Strawberry Islands

This article is about a chain of islands in Lake Michigan. For other uses, see Strawberry Island.

The Strawberry Islands are a small chain of four islands located on the Wisconsin side of Green Bay between Chambers Island and Peninsula State Park.^[1] The islands are part of the Town of Gibraltar, Wisconsin.

Strawberry Islands

Strawberry Islands from mainland
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Geography
Location	Door County, Wisconsin
Coordinates	45°10′16″N 87°16′06″W
Adjacent to	Lake Michigan
Highest elevation	581 ft (177.1 m)
Administration
United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Door
Town	Gibraltar

The islands were likely occupied for thousands of years by indigenous peoples. Gradually the historic Ojibwe people moved into the area around the Great Lakes, where they competed with the existing Sioux (Lakota). They pushed the Sioux west into the Great Plains, with their last battle occurring in 1745.

The islands and the adjacent Strawberry Channel were part of a border dispute between Wisconsin and Michigan that was eventually resolved in the 1926 United States Supreme Court case Michigan v. Wisconsin.^[2]

The northernmost island of the chain is Pirate Island, which at high water levels is little more than a reef awash. The next island to the south is Jack Island, and the next to the south is Little Strawberry Island. The largest island at the very southern tip of the chain is named Adventure Island. Today, all but Pirate Island are privately owned.^[3]

Climate

Strawberry Islands Climate chart (explanation) J F M A M J J A S O N D     63     −7 −13     52     −13 −18     49     0 −6     97     5 0     86     10 4     91     17 11     105     19 17     96     18 16     96     17 14     107     9 6     80     9 3     57     4 −1 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C █ Precipitation totals in mm Source: [4] Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     2.5     19 9     2     9 0     1.9     32 21     3.8     41 32     3.4     50 39     3.6     63 52     4.1     66 63     3.8     64 61     3.8     63 57     4.2     48 43     3.1     48 37     2.2     39 30 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F █ Precipitation totals in inches

Gallery

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  Stitched panorama showing all four Strawberry Islands
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  Boys building kayaks at Adventure Island Camp. Adventure Island is also known as Big Strawberry Island.
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  Jack Island, diagram drawn after a visit by airplane in 1976
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  Little Strawberry Island, diagram drawn from observations made in 1975 or shortly before