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'Les Cheneaux Islands' are a group of 36 small islands, some inhabited, along 12 miles of Lake Huron shoreline on the southeastern tip of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. The name is French for the channels, noting the many channels between the islands in the group. They are about 30 miles north and east of the Straits of Mackinac and about 35 miles south of Sault Ste. Marie. The islands are a popular resort and boating and kayaking area. The nearby communities of Hessel and Cedarville on the mainland offer marinas, camping, lodging, restaurants, and shopping. The Les Chenaux Islands Antique Boat Show & Festival of the Arts is held each year in Hessel. The event, which is scheduled for the second Saturday in August each year, was started in 1976 by longtime summer residents Kenneth P. Horsburgh Sr. and Charles E. Letts, Jr.

The named islands include:

★ Bear Island

★ Birch Island

★ Boot Island

★ Coryell Island

★ Crow Island

★ Dollar Island

★ Echo Island

★ Goat Island

★ Goose Island

★ Government Island, federally owned, administered through Hiawatha National Forest, primitive campground

★ Gravelly Island

★ Haven Island

★ Hill Island, connected by causeway and bridge with the mainland

★ Island No. 8, connected by bridge with the mainland via Hill Island

★ La Salle Island

★ Little La Salle Island

★ Lone Susan Island

★ Long Island

★ Marquette Island, the largest of all 36 islands

★ Penny Island

★ Rover Island

★ St. Ledger Island

★ Strongs Island

★ Whitefish Point
The Islands form many bays, including:

★ Bass Cove Lake

★ Bush Bay

★ Cedarville Bay

★ Duck Bay

★ Flower Bay

★ Government Bay

★ Marquette Bay

★ McCay Bay

★ Mismer Bay

★ Muscallonge Bay

★ Peck Bay

★ Prentiss Bay

★ Sand Bay

★ Scammons Harbor

★ Sheppard Bay

★ Urie Bay

★ Voight Bay

★ Wilderness Bay
From Lake Huron, there are four major entrances to access the islands:

★ West Entrance

★ Middle Entrance

★ West Entrance

★ The fouth entrance, though unnamed on official charts, is often known as "Yacht Entrance," named for the many yachts that access Government Bay for overnight anchorage.

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External links

★ Les Cheneaux Welcome Center

★ Les Cheneaux Chamber of Commerce