Draper Island (Michigan)

Draper Island (Michigan)
Draper Island
Draper Island (Michigan) is located in Michigan
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Draper Island (Michigan) (Michigan)
Geography
Location Lac Vieux Desert
Coordinates 46°08′30″N 89°05′06″W / 46.14167°N 89.085°W / 46.14167; -89.085Coordinates: 46°08′30″N 89°05′06″W / 46.14167°N 89.085°W / 46.14167; -89.085
Country
State Michigan
County Gogebic County
Township Watersmeet Township
Demographics
Population ~10

Draper Island, just inside the Michigan border, is one of two inhabited islands in Lac Vieux Desert, the other being Duck Island, Wisconsin. Sometimes shown on older maps as Koch Island or Oak Island and locally as Rose Island [1] the current name was designated official by the Board on Geographic Names Decisions of the U.S. Geological Survey in 1962.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Draper's Island realty page
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Draper Island (Michigan)



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