List of islands of the Great Lakes
The Great Lakes islands consist of about 35,000 islands (scattered throughout Great Lakes) created by uneven glacial activity in the Great Lakes Basin. The largest of these is Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron in Canada's province of Ontario. At 1,068 square miles (2,766 km²), it is the largest lake island in the world.
List of notable Great Lakes islands and archipelagos
- Amherst Island
- Apostle Islands
- Ballast Island
- Barker's Island
- Bass Islands
- Beaver Island
- Belle Isle
- Bois Blanc Island (Michigan)
- Bois Blanc Island (Ontario)
- Calf Island - Grosse Ile, MI area
- Cana Island
- Caribou Island
- Catawba Island - former island now connected to mainland Ohio (2000 population 3,157)
- Celeron Island -Gibraltar, MI area
- Cockburn Island
- Dickinson Island - St. Clair River
- Drummond Island, contains Drummond Township, Michigan, population 992
- Edmond Island - Gibraltar, MI area
- Elba Island - Grosse Ile, MI area
- Fighting Island - Detroit River area
- Foleys Island - Luna Pier area
- Fox Island ???
- Fox Islands (Michigan)
- Fox Islands (Ontario) ???
- French Island, contains the Town of Campbell (population 4,410)
- Gard Island - Michigan/Ohio border area
- Grassy Island - Wyandotte, MI area
- Green Bay Islands
- Green Island - St. Clair River.
- Green Island
- Grosse Ile
- Gull Island - St. Clair River
- Harsens Island
- Hickory Island - Grosse Ile, MI area
- Horse Island - Gibraltar, MI area
- Horseshoe Island
- Howe Island
- Indian Island - Michigan/Ohio border area
- Isle Royale
- Johnson's Island
- Kelleys Island
- Mackinac Island
- Madeline Island, contains the Town of La Pointe (population 250)
- Manitou Islands
- Manitoulin Island, 12,600 residents, two unincorporated towns, and eight townships.
- McDonald Island - St. Clair River
- Meso Island - Grosse Ile, MI area
- Michipicoten Island
- Middle Island - St. Clair River
- Neebish Island
- North Island - St. Clair River
- Parry Island
- Pelee Island
- Pilot Island
- Rattlesnake Island
- St Ignace Island
- St. Joseph Island
- Slate Islands
- Sleeping Giant Island
- South Bass Island
- Strawberry Island - St. Clair River
- Sugar Island (MI)
- Sugar Island (OH)
- Swan Island - Grosse Ile, MI area
- Thirty Thousand Islands
- Toronto Islands
- Walpole Island
- Washington Island, contains the Town of Washington (population 660)
- Wolfe Island
See also
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- List of populated islands of the Great Lakes
- List of Lake Erie Islands
- List of islands of Michigan
- List of islands of Ontario in Lake Erie
- List of islands of Ontario in the Detroit River
- List of islands of Ontario in Lake Huron
- List of islands of Ontario in Lake Ontario
- List of islands of Ontario in Lake Superior
- List of islands of Ontario in Lake Saint Clair
- List of islands of Ontario in the St. Clair River
- Thousand Islands
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