Gravel Island (Wisconsin)
Gravel Island | |
Geography | |
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Location | Door County, Wisconsin |
Coordinates | 45°15′13″N 86°57′46″W / 45.2536003°N 86.9628926°WCoordinates: 45°15′13″N 86°57′46″W / 45.2536003°N 86.9628926°W |
Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
Highest elevation | 581 ft (177.1 m) |
Administration | |
State | Wisconsin |
County | Door County |
Town | Liberty Grove |
Gravel Island is an island in Lake Michigan. It is located in Ellison Bay, in the town of Liberty Grove, Wisconsin.[1][2] The Gravel Island National Wildlife Refuge is made up of Gravel Island, and nearby Spider Island. The island is uninhabited,[3] and a botanist who visited in 1999 was unable to find any vascular plants on the island.[4]
Native American name[]
A Native American name for the island is Mah-ko-me-ne-shine-me-nis or "Bear Island". A legend published in the early 1900s relates an incident four hundred years prior where a spirit bear was seen crossing the lake from the east shore. The Potawatomi beckoned him ashore. Since then they call the island Old Bear Cub island.[5]
Climate[]
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References[]
- ^ "Gravel Island". Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Door County, Wisconsin map" (PDF). Wisconsin DOT. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Gravel Island". U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ Flora and Vegetation of the Grand Traverse Islands (Lake Michigan), Wisconsin and Michigan by Emmet J. Judziewicz, The Michigan Botanist, Volume 40, Number 4, October 2001, page 126
- ^ The Wisconsin Archeologist, Volume 16, No. 4, page 144, section on "Place Names".
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
External links[]
- Gravel Island, Web-Map of Door County, Wisconsin
Categories:
- Islands of Door County, Wisconsin
- Lake islands of Wisconsin
- Islands of Lake Michigan in Wisconsin
- Uninhabited islands of Wisconsin
- Northeast Wisconsin geography stubs