Hen Island (Ontario)

This article is about Hen Island in Lake Erie. For the island in Connecticut, see Hen Island (Connecticut).

Hen Island is an island on Lake Erie in Ontario. There are three smaller islands, called "chickens," surrounding the island; their names are Big Chicken Island, Chick Island, and Little Chicken Island.^[1]

Hen Island

Geography
Location	Lake Erie
Coordinates	41°47′18″N 82°47′51″W
Archipelago	Pelee Island Archipelago
Major islands	Pelee Island, East Sister Island and West Sister Island
Highest elevation	571 ft (174 m)
Administration
Canada
Province	Ontario
County	Essex
Township	Pelee

Quinnebog Fishing Club

This small wooded Island is home to the Quinnebog Club, which owns the island. The club was founded in 1897, still exists and is active. The main clubhouse holds the dining hall and kitchen facilities as well as staff bedrooms on the second floor. According to the club's website the U.S. Presidents Grover Cleveland and William McKinley have visited the club to do some fishing.^[2]

The Club may have bought the island from either a certain "Colonel Blanchard", the first resident of the island,^[3] or Rudolph Siefield, an Ohio businessman.^[4]

Hen Island	Hen and Chicken Islands

Notes

1. Gora, Michael (2004). "How Many Islands Are There in Lake Erie?" (PDF). Lake Erie Islands Historical Society. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
2. "About Our Club". Quinnebog Fishing Club. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
3. Sketches and Stories of the Lake Erie Islands, pp. 334–335
4. "Middle Bass on the Web" (website)

External links

• Quinnebog Fishing Club's website