Ballast Island

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Ballast Island is a small, private island in Lake Erie, about one-quarter mile (400 m) northeast of the northeast tip of South Bass Island. It is known primarily as a navigation point for boats going to or from Put-in-Bay from the east. There are shoals between Ballast and South Bass, but there is a passage between known locally as "the wagon tracks". Ballast Island is Partially owned by Mrs. Barbra Nerone, there are currently 6 houses built on Ballast Island.

Lost Ballast Island was once a part of Ballast Island, but has since sunk into Lake Erie to become a reef.