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The bay is some 32 miles (51 km) long, ranges from 7 to 10 miles (11 to 16 km) wide, and up to 620 feet (190 m) deep in spots. It is the second-largest bay of Lake Michigan, behind Green Bay. Grand Traverse Bay is further divided into an East Arm and West Arm by the 18-mile-long (29 km) Old Mission Peninsula. [2]
Northern Lake Michigan, taken April 10, 2022 during Expedition 67 of the International Space Station; view includes the Straits of Mackinac at the upper right, Grand Traverse Bay at center-right, and Green Bay at the lower left. Within Green Bay are views of Sturgeon Bay, Big Bay de Noc, and Little Bay de Noc.
Bellow Island, also known as Gull Island, is an island in the Grand Traverse Bay, a bay of Lake Michigan, located in Leelanau Township, Leelanau County, Michigan. [1] Bellow Island lies a little over a mile off the coast of Leelanau Peninsula in Northport Bay. The island is preserved as a sanctuary for herring gulls. A deteriorating cottage on ...
Mission Point Light is a lighthouse located in the U.S. state of Michigan at the end of Old Mission Point, a peninsula jutting into Grand Traverse Bay 17 miles (27 km) north of Traverse City. When it was built in 1870, it was an exact copy of the Mama Juda Light [2] (now destroyed), which was built on the Detroit River in 1866. [3]
In Grand Traverse Bay lie two islands, Bellow Island and Power Island, the latter of which is administered by Grand Traverse County. Traverse City , the largest municipality in Northern Michigan, is located at the base of the peninsula on the east side, at the head of Grand Traverse Bay.
Part of Grand Traverse County, Power Island is located in the west arm of Grand Traverse Bay, between the Leelanau Peninsula (west) and Old Mission Peninsula (east). The island was once owned and operated by Henry Ford. [1] Power Island from Chateau Chantal on the Old Mission Peninsula.
Oct. 9—TRAVERSE CITY — Wind-whipped waves on Grand Traverse Bay claimed another powerboat. The Sea Doo Bombardier was moored to a buoy with no one aboard when it began to sink on Sunday.
The Grand Traverse Bay Underwater Preserve is a preservation area that encompasses all of Grand Traverse Bay, a bay of Lake Michigan, in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is 295 square miles (760 km 2 ) in size and is located off Traverse City, Michigan .