It was owned and operated by Charlotte Laitinen, but closed in the early 21st century. Neebish Island was the birthplace and childhood home of Pat Norton (1931-2001), a local painter whose work depicts the St. Marys River, lake freighters, churches, and other island scenes. Born as Pat Cook, one of twelve children of the United States lighthouse keeper and his wife, she grew up with familiar views of lake freighters and related traffic. After she married Roger Norton, they lived on Neebish Island, and also in Sault Ste. Marie and Barbeau, Michigan; and Wisconsin. She specialized in watercolor paintings. Pine River Camp, a canoe camp that attracted young people from across the United States, operated on Neebish Island for nearly 30 years from the late 1960s until it closed in 1993. The rustic camp had basic cabins; the dining hall was a pavilion with log poles and a dirt floor. Next to it was a camp fire where the meals were cooked. Popular culture In the film The Switch (2010), starring Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman, Neebish Island is referred to as the site of the cabin of parents of Roland Nilson (played by Patrick Wilson). See also Populated islands of the Great Lakes References Other reading Edward T. Cook. Guiding the Way from Middle Neebish., Bookstand Publishing (February 2007) (self-published, not valid as Reliable Source about artist Pat Norton.) Islands of Chippewa County, Michigan River islands of Michigan