Muskingum Island Explained

Muskingum Island
Location:	Ohio River, West Virginia
Coordinates:	39.3701°N -81.5032°W
Country:	United States
Pushpin Map:	USA West Virginia

Muskingum Island is a long narrow bar island on the Ohio River in Wood County, West Virginia between the towns of Moore Junction, Ohio and Boaz, West Virginia. The island is mostly covered in forests and contains a number of oil wells.

Since 1995, a site on Muskingum Island has been used as a pulse-point for the native mussel population health in the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge which the island is a part.^[1]

See also

• List of islands of West Virginia

Notes and References

1. Web site: August 2013. Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge Brochure. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210415192743/https://www.fws.gov/uploadedFiles/OhioRiverGeneralBrochure2013.pdf. April 15, 2021. September 14, 2021. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Ohio River Islands - About the Refuge.