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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.
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On January 7, 1967, Washington Island received 17 inches (430 mm) of snow, setting the county record for the greatest one-day snowfall. [ 20 ] 17 inches (430 mm) of snow again fell on April 14, 2018, this time at the Peninsular Agricultural Research Station.
The name of the peninsula and the county comes from the name of a route between Green Bay and Lake Michigan. Humans, whether Native Americans, early explorers, or American ship captains, have been well aware of the dangerous water passage that lies between the Door Peninsula and Washington Island, connecting the bay to the rest of Lake Michigan.
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.
Fish Island is an island on the western shore of Lake Michigan in the eastern part of the town of Washington in Door County, Wisconsin. [1] It is two miles (3.2 km) southeast of Rock Island and is under the administration of the U.S. Government. It was named Fish Island because of the abundance of trout in the area. [2]
Pilot Island is an island in Lake Michigan in the Town of Washington, in Door County, Wisconsin; it is part of Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge. An abandoned lighthouse, the Pilot Island Light , rests on the island, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and three shipwrecks rest in the Pilot Island NW Site .
Sturgeon Bay is a city in and the county seat of Door County, Wisconsin, United States. [3] The population was 9,646 at the 2020 census.Located at the bay of Sturgeon Bay for which it is named, it is the most-populous city on the Door Peninsula, a popular Upper Midwest vacation destination.