List of islands of the Great Lakes facts for kids

Annotated view of Garden and Hog island on Lake Michigan

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
• Belle Isle
• Bois Blanc Island, Michigan, United States
• Bois Blanc Island (Ontario)
• Calf Island - Grosse Ile, Michigan, United States
• Cana Island
• Caribou Island
• Catawba Island - former island presently connected to mainland Ohio, United States
• Celeron Island, Gibraltar, Michigan, United States
• Chambers Island, Wisconsin, United States
• 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
• 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
• Green Bay Islands
• Green Island, Saint Clair River
• Green Island, Wisconsin, United States
• 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, United States
• Hickory Island, Grosse Ile, Michigan, United States
• Horse Island, Gibraltar, Michigan, United States
• Horseshoe Island, Wisconsin, United States
• 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:
  • North Manitou Island
  • South Manitou Island
• 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
• Rattlesnake Island
• Saint Ignace Island
• Saint Joseph Island, Ontario, Canada
• Slate Islands, Ontario, Canada
• Sleeping Giant Island
• South Bass Island
• Strawberry Island, Saint Clair River
• 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, United States
• Wolfe Island, Ontario, Canada

Images for kids

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  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.