Enji-minozhiiyaamigak: the place of peacefulness
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Pronunciation
Size
56 acres
Frontage
1,400 feet along Lake Michigan on Little Traverse Bay
Land Description
The upland portion of this preserve consists of sugar maple, birch, big tooth aspen, beech, cedar, and spruce. The tops of a red pine plantation were almost all broken off in a significant ice storm in Spring 2025. The topography here is gently rolling, with three sinkholes visible. The shoreline is dominated by cobblestone.
Trail Description
Roughly .5 mile of universally accessible trail meanders to a lake overlook platform that offers stairs to the beach. A steel tree sculpture framing a historical Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians settlement map is found next to the platform (see photo to right and more information below).
History
Long kept undeveloped by the previous landowners, neighbors had created paths through this beautiful lakeside property. When the Conservancy acquired the preserve in late 2023, the primary donor requested that the new preserve acknowledges its Native American heritage and also is universally accessible so that all may enjoy this beautiful land.
Directions
ADDRESS: 6413 Division Avenue, Charlevoix - From Petoskey, follow US-31 towards Charlevoix and take a right at the Bayshore gas station on Townline Road. Next take a left on Division Road and travel over a quarter mile to the wooded parking area on your right.
The Marker Tree Sculpture
Created by the students and teachers of the Spring 2025 Class of the Industrial Arts Institute in Onaway, the one-of-its-kind tree sculpture was designed to imitate the appearance of Native American “marker trees” found around Bayshore. A map showing the historic locations of Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians around and north of Little Traverse Bay is nestled within the branches of the sculpture.