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practicing their new skills, and then a week on Garden Island. On Garden Island, they were placed in groups of 8. Each girl had only a knife, flint and steel, and a space blanket. The girls survived by building lean-tos, setting snares, fishing with handmade fishing hooks and twine, and foraging for wild plants.
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In 1978, Garden Island was the location for the climax of a Girl Scout Wider
Opportunity called Scouts on Survival'78. 48 Senior Girl Scouts ages 15 –18 were brought to Michigan State University to study survival techniques. After two weeks of classes, the girls spent a week at Rose Lake Park
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Garden Island's maximum length, from northwest to southeast, is approximately five miles (8 km). Currently, the island is not inhabited on a year-round basis; historically, this island was the home of many
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that operated on the island in 1912-1913. A small town, now a true ghost town, was built near the mill and named "Success", Michigan.
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sites. The cemetery land is owned by a nonprofit organization that keeps the site protected and open to all native peoples.
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by direct translation. The Island's Native
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Although the island is currently uninhabited year-round, a Native
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timber on Garden Island was cut and sawn by a short-lived
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452:24 December
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94:Coordinates
932:Categories
887:Washington
728:Temperance
713:St. Martin
708:St. Helena
626:Little Hog
428:References
300:old-growth
220:U.S. state
198:Population
845:Horseshoe
800:Big Susie
792:Wisconsin
718:St. Vital
641:Naubinway
611:Horseshoe
554:Fisherman
549:Epoufette
285:fishermen
79:Geography
810:Chambers
574:Gravelly
521:Michigan
340:cemetery
334:Religion
328:wetlands
289:Michigan
224:Michigan
183:Township
167:Michigan
84:Location
815:Detroit
743:Whiskey
661:Poverty
656:Pismire
544:Butlers
529:Bassett
514:Islands
366:Gallery
320:fishing
314:Terrain
304:sawmill
258:History
106:85°29′W
103:45°48′N
882:Spider
825:Gravel
723:Summer
651:Ojibwa
631:Little
569:Gravel
559:Garden
539:Bellow
534:Beaver
446:USGNIS
348:burial
281:squash
173:County
876:Snake
870:Snake
855:Pilot
830:Green
733:Trout
698:Snake
682:Round
676:Round
671:Rocky
666:Power
579:Green
564:Grape
324:ponds
163:State
865:Rock
860:Plum
820:Fish
805:Cana
693:Shoe
688:Sand
601:High
590:Gull
584:Gull
454:2020
326:and
279:and
277:corn
131:Area
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835:Hat
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