Miller's Marsh

Central Michigan University owns a 230-acre natural area at Miller's Marsh. This tract of land serves a variety of field courses offered at the station by providing a highly diverse site for field trips, research and other activities.

Miller´s Marsh is the largest and most diverse true marsh found on the Island. Significantly contributing to the diversity of this wetland is its combination of open shallow water, its extensive sedge (to the west), and sphagum mats (to the east) surrounded by a vast mature second growth beech-maple forest. The marsh is biologically unique since it is the only site on Beaver Island where blue-green algae can be found. Miller´s Marsh is an ideal site for both aquatic and terrestrial biological research.

Six of Beaver Island's inland lakes are in Peaine Township: Barney's Lake, Round Lake, Egg Lake, Fox Lake, Greene's Lake, and Lake Geneserath, as well as Miller's Marsh.