The 80 mile stretch of Lake Huron shoreline from St. Ignace to Drummond Island is one of the most scenic and ecologically diverse shorelines in Michigan. Here are marshes, sand dunes, gravel beaches, and limestone and dolomite ledges -- all where the cedar and fir forests of Michigan's Upper Peninsual meet the clear blue waters of Lake Huron.

Nestled in each of these places are collections of plants and animals, some of which like the Pitcher's thistle and Dwarf lake iris, occur on the Great Lakes shores and nowhere else in the world. More common and well-known species share these places, such as the killdeer, black bear and yellow perch. These shoreline natural "communities" not only define the beauty, but the shoreline life itself, of the Les Cheneaux Islands and the shoreline east of Drummond Island.