You come here, and everything is here that you need. 'We're a full service resort,' says Island marketing director Susan Harris. There is also a convention center attached. Inside the complex, which includes an 11-story hotel tower that affords great views of the adjacent golf course to the south and to the surrounding countryside (see below), there is everything one could need for a self-contained getaway: a spa with a pool and an adjacent fitness center, a casino with slots, bingo, poker and gaming tables, a variety of restaurants and bars, the hotel, a gift shop, the golf course and copious free parking.Īnd 18 weekends each year, national talent performing in a state of the art concert and show venue. 2 & 41 in Harris, Michigan, appears and it looks like an oasis of fun in a quiet rural area.
It’s hard to believe there’s a full-service resort, hotel and casino out here, but then the Island Resort & Casino, W399 Hwys. There are abundant trees, but not much else in this peaceful landscape dotted with the occasional home or farm. – Driving along the wooded roads of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the area is awash in autumn color.