Middle Sister Island

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Middle Sister Island
Map
Geography
LocationLake Erie
Coordinates41°50′55″N 83°00′03″W / 41.8487°N 83.0007°W / 41.8487; -83.0007
ArchipelagoSister Islands
Major islandsEast Sister Island and West Sister Island
Area9.5 acres (3.8 ha)
Highest elevation571 ft (174 m)
Administration
Canada
ProvinceOntario
CountyEssex
TownshipPelee
A man collecting shells on Middle Sister Island in 1915

Middle Sister Island is a 9.5-acre (3.8 ha) island in Lake Erie. Along with West Sister Island (in Ohio, USA) and East Sister Island, it is part of the Pelee 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

  1. ^ "Pelee Island Archipelago". Archived from the original on 2007-09-13. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
  2. OCLC 3257865
    . Middle Sister Island.
  3. doi:10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069<0068:UIHMBT>2.0.CO;2
    . Retrieved 2009-03-23.
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