Lost Peninsula, Turtle Island, and the Toledo War

Interesting nuggets of info about the nooks and crannies of western Lake Erie near Toledo, Ohio.

My Apr 10, 2014 comment in a ToledoTalk.com thread :

Lost Peninsula is located in Michigan.

With wide interpretation of this thread, I conclude that Lost Peninsula is part of Point Place, but Point Place is part of Toledo, therefore Toledo is located partly in Michigan.

This confusion must stem from the Toledo War. Maybe some people are still fighting that bitter war today.

Border Disputes

The new state line at the end of the Toledo War was established at approximately the 41°44’ north latitude line just north of the mouth of the Maumee River. This gave the river and the city of Toledo to the state of Ohio, but it also created an unintended consequence for a specific area of Michigan.

The state line also cut through the smaller Ottawa River and inadvertently cut off a small section of Monroe County, creating an exclave known as the “Lost Peninsula” (41°44′08.3″N 83°27′35.6″W).

The few Michigan residents that live on the small peninsula must travel south into Washington Township, Ohio on a 10-minute drive before going north to get back to the rest of Michigan.

The Lost Peninsula is administered by Erie Township and most of the peninsula contains a marina.

http://www.lostpeninsulamarina.com/Marina-History.html

Turtle Island is shared between Toledo and Erie Township.

The Supreme Court of the United States intervened, and on February 22, 1973, an agreement was reached between the two states.

The state lines were redrawn for the last time to cut exactly through the center of the tiny island's 190' diameter sea wall at a 45° angle, while the ruins of the lighthouse itself were included in the Ohio half.

The island was divided between Monroe County and Ohio's Lucas County. This was merely an act of politics, as the island had been abandoned and continually decaying for the past 70 years.

The Michigan half fell under the jurisdiction of Erie Township, while the city of Toledo assumed full control over the other half.

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