Garden Island isn't home to much, but it does have historic Native burial grounds on the U.P. coastal island, which drew the attention of a Grand Rapids based filmmaker.
Excerpt: Garden Island is the home of the largest American Indian burial ground in the Midwest – and that’s why Chris Penney wanted to film a movie there.
Penney used to camp on Beaver Island, which is two miles south of Garden Island on Lake Michigan, about halfway between Little Traverse Bay and the Upper Peninsula.
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