Michigan Gazetteer
Point Shab-wa-way is a physical feature (cape) in Mackinac County. The primary coordinates for Point Shab-wa-way places it within the MI 49719 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Point Shab-wa-way |
| Category: | Michigan physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | On SW point of Boot Island, one of the Les Cheneaux Islands on Lake Huron off the southern shore of the Upper Peninsula. |
| History: | Named for Chippewa Chief Shab-wa-way (1770-1872), a lifelong resident of the area and signatory to the 1836 Treaty of Washington which ceded the territory to the United States. |
| County: | Mackinac County |
| Latitude: | 45.9552961 |
| Longitude: | -84.2828033 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Point Shab-wa-way: Point Shab-wa-way.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Point Shab-wa-way does not include property ownership information.
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Mackinac Island, MI
(17.8 miles WSW) |
De Tour Village, MI
(18.5 miles E) |
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Port Dolomite, MI
(1.9 miles N) |
Cedarville, MI
(4.9 miles NW) |
