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Isle Royale

American  
[roi-uhl] / ˈrɔɪ əl /

noun

  1. an island in Lake Superior: a part of Michigan; a national park. 208 sq. mi. (540 sq. km).


Isle Royale British  
/ ˈrɔɪəl /

noun

  1. an island in the northeast US, in NW Lake Superior: forms, with over 100 surrounding islands, Isle Royale National Park . Area: 541 sq km (209 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Three Michigan men have been charged with causing a wildfire that burned six acres and damaged Isle Royale National Park, a remote, rugged archipelago in Lake Superior, in 2022, the authorities said.

From New York Times May 16, 2024

For a recent study in Anthropocene, the researchers examined sediments from two small inland lakes near ancient mines on Lake Superior’s isolated Isle Royale in Michigan.

From Scientific American Feb. 6, 2023

Because of environmental differences between regions, the Isle Royale study’s conclusions should be applied cautiously elsewhere, said Pekins, who didn’t participate.

From Washington Post Nov. 27, 2021

It features moose and wolves on Isle Royale, a Lake Superior island park.

From Fox News Nov. 22, 2021

The whole population of Acadians in the peninsula, the Isthmus of Chignecto, the St. John River, Isle Royale, and Isle St. Jean, at the time of the expulsion, is computed at 16,000.

From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various

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