Sault Ste Marie Michigan Vacation Rentals Presents Listing #3636

Sugar Island island view

Single Family w/ 2 Bedrooms - 1 Bathrooms - Sleeps 4

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Vacation Rental Description

Sault  Ste. Marie, Michigan 
 
 
Homestead on Sugar Island 
 
Sugar maples dominate the forest of this 15-mile-long island in the St. Mary's River. They made it a  
favorite  
Indian sugaring spot for many hundreds of years. Many Ojibwa lived here in recent times. The Sault  
Ste. Marie  
Tribe of Chippewa Indians bases its tribal membership on being able to trace ancestry to that Sugar  
Island  
band. Cottages and small fishing resorts dominate the island today.  
 
When the sugar maples turn red and yellow in fall color season, a drive around the island is a  
spectacular  
experience. There's a café and ice cream shop at the ferry and a bar with food two miles up the hill  
on 1 1/2 Mile  
Rd. A small township park is on the North Shore Road. Get a map at the Sault Chamber of Commerce on  
Bus. I- 
75. There's no perimeter road except along the north shore and part of the west shore, so you have  
to seek  
out the waterfront places. Both downbound and upbound shipping lanes are along the west shore, by  
the  
Michigan mainland. (Years ago low water levels caused the upbound lane to be moved from the Canadian  
side.) 
 
Sugar Island and the St. Mary's River are important migration flyways for many migrating birds. The  
island is  
considered a birding hot spot for seeing migratory snowy and great gray owls. The Little Traverse  
Conservancy  
has acquired four preserves on Sugar Island, mostly shoreline wetlands of significance to many kinds  
of wildlife - 
 mammals and fish as well as birds. The conservancy states that the habitat of its new preserve on  
the island's  
south end is ideal for species including the spruce grouse and black terns (listed as of special  
concern in  
Michigan), sedge wren, and long-eared owl. For preserving expanses of natural habitat, it's a plus  
that the  
preserve is near large parcels of land owned by the University of Michigan Biological Station, land  
that was once  
Governor Chase Osborn's summer home.  
 
For a vacation experience by the woods and water that's close to town, consider investigating Sugar  
Island,  
especially if you like to fish or boat.  We are open from Memorial Day in May through sometime in  
September.  
We are on the southeast shore, south of Lake George.  Call Bill or Kathy Hutchinson and enjoy a week  
or two at  
our island view cottages.

Vacation Rental Amenities

We have two, two bedroom cottages on 220+ of frontage with plenty of hard pack sand to enjoy.  We  
are on  
the American/Candaian border with a spectacular view of Canadian islands as you look east.  Our  
cottages  
have screened in porches with rocking chairs.  The cottages have the following amendities: carpeted,  
lenins  
included, full size refrigerator & electric range, microwave, pots & pans, silverware, coffeemaker,  
toaster etc. 
   Each cottages comes with their own dock & 14' Starcraft boat oars etc., but no motor.  Free fire  
wood, your  
own firepit, charcoal grill ( you provide the charcoal), picnic table and outside swinging chair are  
provided.  We  
also have a live well & cleaning station for your fish.

Activities and Attractions

Fishing for bass, pike, walleye, perch and salmon.  Water skiing, bird watching with at least 25  
species, enjoy  
the quiet, good boating with many coves and inlets to discover.  A public golf course is located by  
the ferry  
which brings you on the island.  The ferry runs every 15 minutes and is only about 20 minutes from  
our cabins.

Vacation Rental Rates

We are open for rentals Memorial Day thru the last week in Sept. with our weekly rate of $525.00  
usd.  Still you should CALL TO CHECK AVAILABILTY IF THERE IS A WARM FALL thru Oct.