List of islands of the Great Lakes facts for kids
Islands in northern Lake Michigan and eastern Lake Superior on June 17, 2022; taken from the International Space Station. North is oriented towards the upper left. The Beaver Islands are at the top center, with the Manitou Islands at the top right and the Fox Islands between them. At the top right corner are islands inside of Grand Traverse Bay. The Potawatomi Islands are below the Beaver and Manitou Islands, and the Strawberry Islands and Chambers Island are inside of Green Bay in the lower right corner. Caribou Island in Lake Superior is near the left side border.
The Great Lakes islands consist of about 35,000 islands (scattered throughout Great Lakes), created by uneven glacial activity in the Great Lakes Basin in Canada (Ontario) and the United States. The largest of these is Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron in the 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
- Adventure Island, Wisconsin, United States
- Apostle Islands
- Ballast Island
- Barker's Island
- Bass Islands
- Beaver Island, United States
- Beaver Islands, including Beaver Island and nearby islands, see Beaver Islands State Wildlife Research Area
- Belle Isle
- Bois Blanc Island, Michigan, United States
- Bois Blanc Island (Ontario)
- Calf Island - Grosse Ile, Michigan, United States
- Cana Island
- Caribou Island (near Michipicoten Island)
- Caribou Island (Thunder Bay)
- Catawba Island - former island presently connected to mainland Ohio, United States
- Celeron Island, Gibraltar, Michigan, United States
- Chambers Island, Wisconsin, in Lake Michigan's Green Bay
- Cockburn Island
- Detroit Island, Wisconsin, United States
- Dickinson Island, Saint Clair River
- Drummond Island (contains Drummond Township, Michigan), Michigan, United States
- Edmond Island - Gibraltar, Michigan, United States
- Elba Island - Grosse Ile, Michigan, United States
- Fawn Island, Saint Clair River
- Fighting Island, Detroit River
- Fish Island (Wisconsin)
- Flowerpot Island, Tobermory, Ontario
- Foleys Island, Luna Pier area
- Fox Island
- Fox Islands, Michigan, United States
- Fox Islands (Ontario)
- Gard Island, Michigan-Ohio border area, United States
- Grassy Island - Wyandotte, Michigan, United States
- Gravel Island (Wisconsin)
- Green Bay Islands
- Green Island, Saint Clair River
- Green Island, Wisconsin, in Lake Michigan's Green Bay
- Grosse Ile, Michigan, United States
- Gull Island, Wisconsin, United States
- Gull Island, Michigan, United States
- Gull Island, Saint Clair River
- Harsens Island
- Hat Island, Wisconsin, in Lake Michigan's Green Bay
- Hickory Island, Grosse Ile, Michigan, United States
- Hog Island (Wisconsin)
- Horse Island, city of Gibraltar in the state of Michigan, in the Detroit River
- Horseshoe Island, Wisconsin, in Lake Michigan's Green Bay
- Howe Island
- Indian Island, Michigan-Ohio border area, United States
- Isle Royale, Michigan, United States
- Johnson's Island
- Kelleys Island
- Mackinac Island, Michigan, United States
- Madeline Island
- Manitou Islands, Michigan, United States:
- Manitoulin Island
- McDonald Island, Saint Clair River
- Meso Island, Grosse Ile, Michigan, United States
- Michipicoten Island
- Middle Island, Saint Clair River
- Neebish Island, Michigan, United States
- North Island, Saint Clair River
- Parry Island
- Pelee Island
- Pilot Island, Wisconsin
- Plum Island (Wisconsin)
- Potawatomi Islands on the eastern side of Lake Michigan's Green Bay
- Rattlesnake Island
- Rock Island (Wisconsin)
- Saint Ignace Island
- Saint Joseph Island, Ontario, Canada
- Sister Islands in Lake Michigan's Green Bay
- Slate Islands, Ontario, Canada
- Sleeping Giant Island
- South Bass Island
- Spider Island (Wisconsin)
- Strawberry Island, Saint Clair River
- Strawberry Islands in Lake Michigan's Green Bay
- Sugar Island, Michigan, United States
- Sugar Island, Ohio, United States
- Swan Island, Grosse Ile, Michigan, United States
- Thirty Thousand Islands
- Toronto Islands
- Walpole Island
- Washington Island, Wisconsin, in Lake Michigan; largest of the Potawatomi Islands
- Wolfe Island, Ontario, Canada
See also
- List of populated islands of the Great Lakes
- List of Lake Erie Islands
- List of islands of Michigan
- List of islands of Ontario
- Thousand Islands
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