Washington Island
Washington Island is an island in Lake, Minnesota.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Hunter Island.
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
Photo: Chad Fennell, CC BY 2.0.
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is a vast wilderness area in Northeastern Minnesota, adjoining with Ontario's Quetico Provincial Park, famous for its array of over a thousand small-to-medium-sized lakes, and the wildlife they provide a home for.
Hunter Island
Locality
Hunter Island, or Hunters Island, is a large land mass — now known not to be an actual island — which occupies the area between the two most historically significant fur trade waterway routes in northern Ontario, Canada: the Kaministiquia and the Grand Portage. Hunter Island is situated 6 miles northeast of Washington Island.
Washington Island
- Type: Island
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Lake, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.05197° or 48° 3′ 7″ northLongitude
-91.5918° or 91° 35′ 31″ westElevation
1,348 feet (411 metres)Open location code
86WC3C25+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
way 49576817OpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
5051941
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