​Iron Ore Bay,  South End road curve was recently closed due to heavy erosion. Winds and water have washed away Betsy Point completely,  allowing the southern currents to meet eastern tides.  X waves mark the spot and have taken away shoreline to give back sand that floods into the Iron Ore Creek drain and change the shoreline and the view.  A detour is still possible via Betsy Smith trail to Westside Road.  No need to drive down and look,  it’s closed. Driving will only increase the erosion and may be dangerous.
 

 Ed Wojan Realty has listed a three million dollar mansion in the Wall Street Journal and the Northern-Islander.com and print newspaper.  That's the second time this year Beaver Island and the NorthernIslander have appeared in the famous Wall Street Journal.  (WSJ)  
Earlier this year, WSJ reviewed the most recent and revealing book about Beaver Island and King Jesse James Strang,  The King of Confidence.  

Written by Miles Harvey,  the book covers many scandals and "confidence" men working the United States in the pre-Civil War era of prosperity and growth in the country.  The award winning novel is based on research from the pages of the 1856 NorthernIslander, originally owned and published by King Strang.

You will be reading more about this author, this book,  Our Town, Our Island and the blossoming real estate market on Beaver Island soon!  On the other end of the spectrum,  how about an off the grid cabin on ten acres