We Explore a Tiny Off Grid Island in Lake Huron With a Cool Story - Charity Island

around 1943/44 a bunch of people from my hometown, Linwood, were out fishing and their boat sunk. They were on Charity Island for a couple of days before they were found

I have lived all of my life in Michigan until last October. My husband despises the winters so we are living part time in Georgia. I must say, there are some beautiful places in this country but none compare to my beloved Michigan. We’re up here for the month of July (2024) and one thing that has stood out to me is the fresh, clean air. We had some heavy rains a couple of days ago and afterwards I could smell that rich soil and the worms 🪱 😌 It’s heaven!! I subscribed to your channel. Thank you for the videos!

I went perch fishing with my dad around big Charity when i was a kid back in the 80s and we pulled up doubles all day long. Great memories.

Michigan, worth fighting for.

Gillingham fish Co. Owned the island for 40 years. Purchased it from the federal government. In a bid of $ 20,480 dollars. R L Gillingham was my great Grandfather. I am a lifetime Caseville resident.😅 He purchased the island for exclusive fishing rights of the area.

Love what you do. I've lived in Michigan for 50 years and learned more things I didn't know about Michigan from watching your channel, Thank you

I'm probably one of the few seeing this that have stayed overnight on the island before the later development took place. On about 2000 myself and a geography professor sailed my 27 foot wooden sailboat to the island. We motored into the marina and found a pier to tie up on. The mosquitoes were fierce as we buttoned up the boat and cooked supper. The next morning we walked the trails a bit and then departed. We saw no evidence of anyone living on the island then. Great video! Thanks for the memories.

Back in the 60s and 70s my parents had a home in Caseville on the thumb side of the bay we use to go out to the island and explore the old light house often, at that time it was the only thing on the island, you couldn't get up to shore with your boat due to the rocky bottom, we would anchor offshore and wade in, while out there you really had to pay attention to the weather it could change quick and Saginaw Bay is pretty shallow it could get really rough making for a scary ride back.

when i was a kid we got stuck on little charity island for a few days , our boat broke down and we were stuck until we floated out another boat saw our distress. we ate alot of perch cooked on a camp fire

So in 2018 I was in Caseville for the Cheeseburger in Paradise Festival, and I saw the Dinner Cruise coming back around sunset. That must have been one of the last Cruises out to Charity Island. You can see the Island way out in the distance from the Caseville Breakwater. That sunset pic was one of the best sunsets I have ever captured, in the time lapse video you can see how full the Dinner Cruise boat was.

i have pictures from 45 years ago, we spent the nite in the keepers house, all the windows were gone but the place was fixable.the lighthouse was safe and intact

Lake Huron is my favorite of the great lakes! Many summers spent in my youth

Like so many others, I've lived in Michigan my entire life, sans a bit of military time away, and I've never heard of this island. It looks and sounds idyllic. Thank you, you two, for another wonderful adventure!

What a great video. I grew up on Saginaw Bay and had only seen Charity Island from afar. Thank you. I will add that the scuba diving between Charity Island and Port Austin is amazing. The water is quite clear and the huge boulders are amazing to see. They also create a great habitat for numerous crayfish in the 8-12" range. Careful with your anchor though. One of the guys went down looking for large anchors and we brought five of them back individually. It used ALL of our air to do so though, and when we went to leave guess what...our anchor was stuck and we had to cut her loose. Good times.

my dad grew up in Tawas he and his friends would row boat out to those islands in the 1930 for fun ..

I was vacationing in Caseville at some friends. Brought my lil fishing boat, we fished all over that island. Big boulders under shallow did indeed surround the island! It made for great bass fishing though! Absolutely amazing the water is 75-100 ft deep, then you come up on this shallow! I am NOW a subscriber fellow Michiganders

Nice to know there are places like this when all heck breaks loose

Wow thank you so much for your great videos on our home state of Michigan We are really enjoying them ❤ Stay safe and keep it up

Splendid way to spend a Saturday morning, learning about obscure histories of far-off places in my home state. Great work, or play!

What a beautiful place, with such amazing people.