List of populated islands of the Great Lakes
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The following is a list of populated islands of the Great Lakes region. The islands listed have a specified year-round population of over 100 residents. Many islands are popular tourist destinations, and experience a sharp population increase during peak travel seasons.
Beaver Island
Beaver Island is the largest island in Lake Michigan and part of the Beaver Island archipelago.[1] It lies approximately 32 miles (51 km) from the city of Charlevoix on the mainland, and can be reached by air or boat. Beaver Island is also the name of the unincorporated community on the island, which has a population of 551[2].
Barrie Island
The Municipality of Gordon/Barrie Island is a township in Manitoulin District in north central Ontario, Canada. The island has a significant summer recreational population. It is connected to Manitoulin by Highway 540A, which crosses the water via a causeway at the narrowest part of the strait.[3]
Bois Blanc Island
Bois Blanc Island is located in Lake Huron southeast of Mackinac Island and almost due north of the city of Cheboygan. Plaunt Transportation is the sole provider of ferry services for the island.[4]
Cockburn Island
Cockburn Island is an island in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Manitoulin District. Most of the island is incorporated as the municipal township of Cockburn Island. While having a low permanent population, its population grows significantly in the summer, to about 200 residents.[5]
Drummond Island
Drummond Island is one of the largest islands in Lake Huron, and consists of Drummond Township, Michigan.[6] The unincorporated area had a population of 992 residents as of the 2000 Census. The island lies along the Canadian border, and is adjacent to Manitoulin Island.
Howe Island
Howe Island is an island located in the St. Lawrence River west of Kingston in Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada.
Kelleys Island
Kelleys Island is both a village in Erie County, Ohio, United States, and the island which it fully occupies in Lake Erie. [7] The population is 367.
Mackinac Island
Mackinac Island is an island and tourist area covering 3.8 square miles in Lake Huron, located between the between the state of Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas[8]
Madeline Island
Madeline Island is located in Lake Superior and contains the town of La Pointe, with a population of 246. The island has a rich history and was once the home of a French fur trading post.[9]
Manitoulin Island
Manitoulin Island is a Canadian island in Lake Huron, and is the largest island in a freshwater lake in the world. It has two incorporated towns, and eight townships.[10]
Neebish Island
Neebish Island is an island in the U.S. state of Michigan in the St. Marys River between the United States and the Canadian province of Ontario. There is one store and one church on the island, and a car ferry service operates April 1 to January 15.[11]
Pelee Island
Pelee Island is the largest island in Lake Erie,[12] and is the southernmost populated place in Canada. [13]
South Bass Island
South Bass Island is located in western Lake Erie, and a part of Ottawa County, Ohio. It contains the village of Put-in-Bay, which has a population of 128 as of the 2000 Census. Ferry service connects the community with Catawba Island, Kelleys Island, Port Clinton, and Sandusky, Ohio.[14]
St. Joseph Island
St. Joseph Island is a Canadian Island in Lake Huron, and is the second largest island in Lake Huron. It has a year-round population of around 2000, and is connected to the mainland by the Bernt Gilbertson Bridge spanning the North Channel of Lake Huron along Highway 548.[15]
Sugar Island
Sugar Island is an island in the U.S. state of Michigan in the St. Marys River between the United States and the Canadian province of Ontario. The entire island constitutes Sugar Island Township in Chippewa County at the eastern tip of the Upper Peninsula. According to the 2000 census there were 683 people living on the island.[16]
Washington Island
Washington Island is located about 7 miles northeast of the tip of Door Peninsula in Door County, Wisconsin. The island has a year-round population of 660 people as of the 2000 Census.[17] The unincorporated community of Detroit Harbor is located on the island.
Wellesley Island
Wellesley Island is an island in Lake Ontario, and part of Jefferson County, New York. An arterial highway, Interstate 81, crosses Wellesley Island.
Wolfe Island
Wolfe Island is an island located at the entrance to the Saint Lawrence River in Lake Ontario near Kingston, Ontario. The resident population is approximately 1400 people, but this number can double or triple during the summer months.[18]
See also
- List of islands by area
- List of islands by highest point
- List of islands by population
- List of islands in lakes
References
- ^ "Beaver Island Website". Website.
- ^ Beaver Island: Peaine township and Saint James township Blocks 1009 through 1048, Blocks 1079 through 1083, Block 1996, Census Tract 9805, Charlevoix County, Michigan United States Census Bureau
- ^ "Barrie Island Website". Website.
- ^ "Bois Blanc Island Website". Website.
- ^ "City Data". Website.
- ^ "Drummond Island Website". Website.
- ^ "Kelleys Island Website". Website.
- ^ "Macinac.Com". Website.
- ^ "MadelineIsland.Com". Website.
- ^ "Manitoulin Island Website". Website.
- ^ "Neebish Island Website". Website.
- ^ "Tourism Windsor Essex Pelee Island website". Website.
- ^ Residents protest Pelee Island health care access, CBC
- ^ "Put-in-Bay Website". Website.
- ^ "St. Joseph Island Website". Website.
- ^ Sugar Island Township, Chippewa County United States Census Bureau
- ^ "Washington Island Website". Website.
- ^ "Wolfe Island Website". Website.
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