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{{Infobox Islands
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| location = [[Lake Erie]]
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[[File:Image from page 622 of "Annals of the Carnegie Museum" (1916) (18386880406).jpg|thumb|A man collecting shells on Middle Sister Island in 1915]]

'''Middle Sister Island''' is a {{convert|9.5|acre|ha|adj=on}} island in [[Lake Erie]]. Along with the Canadian [[East Sister Island]] and the U.S.-owned [[West Sister Island]], it is part of the Pelee Island achipelago in the western basin of Lake Erie, and is considered to be the "most natural and undisturbed" of these islands.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pelee Island Archipelago |url=http://www.bsc-eoc.org/iba/site.jsp?siteID=ON014 |accessdate=2009-03-22}}</ref> It is currently for sale(asking price $675,000 USD).
'''Middle Sister Island''' is a {{convert|9.5|acre|ha|adj=on}} island in [[Lake Erie]]. Along with [[West Sister Island]] (in [[Ohio]], USA) and [[East Sister Island (Ontario)|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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pelee Island Archipelago |url=http://www.bsc-eoc.org/iba/site.jsp?siteID=ON014 |access-date=2009-03-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070913193858/http://www.bsc-eoc.org/iba/site.jsp?siteID=ON014 |archive-date=2007-09-13 }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |title=Natural Areas Report: Middle Sister Island |url=http://nhic.mnr.gov.on.ca/MNR/nhic/areas/areas_report.cfm?areaid=84 |accessdate=2009-03-22}}</ref>


==War of 1812==
==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]].<ref>{{cite book |last1= McMaster |first1=John Bach |authorlink1= John Bach McMaster |title=A History of the People of the United States: from the Revolution to the Civil War |url= http://books.google.com/books?id=9adOGzFnmecC&pg=PA39&lpg=PA39&dq=%22Middle+Sister+Island%22&source=bl&ots=ADt3SE2Mou&sig=-qLuhIp1hnqEz_74rPSFlK1Bt60&hl=en&ei=rvrGSaaHDanjnQemv-i8Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result|format= |accessdate= |year= 1895 |publisher= D. Appleton and Company|location= New York |language= |isbn= |oclc= 3257865 |doi= |id= |page= 39 |chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= |ref= |bibcode= }}</ref>
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]].<ref>{{cite book |last1= McMaster |first1=John Bach |author-link1= John Bach McMaster |title=A History of the People of the United States: from the Revolution to the Civil War |url= https://archive.org/details/ahistorypeopleu17mcmagoog|quote= Middle Sister Island. |year= 1895 |publisher= D. Appleton and Company|location= New York |oclc= 3257865 |page= [https://archive.org/details/ahistorypeopleu17mcmagoog/page/n61 39] }}</ref>


==Flora and fauna==
==Flora and fauna==
[[Guano]] from the Lake Erie population of [[double-crested cormorant]]s is interfering with tree growth in the [[Carolinian forest]] on this island and the nearby East Sister Island and [[Middle Island]].
[[Guano]] from the Lake Erie population of [[double-crested cormorant]]s is interfering with tree growth in the [[Carolinian forest]] on this island and the nearby East Sister Island and [[Middle Island (Lake Erie)|Middle Island]].
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| title = Unique Island Habitats May Be Threatened By Double-crested Cormorants
| title = Unique Island Habitats May Be Threatened By Double-crested Cormorants
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Latest revision as of 18:38, 31 December 2023

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ "Pelee Island Archipelago". Archived from the original on 2007-09-13. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
  2. ^ McMaster, John Bach (1895). A History of the People of the United States: from the Revolution to the Civil War. New York: D. Appleton and Company. p. 39. OCLC 3257865. Middle Sister Island.
  3. ^ Hebert, Craig E.; Jason Duffe; D. V. Chip Weseloh; E. M. Ted Senese; G. Douglas Haffner (2005). Schmutz (ed.). "Unique Island Habitats May Be Threatened By Double-crested Cormorants" (On-line journal). Journal of Wildlife Management. 69 (1). The Wildlife Society: 68–76. doi:10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069<0068:UIHMBT>2.0.CO;2. Retrieved 2009-03-23.
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