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Washington Island

American  

noun

  1. an island off the Door Peninsula, NE Wisconsin, in NW Lake Michigan. 20 sq. mi. (50 sq. km).


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Once to the landing, it’s a 30- to 40-minute ride on the car ferry to Washington Island where passengers get a good view of Plum Island.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 23, 2017

Plum Island was staffed with a Coast Guard crew and boats until 1990, when the operation was moved to Washington Island where it is staffed seasonally.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 23, 2017

In northeastern Wisconsin, voters in the Green Bay, Denmark, Seymour, Oconto Falls and Washington Island school districts approved school referendums, while voters in the Howard-Suamico, Bonduel and Southern Door districts defeated theirs.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 24, 2017

On Washington Island, the specialty at KK Fiske is fried burbot, a codlike lakefish also known as a “lawyer.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2016

Geologists tell me that Washington Island and surrounding country plainly shows marks of three distinct glacial periods.

From Evening Round Up More Good Stuff Like Pep by William Crosbie Hunter

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