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Sugar Island

Sugar Island is a nature reserve in , . Access is restricted and requires permission.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Thunder Bay Island and Thunder Bay Island Light.

Island
is a 215-acre in . The island is one of eight constituent islands of the .

Lighthouse
Photo: NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, located on 's southeast tip, is one of the oldest operating lighthouses in Michigan. The third operating U.S. lighthouse in Lake Huron was built here in 1831, but it disintegrated almost at once and was rebuilt in 1832 of local limestone.

Sugar Island

Latitude
45.04554° or 45° 2′ 44″ north
Longitude
-83.22426° or 83° 13′ 27″ west
Elevation
597 feet (182 metres)
Operator
Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge
Open location code
86QR2QWG+67
Open­Street­Map ID
way 161356896
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­nature_reserve
Geo­Names ID
5011488
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