Middle Sister Island | |
Location: | Lake Erie |
Coordinates: | 41.8487°N -83.0007°W |
Archipelago: | Sister Islands |
Major Islands: | East Sister Island and West Sister Island |
Area Acre: | 9.5 |
Elevation Ft: | 571 |
Country: | Canada |
Country Admin Divisions Title: | Province |
Country Admin Divisions: | Ontario |
Country Admin Divisions Title 1: | County |
Country Admin Divisions 1: | Essex |
Country Admin Divisions Title 2: | Township |
Country Admin Divisions 2: | Pelee |
Middle Sister Island is a 9.5acres 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]
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]
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]