[1] Bellow Island lies a little over a mile off the coast of Leelanau Peninsula in Northport Bay.

The cottage and island ownership passed through his family until 1948 when the house was destroyed by vandals.

During the mid-60s, the first discoveries of the pesticide DDT's impact on thinning bird shells occurred on the island.

Other major species that nest there include Double-crested cormorants and Ring-billed gulls.

The first discoveries of the pesticide DDT's impact on thinning bird shells occurred on the island through research funded by the University of Michigan in the mid-60s.