The magic of phtography and lights. BBI, created with a bright light while being photographed. Photo by Audry Harnish. 2022

Old apple tree planted long ago at the West End. These are found here and there around the island showing where someone has lived at one time. Usually an old homestead around the mid 1800s to early 1900s. Photo 2024 Photo by Audry Harnish

Campfire at the water's edge. A BBI tradition. 2022 at the West End. Photo by Audry Harnish

An evening around the campfire. West End.  Photo by Audry Harnish. August 2022

Let the fireworks begin! Photo by Audry Harnish. West End. 2022

The Mackinac Bridge at night with a calm sea. From the West End in 2022. Photo by Audry Harnish

Image by Donna L. Makowski West End, Bois Blanc Island... 2024

Image by Donna L. Makowski West End, Bois Blanc Island... 2024

Image by Donna L. Makowski West End, Bois Blanc Island... 2024

Image by Donna L. Makowski West End, Bois Blanc Island... 2024

Current beaver activity at Mary's Lake January, 2025. Photo taken by Linda Wells.

Foggy weather, North Shore Road. Photo taken by Lisa Ramsberger.

Snow Beach sunrise. Image by  Greg and Marsha Converse.

Snow Beach. Paddle boarding during the calm. Image by  Greg and Marsha Converse.

Sunrise at Cleveland Avenure.... East End just east of Snow Beach. Image taken by  Greg and Marsha Converse.

East End Sunrise. Photo by Greg and Marsha Converse.

Twin Lakes. Photo by Megan Vallance.

Mary's Lake mirroring the sky. 2023. Absolutely windless day. Photo by Mike Polom

Mary's Lake mirroring the sky. 2023. Absolutely windless day. Photo by Mike Polom. 

A quiet evening at Mary's Lake. 2024. Photo by Mike Polom

Mary's Lake 2024. Lake path. Photo by Mike Polom

Mary's Lake shoreline. Another calm day where the water mirrors the shoreline and the sky. 2024. Photo by Mike Polom

2024. Mary's Lake at sunset. Photo by Mike Polom

East End BBI September 3, 2020 by W. Scott McKinney 

Nicholas Hillier

5/9/24

Lake Marry Dock

Nicholas Hillier 

6/13/24

Coast Guard Chapel 

Nicholas Hillier 

8/2/24 

West End BBI Mailboxes 

Nicholas Hillier

5/9/24

East Huron Drive

Angel Johnson

Photo of late sunset as seen from Pointe aux Pins old Hotel Dock

Sunset on the south channel of the Straits of Mackinac from beach Pointe aux Pins. Photo by Brook Manley-Reed

Backyard wildlife. Whitetail deer in the Pointe aux Pins of Bois Blanc Island. Photo by Brook Manley-Reed.

Island beach beauty. Photo by Kurt Lindstrom

Island humor. Photo by Kurt Lindstrom

Coopers Hawk. Photo by Kurt Lindstrom

Remenents of the Hotel  Dock. Built circa 1904. Popular swimming dock Pointe aux Pins. Photo by Steve Gillman.

Driving the main road into the interior of Bois Blanc Island. Photo by Steve Gillman

State dock on Bois Blanc Island. Kristen D. ferry boat. Photo by Steve Gillman

Bubble bath at Twin Lakes. Mink frog. 2023. Photo by S. Sperry

July 6 2024 fireworks show. Photo by Kitty Lower

Northern Water Snake along the shoreline of BBI. Photo by Kitty Lower

Fox along Lime Kiln Point Road towards the West End. 2025. Photo by Megan Hawver

Fox along Lime Kiln Point Road towards the West End. 2025. Photo by Megan Hawver

Fox along Lime Kiln Point Road towards the West End. We love our wildlife. 2025. Photo by Megan Hawver

Fox along Lime Kiln Point Road towards the West End. 2025. Photo by Megan Hawver

Fox along Lime Kiln Point Road towards the West End. 2025. Photo by Megan Hawver

A winter sunset. 2025. Photo by Megan Hawver.

Winter sunset along Lime Kiln Point Road at the airport. Photo by Megan Hawver

Winter sunset... 2025. Photo by Megan Hawver

BBI Winter sunset. 2025. Photo by Megan Hawver

Sunsetting over the State Dock. 2019 Photo by Michelle Marie Farmer. 

Island mushrooms. 2019 Photo by Michelle Marie Farmer. 

Pond life. 2019. Photo by Michelle Marie Farmer. 

Monarch paradise. 2019. Photo by Michelle Marie Farmer. 

Monarchs and Milkweed. 2019. Photo by Michelle Marie Farmer. 

Northern Watersnake very common on BBI. 2019 Photo by Michelle Marie Farmer. 

A pit (or a den or a nest) of common Northern Watersnakes. 2019 Photo by Michelle Marie Farmer. 

A tree toad. 2019. Photo by Michelle Marie Farmer. 

A large snapping turtle. 2019. Photo by Michelle Marie Farmer.