- The list below includes 7 free or cheap things to do in or near Beaver Island, Michigan, including 38 different types of inexpensive activities like Specialty Museums, History Museums, Islands and Lighthouses.
- From Beaver Island to Beaver Island Community Center, there are a variety of budget-friendly attractions in Beaver Island.
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Shepler's Lighthouse Cruises offers sightseeing trips along the Straits of Mackinac, a passage between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. Along the way are sixteen lighthouses, each with a unique history that tour guides will share.
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A small 'pocket park,' WaWatam Park features a beach, open green space, benches and picnic areas, and a playground for kids. It offers views of the Mackinac Bridge and of the boats and ferries on the Straits.
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Bridge View Park offers dramatic vistas of the Mackinac Bridge and across the Straits to a rebuilt Fort Michillimackinac. A telescope provides closeups of the bridge and video monitors allow for more detailed exploration of the bridge project.
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Michigan's Fort de Baude Museum preserves the legacy of Fort de Baude, which was erected in the late 17th century by French fur trappers. Visitors learn how the Fort served its two intended purposes: intimidating Native Americans and blocking British access to fur-trapping areas.
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Dedicated to the Ojibwa Culture and its relationship to Michigan (past and present), the Museum of Ojibwa Culture & Marquette Mission is an important itinerary item for tourists intereste in the First Nations.
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St. Ignace, MI 49781
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Containing ten exhibits, the Museum of Ojibwa Culture and Marquette Mission Park covers the history of the Ojibwa culture, the Huron people, and the French Jesuit mission. This site also features a longhouse replica and medicine wheel garden.
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Deer Ranch is the place where kids love to play with the deer and feed them. There are carrots and saltines available at sales counters, friendly staff and a reasonal entry fee.
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The Straits State Park has 275 modern campsites that feature electricity, fire rings and picnic tables. It semi modern waterfront sites that have a view of the Mackinac Bridge and are 1/2 mile from the ferries that travel to and from Mackinac Island.
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Built in 1998, Wawatam Lighthouse is a 52 foot tall (65 foot tall from the water) lighthouse named after the late railroad ferry Chief Wawatam. The lighthouse is functioning, aiding those traveling over Lake Huron.
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A local history museum, the Fort de Baude Museum boasts 3,500 Native American artifacts. The museum's exhibits depict the cultural development of the area and feature a large display of Native, French, British and American Military and Indian weaponry.