Published July 18, 2024 at 2:49 PM EDT
The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians is one step closer regaining ownership and stewardship of a 187-acre chunk of land on the Leelanau Peninsula.
The site, which sits along Grand Traverse Bay, was once the site of Timber Shores campground. It was later eyed for a luxury condo development with a private marina, and most recently, a group hoped to turn it into an RV park and campground.
But before that, it was part of the ancestral lands of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians for more than 300 years, according to a report on the site’s history.
The land that became Timber Shores was illegally transferred to private ownership in 1855.
Now, a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration could change that.
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