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| Geography | |
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| Location | Lake Erie |
| Coordinates | 41°50′55″N 83°00′03″W / 41.8487462919801°N 83.0007025488253°W |
| Archipelago | Sister Islands |
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Middle Sister Island is a 9.5 acre 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. [1] [2]
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. [3]
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. [4]
References
- ^ "Pelee Island Archipelago". Retrieved 2009-03-22.
- ^ "Natural Areas Report: Middle Sister Island". Retrieved 2009-03-22.
- ^ 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.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|chapterurl=(help) - ^ Hebert, Craig E. (2005). "Unique Island Habitats May Be Threatened By Double-crested Cormorants" (0n-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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