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Middle Sister Island Geography Location Lake Erie Coordinates 41°50′55″N 83°00′03″W / 41.8487°N 83.0007°W Archipelago Sister Islands Major islands East Sister Island and West Sister Island Area 9.5 acres (3.8 ha) Highest elevation 571 ft (174 m) Country CanadaProvince Ontario County Essex Township Pelee Middle Sister Island is a 9.5-acre (3.8 ha) island in Lake Erie. Along with the Canadian East Sister Island and the U.S.-owned West Sister Island, it is part of the Pelee Island archipelago in the western basin of Lake Erie, and is considered to be the "most natural and undisturbed" of these islands.[1]
War of 1812
The island was a staging area for William Henry Harrison's U.S. troops, just prior to the invasion of Canada and the Battle of the Thames.[2]
Flora and fauna
Guano from the Lake Erie population of double-crested cormorants is interfering with tree growth in the Carolinian forest on this island and the nearby East Sister Island and Middle Island. [3]
References
- ^ "Pelee Island Archipelago". http://www.bsc-eoc.org/iba/site.jsp?siteID=ON014. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
- ^ McMaster, John Bach (1895). A History of the People of the United States: from the Revolution to the Civil War. New York: D. Appleton and Company. p. 39. OCLC 3257865. http://books.google.com/?id=9adOGzFnmecC&pg=PA39&lpg=PA39&dq=%22Middle+Sister+Island%22.
- ^ Hebert, Craig E.; Jason Duffe, D. V. Chip Weseloh, E. M. Ted Senese, and G. Douglas Haffner (2005). Schmutz. ed. "Unique Island Habitats May Be Threatened By Double-crested Cormorants" (0n-line journal). Journal of Wildlife Management (The Wildlife Society) 69 (1): 68–76. doi:10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069<0068:UIHMBT>2.0.CO;2. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.2193/0022-541X%282005%29069%3C0068%3AUIHMBT%3E2.0.CO%3B2?journalCode=wild. Retrieved 2009-03-23.
Categories:- Geography of Essex County, Ontario
- Islands of Ontario
- War of 1812
- Islands of Lake Erie
- Western Ontario geography stubs
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