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Washington Island is approximately 2 mi (3.2 km) long and 0.5 mi (0.80 km) wide. Like the rest of the Isle Royale archipelago, the island is an ancient ridge of basalt oriented from the southwest to the northeast. [1] Washington Island is separated by Grace Harbor from Isle Royale.
Marquette:from Mount Mesnard and from S Front Street. Ironwood: from Mount Zion Ski Hill. This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: See these 16 Michigan cities through live camera feeds
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Mackinac Island (/ ˈ m æ k ə n ɔː / MAK-ə-naw, locally / ˈ m æ k ə n ə / MAK-ə-nə; French: Île Mackinac; Ojibwe: Mishimikinaak ᒥᔑᒥᑭᓈᒃ; Ottawa: Michilimackinac) is an island and resort area, covering 4.35 square miles (11.3 km 2) in land area, in the U.S. state of Michigan. The name of the island in Odawa is ...
Washington Island. Washington Island is an island of the state of Wisconsin situated in Lake Michigan. Lying about 7 miles (11 km) northeast of the tip of the Door Peninsula, it is part of Door County, Wisconsin. [1] The island has a year-round population of 708 people according to the 2010 census.
Washington Island accounts for 62% of the islands' combined surface area. [2] Others include Plum Island , Detroit Island , Hog Island , Pilot Island , and Rock Island in Wisconsin and Little Gull Island , Summer Island , Little Summer Island , Poverty Island , Rocky Island , and St. Martin Island in Michigan.
The Native Americans call the island "Nissawinagong." The island has an area of 378 acres (153 ha). Almost the entire island comprises the Round Island Wilderness Area within the Hiawatha National Forest. The island is nominally part of the City of Mackinac Island, Michigan, but is in fact overseen by the U.S. Forest Service.
At 982 acres (1.534 sq mi; 397 ha), Belle Isle Park was the largest city island park (prior to its transfer to the State of Michigan as a state park) and is larger than Central Park in New York City, also designed by Olmsted. Detroit's River Rouge Park is 1,172 acres (1.831 sq mi; 474 ha). Prior to Belle Isle becoming a state park, the city's ...