Cana Island
Geography | |
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Location | Door County, Wisconsin |
Coordinates | 45°05′17″N 87°02′58″W / 45.0880490°N 87.0495529°W |
Area | 8.7 sq mi (23 km2) |
Highest elevation | 581 ft (177.1 m) |
Administration | |
United States |
Cana Island is an island in Lake Michigan in Door County, Wisconsin, United States.[1] The Cana Island Light is on the island. Cana Island is connected to the mainland by a causeway.[2] The island is part of the Town of Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin.
In 1896 the wooden bulk freighter Australasia burned and sank off Cana Island.[3]
Climate
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Notes
- ^ "Cana Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Visit the beautiful Cana Island Lighthouse from May - October!
- ^ "Australasia (1884)". Wisconsin Shipwrecks. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Retrieved 30 January 2016.