Boat tours offer rare glimpse of island in the middle of Orchard Lake

Boat tours offer rare glimpse of island in the middle of Orchard Lake

By MediaNews Group Visitors curious about the small island in the middle of Orchard Lake in Oakland County got a chance to explore it Sunday and learn about its history and features. Once a year, the Greater West Bloomfield Historical Society offers free tours of Apple Island. Believed to have once been inhabited by native Americans and later used as a seasonal retreat for a Detroit family and their friends, it’s now owned by the West Bloomfield…