Talk:Copper Island
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When was it formed? --rmhermen
- Revised page to answer question. --user:Daniel C. Boyer
Page seems to have been revised to slant against existence of island. Land is surrounded on four sides by water and thus an island. An old newspaper existed (out of Hancock) called "Copper Island News," there is the Copper Island Classic, &c. What is the basis for deprecating its existence? --Daniel C. Boyer 18:58, 15 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- While it is possible to create an island by isolating it from a "mainland" through dredging, or just dumping a pile of soil in a water body (both man-made activity), I do not think the dredging of a canal across a peninsula changes that peninsula into an island. Your definition is overly simplistic, and could be extended to say that the eastern coast of the U.S. is really another continent because the Great Lakes, Mississippi River, Chicago River and canals have isolated it from Canada and the western US (surrounded on four sides by water). A canal is just another feature on the landscape (like a road or railroad), not a geography defining body of water. And by your own reasoning, Copper Island lost "island" status when a bridge was built across the canal. The article could alude to the "quaint" local custom of regarding themselves as an island, if in fact that is the origin of the idea behind Copper Island. However, the POV about "inaccurately called the Keweenaw Peninsula" needs to go. It is "Copper Island" that is a geographical inaccuracy; albeit an interesrting tale. And Long Island is certainly part of the North American continent. - Marshman 17:48, 26 May 2004 (UTC)
- Well, according to the artificial island entry, it is really an island ("A less distinctive type of artificial island is formed by the incidental isolation of an existing piece of mainland by canal construction."). Though I'm not fully confident that said article is detailed or accurate enough. The waterway is a stationary body of water, unlike a river (Such as the Mississippi River example). I'm not sure if it matters, and I could be wrong, but I thought that the waterway existed naturally - except of course not being deep enough in some locations to allow large enough ships to pass through. Peoplesunionpro 17:39, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
- In the book "Strangers and Sojourners", it's mentioned that in centuries past, crossing the peninsula there did involve a couple of miles of "walking on marshy ground". The rest being water. Peoplesunionpro 16:54, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
- Well, according to the artificial island entry, it is really an island ("A less distinctive type of artificial island is formed by the incidental isolation of an existing piece of mainland by canal construction."). Though I'm not fully confident that said article is detailed or accurate enough. The waterway is a stationary body of water, unlike a river (Such as the Mississippi River example). I'm not sure if it matters, and I could be wrong, but I thought that the waterway existed naturally - except of course not being deep enough in some locations to allow large enough ships to pass through. Peoplesunionpro 17:39, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
