygan County

Gleason’s Bog

just E of Bryant’s Bog (q.v.) (UMBS).

Cheboygan County

Gorge

ravine at source of Carp Creek in sec. 33, R37N R3W (UMBS).

Cheboygan County

Grapevine Pt.

W of South Fishtail Bay in Douglas Lake, sec. 28, T37N, R3W (UMBS).

Cheboygan County

Green Star Trail

crosses secs. 34 and 35, T37N, R3W (UMBS).

Cheboygan County

Hermit’s

in Reese’s Bog (q.v.), sec. 5, T36N, R3W (UMBS).

Cheboygan County

Hogback Rd.

on the high ground above N end of Reese’s Bog (q.v.) (UMBS).

Cheboygan County

Hoop Lake

near center N edge sec. 2, T36N, R1E; a bog near (but not connected with) the marl-forming chain of Twin Lakes (UMBS).

Cheboygan County

Ingleside

resort area on NW side of Douglas Lake, near Bessey Creek (q.v.) in sec. 17, T37N R3W (UMBS).

Cheboygan County

Livingston Bog

in sec. 2, T36N, R3W (UMBS).

Cheboygan/Emmet County

Mackinaw City

Although usually listed as being in Cheboygan Co. (where the Post Office and most of the business district are), by far the greater part of the area of the village has long been in Emmet Co. (the south end of the Mackinac Bridge now marking the division point). [Note that this name has never applied to Mackinac Island (Mackinac Co.), although vague terms like “Mackinaw” and “Michilimackinac” often referred in times past to the whole general area.]

Cheboygan County

Malony (Malone) Lake

sec. 11, T38N, R3W.

Cheboygan County

Marl Bay

northwest bay of Douglas Lake (UMBS).

Cheboygan County

Mud Lake

the most often cited (UMBS) Mud Lake in Cheboygan Co. is mostly in sec. 7, T37N, R2W (Inverness Tp.); much of the bog is now in the Wendy O’Neil Preserve of the Little Traverse Conservancy. Some other of the county’s Mud Lakes have been “renamed” by UMBS people (cf. Blanchard Lake above).

Cheboygan County

Nelson Lake

on line between secs. 15 and 22, T38N, R3W; a county road bisects the [drying or intermittent] lake, which shows on older county maps as Nolten Lake, as does a different lake (UMBS).

Cheboygan County

Nichols’ Bog

a farm pond in sec. 2, T36N, R3W (UMBS).

Cheboygan County

Nigger Creek

now renamed as the less offensive “Mullett Creek,” flowing into Mullett Lake ca. 2 miles NE of Topinabee (UMBS).

Cheboygan County

Nolten Lake

on older maps = Nelson Lake (see above); both older and later maps (incl. USGS Mullett Lake quad) show a lake of this name in sec. 18, T38N R3W and this is also known as Nolten Fen (UMBS).

Cheboygan County

Penny Lake

NE¼ sec. 15, T38N R3W (UMBS).

Cheboygan County

Pine Pt.

on Douglas Lake near middle of its east side (UMBS).

Cheboygan County

Reese’s Bog (Swamp)

cedar swamp at the north end of Burt Lake (UMBS).

Cheboygan County

Sedge Pt.

N shore of Douglas Lake just W of North Fishtail Bay (UMBS).

Cheboygan County

Smith’s Bog

S of Green Star Trail in sec. 35, T37N, R3W (UMBS).

Cheboygan County

Tower

village (est. 1899) and dam site on the Upper Black River in T34N, R1E. [A town in St. Louis Co., Minnesota, bears the same name and is the site for an 1889 EJH collection of Caltha natans, which has sometimes been erroneously (and anachronistically) attributed to Michigan because of misreading a handwritten label.]

Cheboygan County

Trowbridge

(CFW July 13, 1890; cf. his label for Carex bebbii). [N.B.: on July 12 CFW collected near Bay View in Emmet Co.; but on July 11 he collected in Ingham Co.—where there was another Trowbridge at the junction of the Pere Marquette and Grand Trunk railroads south of East Lansing (cf. Foster 1942, p. 513).]

Cheboygan County

Vestal’s Bog

S of Livingston Bog in sec. 35, T37N, R3W (UMBS, cf. map in Nelson 1956).

Cheboygan County

Wolff’s Bog

secs. 14 and 15, T37N R3W (UMBS).

Chippewa County

Coalpit Hill

Sault Ste. Marie [Zina Pitcher collected Adenocaulon bicolor here June 24, 1826, but his label [MICH] does not indicate whether it was from the U.S. or the Canadian side. R. D. Williams in 1905, The Honorable Peter White, p. 95 in chapter on “Sault Ste. Marie before the Canal,” describing an 1847 incident, implied the U.S. side and referred to “outside of the Sault on Coalpit hill” where a traveler from Mackinaw to the Sault waited en route to James Schoolcraft’s store in the fort. Bernard Arbic (pers. comm., 1995) notes that a letter from John Johnston in 1879 refers to a homestead “about three miles from the Sault & a mile and a quarter from the river on Coal Pit Hill, commanding the view of both channels ..”; Dr. Arbic also notes that some old property deeds suggest that the site was south of the present campus of Lake Superior State University, on the east side of the Michigan Meridian.]

Chippewa County

Cordell

1 mile W of Spur 459 (q.v.).

Chippewa County

Sailors Encampment

near the S end of Neebish Island, in the St. Mary’s River (not the entire island as indicated by Romig). (E. T. & S. A. Harper collected here in 1897 and 1898.)

Chippewa County

Spur 447

on Soo Line RR. ca. 2.5 miles W of Trout Lake.

Chippewa County

Spur 459

on Soo Line RR ca. 9 miles E of Trout Lake. [According to “Tales & Trails of Tro-La-Oz-Ken” (a 1976 local history of the Trout Lake area), p. 85, Spur 459 was once a community of 100 persons, had a P.O. 1910–1915, and was “one mile south of Ozark”—that location apparently erroneous (it would better locate Kenneth).]

Clare County

Neithercut Woodland

sec. 17, T17N, R5W (Surrey Tp.) (an outdoor education tract of Central Michigan University).

Clinton County

Chandler’s Marsh

over 3000 acres once owned by Zachariah Chandler, U.S. Senator from Michigan (bought by him from the Agricultural College, fide Ceasar 1978 p. 27–28); the marsh mostly in Clinton Co., incl. all portions near the RR (cf. soils map), but the S part does extend into Ingham Co. (cf. 1933 soils map). Chandler Farm was “3 miles N of M.A.C.” [Mich. Agric. College] (cf. CFW 1901 label for Senecio pauperculus; cf. also Mich. History 65(3): 10, May–June 1981, and esp. 82(6): 52–53, Nov.–Dec. 1998).

Crawford County

Frazer’s (or Fraser’s)

SW¼ NW¼ sec. 26, T27N, R1W, on North Branch of the Au Sable River (Voss & Crow 1976, p. 40); sometimes erroneously attributed to Oscoda Co. (CFW et al. in 1888).

Crawford County

Portage Lake

former name of 1300-acre Lake Margrethe west of Grayling (CFW et al. in 1888; cf. Voss & Crow 1976, pp. 45–47). [There are still about a dozen Portage Lakes altogether in Michigan.]

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Delta County

Point Detour

at tip of Garden Peninsula (Lewis Foote on Sept. 22, 1863, was at this place [“N. W. shore L. Michigan” on his label for Calamintha arkansana]—not the eastern tip of the Upper Peninsula mainland in Chippewa Co.

Delta County

St. Martin Island

in Lake Michigan S of Garden Peninsula, just before the Wisconsin line. (For history of collecting, cf. Judziewicz, Mich. Bot. 40: 139–140. 2002 [“2001”]). [Not to be confused with the St. Martin Island in St. Martin Bay north of Mackinac Island, in Mackinac Co.]

Dickinson County

Camp 9

near Waucedah (CAD in 1905).

Dickinson County?

Mud Lake

Of over 300 “Mud Lakes” in Michigan, there appear to be none “25 miles southeast of Ishpeming” (F. P. Metcalf, Sept. 1922), which would be in Alger Co.; however, there are several in northeastern Dickinson Co., ± SSW of Ishpeming, and probably where the collector was (cf. his labels for Andromeda glaucophylla and Ledum groenlandicum, A).

Dickinson County

Twin Falls

on Menominee River, sec. 7, T40N, R30W and sec. 12, R31W (CAD in 1905; cf. p. 226 in his report on peat in Rep. Geol. Surv. Mich. for 1906).

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Emmet County

Kruzel’s Bog

NW¼ sec. 25, T35N, R5W (UMBS; now the Orchis Fen Preserve of Little Traverse Conservancy).

Emmet/Cheboygan County

Mackinaw City

Although usually listed as being in Cheboygan Co. (where the Post Office and most of the business district are), by far the greater part of the area of the village has long been in Emmet Co. (the south end of the Mackinac Bridge now marking the division point). [Note that this name has never applied to Mackinac Island (Mackinac Co.), although vague terms like “Mackinaw” and “Michilimackinac” often referred in times past to the whole general area.]

Emmet County

Paige (Page)

on Little Traverse Bay (near S edge sec. 16, T35N, R5W) along the RR between Menonaqua Beach and Ramona Park. (cf. 1902 plat map); CWF often collected here 1899–1923.

Emmet County

Rosedale

E edge of Petoskey, at Bay View (cf. 1902 plat map—and current street sign). [Note that there was also a Rosedale in Chippewa Co., from which I have seen no collections.]

Emmet County

Wawatam Beach

erroneously assigned to Cheboygan Co. by Romig but is entirely west of the county line in the village of Mackinaw City (q.v.).

Emmet County

West Lake

= Dow Lake = western of the Twin Lakes, in sec. 12, T38N, R4W (Carp Lake Tp.—not Wawatam Tp. as indicated by Nelson) (UMBS).

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Genesee County

Burton

presumably Burton Tp. (D. Clarke in 1866).

Genesee County

Long Lake

= Lake Fenton (cf. Soil Survey publ. in 1914).

Gladwin County

Pratt Lake

T19N, R2W. Of the four lakes bearing this name, in as many counties, the one visited by F. Comte in Aug. 1956 (specimens at MO) must have been the Gladwin Co. one, for the species collected would not have all occurred near any of the other Pratt Lakes.]

Gogebic County

Black River

this is the Black River of Henry Gillman in 1868, flowing into Lake Superior west of the Presque Isle River and Porcupine Mts. State Park (cf. Peters in Mich. Academician 18: 426. 1986). [There are several other Black Rivers in Michigan, e.g., in Alcona, Allegan, Muskegon (C. D. McLouth coll.), Ottawa (see below), St. Clair (C. K. Dodge coll.), Sanilac, and Van Buren counties. The Black River in Cheboygan Co. flows from Black Lake into the Cheboygan River near its mouth, but the name is also carelessly applied to the Upper Black River, which arises in Otsego Co. and flows through small portions of Montmorency and Presque Isle counties before finally entering Black Lake in Cheboygan Co.]

Gogebic County

8-mile Creek

west side of Gogebic Lake (EAB in 1919); (cf. label for Juncus dudleyi).

Gogebic County

Killarney Point

on Tenderfoot Lake, not in Wisconsin as labeled by P. E. Hebert (fide B. Hellenthal).

Gogebic County?

Mamie Lake

T44N, R41W, on Wisconsin border. [HTD wrote (Rep. Mich. Acad. 22: 148. 1921) that his (and EAB’s) Gogebic County headquarters in 1919 were “at Bent’s camp on the south side of Mamie Lake and less than a mile from the Wisconsin line.” The lake was said to cover “nearly a square mile.” The location for their 1920 field work was likewise “in the vicinity of Bent’s Camp in the southeastern part of the county.” (Pap. Mich. Acad. 1: 74. 1923). Dr. Darlington confirmed in conversation with me that the camp was on the south side of Mamie Lake. Yet, Michigan maps show Mamie lake almost entirely in Wisconsin (and Wisconsin maps concur), with barely the northern tip extending into Michigan. Bent’s Resort is shown at the S end of Mamie lake, in Wisconsin well south of the Michigan line (not north of the state line), in a map [?1932] of Gogebic County, drawn by George W. Koronski, Gogebic County Engineer; however, on that map a narrow strait of Mamie Lake is shown north into Michigan. How far from “Bent’s Camp” HTD and EAB collected would determine the county (Gogebic in Michigan or Vilas in Wisconsin). And of course “Mamie Lake” may once have included what later maps separately identify as East Bay Lake (entirely in Michigan) and West Bay Lake (partly in Michigan), these three areas separated from each other by more or less narrow straits, with East Bay even included in West Bay Lake in a 1917 plat map.]

Gogebic County?

Porky Point

location unknown, but presumably not far from Thousand Island Lake (EAB, July 3, 1920; HTD could recall no location when I queried him).

Grand Traverse County

Bassett’s Island

on NE side of Marion (Ford) Island (CFW in 1898).

Grand Traverse County

Edgewood

(CFW in 1898; just E of Traverse City).

Grand Traverse County

Paradise

community near the Kingsley RR station and later incorporated into the village of Kingsley, in Paradise Tp. (CFW et al. in 1888; cf. Voss & Crow 1976, p. 61). [Quite different from the village of Paradise on Whitefish Bay in Chippewa Co.]

Grand Traverse/Antrim County

Traverse Bay

Mary Clark was here in 1869 at Elk Rapids [Antrim Co.] on Grand Traverse Bay (cf. her label for Utricularia cornuta); she was also at Traverse City [Grand Traverse Co.] in 1869. CFW collected at the Bay in 1898, often with reference to Traverse City or the Peninsula in the Bay, so presumably his specimens are to be referred to Grand Traverse Co. and not to Leelanau or Antrim counties, which also border the Bay. [There is also a Grand (or “Big”) Traverse Bay on the Keweenaw/Houghton Co. line. Cf. also Little Traverse Bay, above.]

Gratiot County

Conservation Park

S of Alma in sec. 4, T11N, R3W.s

Gratiot County

Lumberjacks Park

W of Alma on Pine River, in SE¼ sec. 18, T12N, R4W.

Gratiot County

Sullivan’s Woods

near Alma, W½ sec. 32, T12N R3W.

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Hillsdale County

Skelton’s bog

W side of Montgomery (fide F. W. Case in conversation 1989).

Houghton County

Arethusa Bog

0.5 mile N of Laurium (cf. FJH label for Carex flava). [Note that S. H. Camp collected 1891–1893 at an Arethusa Swamp “near Clark’s Lake” in Jackson Co.]

Houghton County

Big Traverse Bay

(OAF 1943; cf. also Traverse Bay, below).

Houghton County

Bootjack

sec. 20, T55N, R32W.

Houghton County

C. & H. Stamp Mills

on shore of Torch Lake at Lake Linden (OAF, many collections) (cf. Benedict, Red Metal: The Calumet & Hecla Story, pp. 116 and 188. 1952. [The C. & H. company was long the leading copper producer on Lake Superior. Cf. also Clifton, below.]

Houghton County

Canal

(OAF 1943).

Houghton County

Edgewood

apparently at Lake Linden (OAF 1943; he collected at Edgewood several times in 1941 and 1942).

Houghton County

Entry

= Portage Entry (from Lake Superior to Portage River and Lake), near Jacobsville.

Houghton County

Eureka

near Laurium (FJH in 1922–1926).

Houghton County

Graveraet River

mouth on Lake Superior SW of Salmon Trout River (cf. also Peters in Mich. Hist. Rev. 27(1): 82–85. 1991).

Houghton County

Gregoryville

also Gregory Springs (OAF). Gregory was at the N end of Torch Lake, opposite Lake Linden (cf. old Calumet quad. topo map).

Houghton County

Hazel

probably near Lake Linden (OAF Oct. 7, 1934; attributed to Houghton Co. by OAF in Am. Fern Jour. 27: 12. 1937).

Houghton County

Houghton, Douglass, Falls

ca. 1 mile NW of Lake Linden.

Houghton County

Incline

(a frequent collection site for OAF; “the Lake Linden terminus of the railroad from which the rock cars were switched to the rope-controlled inclined-plane railway leading to the stamp mills and the docks.”—C. Harry Benedict, Red Metal: The Calumet & Hecla Story, p. 116. 1952).

Houghton County

Isle Royale Mine

just south of Houghton [not on Isle Royale, although there was an “Isle Royale and Ohio Mine” there].

Houghton County

Isle Royale Stamp Mill

moved in late 1880s from Houghton [Houghton Co.] to Republic [Marquette Co.] (cf. Mich. History 53: 115. 1969).

Houghton/Keweenaw County

Keweenaw Point

[Most 19th century collectors did not restrict this “Point” to the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula, as modern maps show it, but included at least the northern portion of Houghton Co. (or even parts of Ontonagon and Baraga counties; cf. Voss, 1978, p. 77). Map in Foster and Whitney 1850 indicates the Point as far S as latitude of Houghton; and an 1832 observation by Lt. Allen (in Mason 1958, p. 178) notes that the “Point” is “often applied to the whole peninsula.”]

Houghton County

Keweenaw Portage

the Portage Lake Ship Canal, completed in 1874, now accommodates small boats crossing the Keweenaw Peninsula via Portage Lake, where the early explorers had to portage their canoes to avoid the long (and dangerous) route around Keweenaw Point; David B. Douglass, Douglass Houghton, and others found such bog species as orchids and pitcherplants along the portage. The north end of the present canal is at the west end of McLain State Park.

Houghton County

Limestone Mt.

T51N, R35W. [Not in Baraga Co., as stated by N. C. Fassett on July 2, 1938, labels.]

Houghton County

Linwood

at Lake Linden (OAF collected here Sept. 19, 1941. [Not to be confused with the much better-known Linwood in Bay Co.]

Houghton County

Little Traverse Bay

on west side of Keweenaw Bay, ca. 3–4 miles S of Keweenaw Co. (OAF July 28, 1939). [Not to be confused with the better known Little Traverse Bay in Emmet Co.]

Houghton County

McCallum’s Creek

E of Torch Lake (OAF 1943).

Houghton County

Montreal

(OAF 1943).

Houghton County

Natural Wall

ravine near Old Colony Mine, which was in sec. 18, T56N, R32W (OAF Aug. 26, 1935).

Houghton County

Osceola Mine

ca. 1 mile N of the village of Osceola, near Laurium—nowhere near Osceola Co. in the Lower Peninsula.

Houghton County

Pewabic Mine

associated with the Quincy Mine (which purchased it in 1891) on the north side of Portage Lake at Hancock.

Houghton County

Quincy Mine

on NE side of Hancock. Quincy Hill here is the classic site for Juncus inflexus in Michigan; cf. Rhodora 43: 633 (1941) and Pap. Mich. Acad. 30: 59 (1945). [Neither should be confused with the village of Quincy in Branch Co., where B. B. Kanouse collected.]

Houghton County

Rabbit Bay

(OAF 1943).

Houghton County

Rice Lake

near eastern border of Keweenaw Co. (OAF).

Houghton County

Salmon Trout River

mouth on Lake Superior near Redridge (Lewis Foote in 1865; cf. also Lt. Allen’s 1832 mention [Mason 1958, p. 179]).

Houghton County

Sawmill Creek

flows into Torch Lake E of Lake Linden (OAF 1943). [There is also a Sawmill Creek in Chippewa Co. just N of Paradise and doubtless are others.]

Houghton County

Silver Mt.

(OAF 1943).

Houghton County

Smelts Incline

(OAF 1943).

Houghton County

Swamp

“The Swamp,” a Chamaedaphne bog 0.5 mile N of Laurium (FJH coll here; cf. letter from him to EGV April 10, 1969).

Houghton County

Trap Rock River

flows into N end of Torch Lake (OAF 1943).

Houghton County

Twin Lakes

(OAF on Aug. 15, 1934; cf. his label for Carex paupercula). [Of course, there are many other Twin Lakes in the state.]

Houghton County

Wheal Kate

SE¼ sec. 18, T54N, R34W, ca. 1 mile S of South Range (cf. 1915 topo map for Houghton quad.).

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Ingham County

Agricultural College

often abbreviated “Agrl. Coll.” and in other ways, including “M. A. C.” It was founded in 1855, became Michigan State College in 1925, and Michigan State University in 1955; the name of the community officially became East Lansing in 1907. Consider also College Woods, College Farm, etc.; and see also entries for Chandler’s Marsh, Michigan State Col., and Towar’s Swamp below.

Ingham County

Glenn Island

in Grand River just S of Grand Trunk RR bridge in Lansing (cf. Foster 1942, p. 492).

Ingham County

Leadley Park

amusement park on N side of Grand River, promoted about 1892 and later named Waverly Park (on E side of Waverly Rd.) (fide an unrelated Mr. Leadley of Lansing, phone Dec. 1961, and cf. Foster 1952, p. 498) (Kedzie in 1893, MSC).

Ingham County

Pine Lake

name changed to Lake Lansing 1929–30. (There are about 30 other Pine Lakes in Michigan. The P.O. at this one, established in 1879, was changed to Haslett in 1890; cf. Ceasar p. 56.)

Ingham County

Reform School

at Lansing, later called the Industrial School for Boys (cf. Wheeler in 1892, Carex lupuliformis).

Ingham County

Towar Swamp

“1.5 miles n. of Agr’l College” (CFW label for Carex tenuiflora; one for Habenaria ciliaris reads “near the Agr’l College”). Towar Gardens is shown on the 1933 soils map in S½ sec. 6, T4N R1W, just N of East Lansing and SE of Chandler Marsh (q.v. above).

Ingham County

Wellman’s Swamp

at the Agricultural College (W. R. Kedzie in 1895; cf. his label for Poa paludigena).

Ionia County

Deer Lick

“2 mi. n.w. of Hubbardston Ionia Co.” (CFW, cf. labels for Scirpus olneyi and Eleocharis parvula).

Ionia County

Hubbardston

note that the village borders on Clinton Co. and specimens may be from that county. Erwin F. Smith’s home was 3.5 miles E of Hubbardston and thus well into Clinton Co. [See also entry for Deer Lick.]

Iron County

Camp 6

1.5 miles N of Mansfield (cf. Rep. Geol. Surv. Mich. for 1906, p. 30 and CAD 1905 label for Cynoglossum boreale).

Iron County

Roth, Camp Filibert

on W side of Golden Lake, sec. 26, T44N, R37W (Univ. of Michigan forestry camp, originally established in 1929 in Alger Co., W of Munising, but moved in June of 1935 to Golden Lake; property sold in the 1990s).

Isabella County

Economou farm

sec. 31, T13N, R5W (cf. labels at ALMA).

Isabella County

Sweeney’s woods

now a subdivision in sec. 6, T14N, R4W (fide G. Starks; some specimens in CMC erroneously locate this woods).

Isabella County

Veit’s woods

a property of Central Michigan University in sec. 21, T14N, R4W (fide G. Starks; some specimens in CMC erroneously locate this woods).

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Jackson County

Bangham Rd. Woods

sec. 3, T2S, R3W (E. A. Stowell in 1956–1960 et al., ALBC)).

Jackson County

Clark Lake

of the 15 Michigan lakes bearing this name, the one in Jackson Co. (Columbia Tp., P.O. as “Clarklake” 1896– ) is the type locality for Betula ×purpusii Schneider; however, Clark Lake in Livingston Co. = the “Mont Lake” (q.v.) of Mary Clark .

Jackson County

Draper School

SW corner sec. 29, Rives Tp. (Camp in 1893; cf. 1926 soils map).

Jackson or Kalamazoo County?

Sand Lake

“8 or 10 miles from the village of Jacksonburgh” [original name for Jackson] (J. Wright in 1838 on label for Eleocharis equisetoides, NY). [There are over 20 other Sand Lakes in Michigan—but Humphrys does not include this one.] On the other hand, McVaugh (1970, p. 243) notes a “Sand Lake” 8 or 10 miles from Kalamazoo mentioned in a letter from John Wright (botanist with the First Survey) to John Torrey; this would accord with “Sandy Lakes” on old maps in the Austin Lake area.

Jackson County

Taylor’s Hill

Waterloo Tp. (cf. CFW 1898 label, GH, for Carex bicknellii).

Jackson County

Watkins Station

(A. B. Lyons in 1874; CFW in 1892, cf. his labels for Panicum flexile and Allium cernuum; cf. also Romig).

Jackson County

Wolf Lake

at the junction of Grass Lake, Leoni, and Napoleon Tps.; this is the site for collections by S. H. & D. R. Camp in the 1890s (as well as by others); and for Besseya bullii. The Wolf Lake in Lake Co. (7 miles N of Baldwin) and the one in northeastern Delta Co. are both noted for plants of Coastal Plain affinity. There are more than 20 other Wolf Lakes in Michigan.

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Kalamazoo County

Barley Motors

sec. 4/5, Schoolcraft Tp. (CRH, cf. his labels for Melampyrum lineare and Lysimachia lanceolata).

Kalamazoo County

Brown Marsh

short distance S of Patton’s marsh (q.v.) (CRH, cf. his Flora p. 159).

Kalamazoo County

Brown’s West Woods

E. L. Brown’s, sec. 22, Prairie Ronde Tp. (CRH; E. L. Brown located in Schoolcraft, Hanes 1947, p. 224 under Datura).

Kalamazoo County

Budrow’s Marsh

sec. 4, Schoolcraft Tp. (CRH, cf. his 1934 label for Quercus coccinea; his Flora locates Budrow’s farm (p. 253) as “east of Sugarloaf Lake”—which could conceivably be near the oak site).

Kalamazoo County

Fraser’s Grove

southeast of Vicksburg (cf. CRH 1947, p. 127).

Kalamazoo County

Fruit Belt

old RR line in NW part of Texas Tp. (cf. CRH label for Tephrosia virginiana).

Kalamazoo County

Gull Prairie

near Richland (which formerly bore this name; First Survey in 1838; cf. McVaugh 1970 and Romig).

Kalamazoo County

Neasmith Crossing

on Grand Trunk RR, Schoolcraft Tp. (CRH, cf. his Flora, p. 255, under Rudbeckia triloba).

Kalamazoo County

Patton’s Marsh

1 mile SE of Harrison Lake, Prairie Ronde Tp. (CRH, cf. his Flora p. 159).

Kalamazoo or Jackson County?