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You can have your own private island with a pier in Michigan for $580,000. Take a look

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When people think about private islands, they picture lavish, tropical paradises that are draped in palm trees with emerald-shaded leaves that contrast swimmingly with a turquoise blue ocean in the distance. And often, these islands come with a hefty price tag can stretch into the millions.

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But not Frying Pan Island, which has a price of only $580,000.

The catch? It looks more Arctic than tropical, a 3.42 acre island off the coast of De Tour Village in Lake Huron in Michigan. And while it doesn’t appear to come with a livable house or even a bathroom, it does have a pier.

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“My clients that bought it originally bought it to build their cabins on it. And they just got too busy and life got in the way,” said Cindy Anderson, a Lake Home Realty associate broker, to 9&10 News. “They decided now with the real estate market the way it is and social distancing, you can’t get much more distant than buying an island.”

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According to the listing, the pier was “built by the Army Core of Engineers” and the entire island is considered “a sailor’s dream.”

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Judging by the photos of the island, there’s a stone structure and many trees. But otherwise, the pictures show aerial views of the property surrounded by ice and the frigid cold of the Great Lake State in the wintertime.

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But what about that name?

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“Frying Pan Island… story has it that gentleman happened upon it and there was a frying pan sitting there, but I had thought because of the shape, you know, because it’s circular and then it’s got a pier that goes out that it’s kind of shaped like a frying pan. So who knows if it’s lore or not,” Anderson said to 9&10 News.

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De Tour Village is about 350 miles northwest of Detroit.

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This story was originally published March 3, 2022 at 2:14 PM with the headline "You can have your own private island with a pier in Michigan for $580,000. Take a look."

TJ Macias
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
TJ Macías is a Real-Time national sports reporter for McClatchy based out of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Formerly, TJ covered the Dallas Mavericks and Texas Rangers beat for numerous media outlets including 24/7 Sports and Mavs Maven (Sports Illustrated). Twitter: @TayloredSiren
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